Swans
species:
Bewick's Swan
scientific name:
Cygnus columbianus bewickii
notes:
White neckring (with GPS-tracker) with a black 4 alpha-numeric code (three numbers and one letter).
note 1: used neckband codes are 200E-259E and 350E-383E.
note 2 : birds have also a white legring with the same code.
note 3 : the neckbands contain a GPS tracker and solar panels. They may appear yellowish or yellow due to decoloration of the plastic material, especially neckbands 350E-383E.
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 4 :
website sighting submit:
email sighting submit:
colour-ring type:
Neckband.
colour-ring colour (of the c-ring):
White [W]
colour-ring code (of the c-ring):
Four alpha-numeric code (4 letters/numbers).
countries where ringed:
The Netherlands.
Images:
Last letter (of the c-ring):
E
