Wzrost liczebnosci gesi krotkodziobych, Anser brachyrhynchus na Nizinie Polnocnopodlaskiej w latach 2007-2008

During many years Pink-footed Geese, Anser brachyrhynchus, were very rare vagrants in Poland. For the first time they were recorded in North Podlasian Lowland in 2002. After this date, a few single individuals were observed there, however most of Regional records were done in 2007-2008 (photo 1). It was the effect of an increase in numbers of breeding birds in Svalbard and in the population wintering in Western Europe, or in detectability of Pink-footed Geese, also in north-eastern Poland.