Taiga Bean Goose

A local rarity with just two twentieth century records: 

1990 – ten at BL from February 10th until 25th [fabalis per 1996 ABR] 

1998 – one at OPS on March 1st was thought to be fabalis 

Bean Goose sp  Anser sp 

There are a couple of earlier records which were not assigned to race 

1879 – two shot out of seven, Nailsea on November 2nd [1990 ABR], Palmer and Ballance (1968) 

1958 – one with Whitefronts in fields at north end of CVL on January 26th with two on February 2nd, 8th and 9th 

In addition, one at CVL from May 16th until early June 1987 and another at BG on March 22nd and CVL from 25th until 11th August, 1990, were treated as escapes 

Wheeler (1874) listed the species as ‘occasional, Avonmouth’ whilst Charbonnier (1899) says it ‘occurs on the Severn coast in winter’. However, Davis (1947) said that ‘most records in former years doubtful owing to confusion with Pink-foot’