Photo: Barry Woodhouse
White-fronted Goose Eddie Marsh
Neck-banded Geese Eddie Marsh contributed the data below from euring.org following reports of neckbanded White-fronted Geese in Suffolk during January and February this year. Euring states that, as: ‘birds freely cross political boundaries, so international cooperation is essential if they are to be studied. Euring.org is the organisation which ensures this cooperation for all aspects of scientific bird ringing within Europe’. It was furthermore ‘founded in 1963 with the stated aim of organising and standardising European scientific bird ringing’. Code: Neckband Lightgreen (lime) : U24, Legring (Metal only) : White-Fronted Goose Ringing date: 08.08.2016 Sex: Female, Age: Adult Ring location: Kolguev
22.11.2016 Hardinxveld Giessendam ZuidHolland NL 51 50 12 4 48 38 Henk de Groot 23.11.2016 Hardinxveld Giessendam ZuidHolland – Henk de Groot 13.12.2016 Hardinxveld Giessendam ZuidHolland – Henk de Groot 02.01.2017 Eastbridge Suffolk – at least 7 White-fronted, associating with Greylags 14.01.2017 Thorpeness Suffolk – David Fairhurst 17.01.2017 North Warren near Aldeburgh Suffolk – Richard Attenborrow 23.01.2017 North Warren (RSPB) Thorpeness-Aldeburgh, Suffolk – David Low – female paired to U23 19.02.2017 North Warren, near Aldeburgh Suffolk – Mike Marsh – associating with lime U23
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