Geese
species:
Lesser White-fronted Goose
scientific name:
Anser erythropus
notes:
White ring with a black 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.
note 3 :
website sighting submit:
email sighting submit:
colour-ring type:
Legring : one, coded.
colour-ring colour (of the c-ring):
White [W]
colour-ring code (of the c-ring):
One alpha code (1 letter).
countries where ringed:
Sweden.
