Geese, Poland (1 Viewer)

[michalb]

Hello,
this cropped photo was taken today in the middle of a quite big gathering of migratory geese, most of them greylag geese (A. anser). I have two question about the birds in it:

1) two birds in flight (landing) - I suppose these are bean geese (A. fabalis), but don't they have too much of white on the tails?

2) the individual I marked with an arrow - is it a short-billed bean goose (A. f. rossicus?) or could it be a pink-footed goose (A. brachyrhynchus)? There are more dark-headed birds in the photo, but this is the only one with a visible bill.

Thanks for any help!
Michal

Location: Beka reserve, saltmarshes on the coast of Baltic Sea, northern Poland
Date: 23.09.2017

 

[Cinereous]

I was thinking Pink-footed...

 

[SteveClifton]

The bird on the ground looks like a Tundra Bean Goose (rossicus) indeed, as does the bird immediately to its right.

If the colours of the feet of the birds in flight are accurate (orange) then so are the birds in flight.

 

[Nutcracker]

Ditto to Tundra Bean Geese with Greylags; no Pinkfeet there (which I guess would be a mega in Poland if it were?)

 

[aeshna5]

Another for Tundra Bean Geese.

 

[michalb]

Thanks to all of you!
Indeed the colour of the feet is accurate in the photo, they were orange, so that should confirm A. fabalis. I was just unsure about the amount of white on the tail, but I guess it's alright. A. brachyrhynchus has been seen on passage in Poland, but you are right that it's quite extraordinary, a vagrant rather than a regular guest.
So all in all, I put the observation down to A. f. rossicus.

Thanks again!

Michal