Geese

species:

Barnacle Goose

scientific name:

Branta leucopsis

notes:

Dark blue with a white three alpha-numeric code (on left tarsus) and metal ring (on right tarsus).

note 1 : used codes are : letter, number, number (e.g. A12) reading up.

note 2 : project started in 2020.

note 3 : local feral breeding population ringed during wing moult.

note 4 : all birds ringed in the county of Cambridgeshire.

note 5 :

email sighting submit:

colour-ring type:

Legring : one, coded.

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

Dark Blue [B]

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

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

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

Tarsus left.

countries where ringed:

United Kingdom