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	Birds in Lincolnshire Part 2. Status of the Birds of the Grantham Area
	Click here to Return to Index Part 2 - Swans, Geese and other Wildlfowl Mute Swan Cygnus olor Common resident Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus Scarce winter visitor Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus Scarce winter visitor Whooper and Bewick’s Swans, Marston STW January 1998 (A Lees) Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus Regular passage migrant Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Vagrant, 1 record 50 Osbournby 13th January 1987 Greylag Goose Anser anser Common naturalised resident Snow Goose Anser caerulescens Vagrant, 1 record 1 SW with Pink-footed Geese Marston STW 29th January 1995 (T. Lee) Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis Vagrant/escape, 1 record with good credentials 1 Marston STW 20th February 1965 Canada Goose Branta canadensis Common naturalised resident Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Rare visitor from naturalised populations Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Regular visitor at all seasons, breeding suspected Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata Occasional visitor from naturalised populations, has bred. Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope Common winter visitor, rare in summer American Wigeon Anas americana Vagrant, 3 records 1 drake Marston STW 6th -7th April 2000 (A. Lees et al. ) 1 drake Marston STW 12th January - 30 th January (B. Johnson et al. ), same Denton Res. 1 st February (T. Lee), same Knipton Res. 10th February 2002 (S. Lister) 1 Cotham Flash 5th November 2004 American Wigeons, Marston STW: April 2000 & January 2002 (photos A. Lees [left], M. Tarrant) Birds of Grantham Part 1 - Divers to Herons Birds of Grantham Part 2 - Swans, Geese and other Wildlfowl Birds of Grantham Part 3 - Wildfowl cont... Birds of Grantham Part 4 - Birds of Prey Birds of Grantham Part 5 - Game Birds and Waders Birds of Grantham Part 6 - Gulls and Terns Birds of Grantham Part 7 - Owls and Woodpeckers Birds of Grantham Part 8 - Larks, Pipits, Wagtails and Trushes Birds of Grantham Part 9 - Warblers, Tits, Sparrows, Crows and Finches

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