Emergency lifting

Geese had to escape rapidly because of the approaching bicycle

The newer Finnish-Netherlands population of Branta leucopsis are thought to be descendants of the larger population of Novaya Zemlja. Though new (from 1975) this population is above 8,000 birds and counts

Geese fields

I think that the presence of the Barnacle geese benefits also the smaller birds (as below). The larger birds serve as a deterrent for the predators

Small invaders