Geese

species:

Barnacle Goose

scientific name:

Branta leucopsis

notes:

Dark-blue ring with a white two alpha code and a metal ring under the c-ring.

note 1 : Dark-blue rings with a two alpha-numeric code have already been used on Barnacle geese on > Gotland in 1992 and some smaller numbers in 1993-1996. Very few of these birds are still alive and there is no harm of overlap as these are two different populations.

note 2 : rings used on a UK population, Wales.

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colour-ring type:

Legring : one, coded.

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

Dark Blue [B]

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

Two alpha code (2 letters).

countries where ringed:

Scotland.