Geese

species:

Greater White-fronted Goose

scientific name:

Anser albifrons

notes:

Orange neckband with a black three alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : Orange fitted neckbands can fade to resemble olive green or khaki colour with a black three alpha-numeric code after prolonged exposure to light.
See http://www.cr-birding.org/node/850

note 2 : Anser albifrons flavirostris (Greenland).

note 2: a joint Irish-British-Danish project, geese are ringed in West Greenland and West Scotland.
note 3 : birds carry also a white ring (on leg).

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colour-ring type:

Neckband.

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

Orange [O]

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

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

countries where ringed:

United Kingdom.