Greylag Goose

Yellow ring with code (3 letters in black AAA-BXA).

note 1 : some 1,200 birds were ringed on the Inner Hebridean Isles of Tiree and Coll 1998-2016, to study movements between the islands.

note 2 : these birds were mostly ringed as goslings, adults received a grey neck-collar.

note 3 : these Greylags are from the largely sedentary NW Scottish population and are very unlikely to be seen away from north and west Scotland. Fewer than 20 ringed birds remained in March 2022. 

note 4 : this is a joint RSPB Scotland / Coll Conservation Group / Scottish Natural Heritage Project with assistance from The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust and Grampian Ringing Group.

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Yellow neckring with black code (number/number/letter) or (number/letter/letter) or (letter/letter/letter).

note 1 : rings from this project allways end with a letter.

note 2 : there are two types of rings: 1. all letters/numbers in one line 2. the first number is vertically, the second number and the letter is horizontally.

note 3 : several species, mainly introduced, were ringed all over Germany since 1997 in this project. Actual numbers (2007): 7870 ringings, 114167 recoveries (2009): 9228 ringings, 143741 recoveries of swans, geese, goosehybrids and Flamingos.

Blue ring with white three alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : several species, mainly introduced, were ringed all over Germany since 1997 in this project. Actual numbers (2022): ~ 16.000 ringings, 200.000 recoveries of swans, geese, goosehybrids and Flamingos.

note 2 : the program started in 2000 in several urban areas in Germany (f.e. Munich, Hamburg, Kiel) with introduced Greylag Geese populations.

note 3 : several birds are ringed which grown up with Canada Geese or hybrid parents.

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Green neckband with a white three alpha-numeric code (1 letter and 2 numbers or letters).

note 1 : series used are F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, U, V, Y, Z all in combination with 00-99 or AA-ZZ. The last two numbers of letters are placed under 90 degrees with the first letter. Combinations are reported with first the letter and then the two letters under 90 degrees, so for instance F00.

note 2 : since 1999 legrings with same colour and code as neckrings are used.

note 3 : in total (01.09.2017) there have been neck/leg ringed about 5.500 birds.

note 4: In the two letter series under 90 degrees D, F, I, M, O, Q, V and W were never used.

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