"Southport, Merseyside. UK Weather. 12th October, 2019. Early morning rain followed by brighter conditions in resort. at the coast as an estimated 48,800 migrant birds rise at dawn from the RSPB Ribble Marsh. Pinkies signal the arrival of winter on the Sefton coast as the huge flocks of migrant pink foot geese arrive from northern climes to overwinter in England. Thousands of ""Pinkies"" spend the winter months, grazing and foraging on the West Lancashire farmlands during the day and roosting on the Estuary grasslands. About 280,000, 80% of world population winter in the UK. - Stock Photo"
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