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Wigeon: a winter visitor that grazes short grass Teal: a dabbling duck of shallows and inundated grassland Greylag geese: this species and other geese are grazing birds Golden plover: wintering flocks of golden plover and lapwing will feed and roost on managed wet grassland Whooper swans: small parties of winter visiting swans may visit wet grasslands