A white-fronted goose can be identified by the small white blaze on its face at the base of the bill.
It had arrived in the company of a flock of Russian white-fronted geese.
Weather conditions are a key factor in the annual breeding success of White-fronted Geese.
But closer to, in a large field enclosed by hedges, 2,750 white-fronted geese grazed.
Canada, snow and white-fronted geese can sometimes be observed feeding in harvested croplands.
The Refuge is a popular stopover for snow geese and white-fronted geese during fall migration.
Miranda Krestovnikoff goes to Wexford in search of the rare white-fronted geese.
It is an important location for migrating birds, and wintering ground for the White-fronted Goose.
Flocks of white-fronted goose as well as whistling swan and Hutchins geese also used the lake.
Lesser White-fronted Goose is considered an endangered species, but there are programmes to reintroduce animals into the wild to strengthen the population.