The Barnacle Goose

Barnacle Goose sketch painting. Bird art drawing by illustrator Artmagenta
Barnacle Goose
The Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) is a migratory bird and has for a long time only been nesting in arctic regions such as Greenland, Svalbard and Novaya Zemlya. Since the 1970s the bird also nests in some places in Scandinavia, and today there are the breeding bird in Sweden, Denmark and Finland. In winter the goose occurs along the coasts of north western Europe.