Lesser White-fronted Goose

Green neckband with a white two alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : green neckband is wild birds, 2 geese marked.

Blue neckband with a white two alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : blue neckband is estocking project, 121 geese marked.

note 2 :

Combination of two or three legrings (on one leg) and metal ring (on other leg).

note 1 : 55 birds have been ringed in the years 1995-2009.

note 2 :

Black ring with a white alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : 11.7 2010: 5 young LWfG of Russian origin were released in the breeding area. These 5 are younger geese of Russian origin which have been reared at Nordens Ark and released during the summer in the breeding area.

Combination of 3 c-rings without code.

note 1 : these belong to the group of geese originally ringed with three coloured rings and a metal ring. Several of them does nowadays miss one or two of the rings. Three or four geese are still alive. We can identify the individual when you report the ring/rings still present.

Red ring with a white one alpha code (could be also a figure) (on left leg) and metal ring (on right leg).

note 1 : 10.7 2010: 16 moulting LWfG were ringed at Hudiksvall in northern Sweden. The majority, 16 of the ringed, belongs to the enforced population which breeds in Swedish Lapland. They were caught and ringed in July at a moulting site.

note 2 : the c-ring has a letter or a figure repeated 3 times which means that the ring can be read from all directions independent of how the geese stands. The digit is oriented upright.