Have a go at these for a bit of fun

[tf1044]

These three photos were taken in the same place, in fact on the same day, but not in the UK. Can anybody ID them

Clues to follow

[Graham Etherington]

OK, I'll have a stab.
The first photo is of some geese, which are obviously grey geese. They have contrasingly dark heads, which I guess would mean they were Pink-footed of Bean. Just because they're not in the UK I'm going to go for Bean. Are the other two photos of the same species?

[tf1044]

Graham,

You are quite right, they are Bean, both Tiaga & Tundra are here.

The birds in the other two photos winter here, around 300,000 about two thirds of the world population.

[Colin Key]

Damn,

And I was going to suggest that they were mosquitos in pics 2 and 3 :laugh:

Colin

[Mark Andrews]

I'm guessing but I've heard about this strange spectacle - are they Baikal Teal?

[tf1044]

Hi Mark,

You are right, they are Baikal Teal. There were an estimated 250,000 flying around doing a marvelous display, while around 40,000 + Bean Geese were flying back and forth from the fields. A fantastic sight