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A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>Anja Murray: "Barnacle geese, pink footed geese, graylag geese and brent geese all start arriving in October, having navigated over vast landmasses and oceans without any modern technology, still following the routes that their ancestors have flown for thousands of years. Some spend the winter feeding on seagrass and algae along coastal wetlands and estuaries, as well as football fields and parklands where grazing is good."</p>

outdoors

Anja Murray: Charismatic waterbirds arriving from afar this winter

One of the best things about October is the return of wintering birds, each species with their own backstory and life strategies

<p>Although the female goose makes the nest without her partner’s help, and incubates the eggs on her own for up to 30 days, the gander remains ‘on call’. </p>

outdoors

Richard Collins: Does the quality of parents' relationship affect their offspring's fortunes?

Greylag geese at Almsee in Austria (Anglian Ruskin University/PA)

world

Fireworks can cause stress to birds in the wild, study suggests

Richard Collins: From Iceland to Ireland for our wild geese

outdoors

Richard Collins: From Iceland to Ireland for our wild geese

Watching from the wings where nature takes centre stage

general

Watching from the wings where nature takes centre stage

A short history of geese in Ireland