Swans

species:

Bewick's Swan

scientific name:

Cygnus columbianus bewickii

notes:

Yellow neckband with a black four alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : used codes are 011T-199T and since 2024 : 300T-309T.

note 2 : all rings are GPS trackers from Ornitela. Code is only visible on one side of the ring.

note 3 : collaboration with Dutch colour ring project and using some of their neckbands ending with E. Used codes are 326E-332E.

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 : see https://zwergschwan.de/infos-senderschwane

note 6 :

website sighting submit:

Tracking Marked Geese

email sighting submit:

email sighting submit (2):

email sighting submit (3):

contactperson:

Axel Degen ; Götz Eichhorn ; Sabine Urban

website information:

Forschung winter und rastvoegel

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).

countries where ringed:

Germany.