Two decades ago, few Barnacle geese stopped in Finland to feed during their migration north across the Arctic, where they nest, from their wintering areas in the Netherlands, Germany and beyond.This has led to harsh competition for arable land between the geese and farmers.
Each spring, the geese travel from their wintering areas in continental Europe to lay eggs in the tundra of the Arctic islands of Novaya Zemlya in Russia and Svalbard in Norway. "The migratory stop-over sites of Barnacle geese have changed radically," explained Teemu Lehtiniemi, research director at conservation group BirdLife.
Barnacle geese faced extinction in the 1970s as their numbers dwindled to around 10,000 largely due to hunting. "No one has the resources to keep chasing them away," he said."In spring it is an impossible task, as you also have to do the farming."
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