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The Wetland - Aviary for Lesser white-fronted goose and Red-breasted goose

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Aviary for Lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus) and Red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis).
Aviary for Lesser white-fronted goose (Anser erythropus) and Red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis).
 
Great to see geese in aviaries, fairly rare in most zoos - they are typically wing-clipped in open enclosures.

This looks like a white stork breeding enclosure I saw in southern Sweden, including the raised platforms, but your other photo shows this species in open exhibits at Nordens Ark - has this aviary always been just for geese?
 
This aviary were open by Jane Goodall & the Swedish Crown princess Victoria in summer 2009, and then has always to be home for geese. Nordens Ark is also to breeding Lesser white-fronted goose in their private and off-show breeding center. The most of the goose gosling in the breeding center are going to the wildlife in northern Sweden when they are older.

I do think the storks are wing clipping.
 

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