Greylag Goose

Dark-blue neckring with a white 3 alpha code (3 letters).

note 1 :

Yellow neckband with a black four alpha-numeric code, starting letter 'H'.

note 1 : used codes a H001-H000.

note 2 : used codes : H293-H500 , see http://www.cr-birding.org/node/5605

note 3 :

White ring with a black 3 alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : used codes are Z50 till Z99.

note 2 : birds are ringed in Bavaria, Germany.

note 3 : leader of the project is Andreas König.

note 4 : this project stopped.

note 5 :

Ring with 1 alpha OR 1 numeric code.

note 1 : project started in the 70s, now ceased.

Combination of rings without code.

 note 1 : used colours are yellow, red, light-blue and dark-blue, light-green and dark-green, grey, orange, brown, black and white.

note 2 : usually tree rings at one leg or two on one leg and one at the other leg.

Combination of rings (on legs) without code.

note 1 : birds of this proejct are not anymore alive.

note 2 :

Red neckring with white 3 alpha-numeric code (1 letter and 2 numbers).

​note 1 :

Blue ring with white 3 alpha-numeric or 3 alpha and Helgoland-metal ring (on other leg).

note 1 : Geese are ringed in Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. We ring breeding birds and families. We ring around 90% of the geese as young birds.

note 2 : used codes from  2002 till 2021: 000 - 999, 00A - 99A, 00B - 99B, 00C - 99C, 00M - 99M, 00R - 99R, 00V - 99V, 0C0 - 0C9, 0E0 - 0E9, 0H0 - 5H9, 0J0 - 0J9, 0K0 - 5K9, 0L0 - 0L9, 0P0 - 9P9, 0S0 - 0S9, 0T0 - 9T9, 0U0 - 9U9, 1A0 - 9A9, N00 - N99, R00 - R99, X00 - X49, RE0 - RE9, RAA - RZZ.

note 3 :

Light-green ring with code (2 letters).

Green neckring with white 3 alpha-numeric code (1 letter and 2 numbers).

note 1 : used series are A00-A99, B00-B99, C00-C99, D00-D99, F00-F99, H00-H80.

note 2 : the ringing stopped in 1996, but the project is still running. Unknown is birds are still alive.