Swans
species:
Bewick's Swan
scientific name:
Cygnus columbianus bewickii
notes:
Yellow neckring with a black 4 alpha-numeric code (three numbers and one letter).
note 1: used neckband codes are : 901A-999A, 000E-176E and 260E-335E.
note 2: neckbands 913A – 936A and 057E-144E contain a GPS tracker but no solar panels.
note 3 : birds have also a yellow legring with the same code.
note 4 : The Netherlands Institute of Ecology is interested in relations of ringed and tracked swans: are they paired, do they have cygnets/siblings/parents? Please upload your sightings including this additional information to www.geese.org.
note 5 :
website sighting submit:
email sighting submit:
colour-ring type:
Neckband.
colour-ring colour (of the c-ring):
Yellow [Y]
colour-ring code (of the c-ring):
Four alpha-numeric code (4 letters/numbers).
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