Geese

species:

Barnacle Goose

scientific name:

Branta leucopsis

notes:

White ring with a black three alpha-numeric code in combination with several uncoded c-rings.

note 1 : the combination of rings is a combination from coloured spiral rings in different combinations in association with the darvic coded rings.

note 2 : some 900 birds were ringed on the Inishkea Island, Co. Mayo so these birds (should) belong to the Greenland population.

note 3 : the project runs in cooperation with Steve Percival.

email sighting submit:

email sighting submit (2):

colour-ring type:

Legrings : combination of one coded and uncoded rings.

colour-ring colour (of the c-ring):

White [W]

colour-ring code (of the c-ring):

Three alpha-numeric code (3 letters/numbers).

countries where ringed:

Ireland.