Observations in 2007
Note that some observation data can also be found at the "Recent news page»". The observations will be added according to observation dates and not when received at www.piskulka.net.
31 December 2007, Ópusztaszer, Csongrád, Hungary 2 Lwfg. Source: Nagy Tamás /www.birding.hu.
29 December 2007, Lake Kerkini, Greece the flock of 17 LWfG was seen at the mouth of Strymonas river in Kerkini. There was one juvenile and the two colour ringed birds (Black Red Left and Red White Right) and they were together with 3 WfG. They left the delta at around 10:30 and flew as usual to Trigono. Thodoros Naziridis was there and he saw only one adult, which means that they might have stayed in the openings of the forest. I also looked for them later in Trigono, but I didn't find them. Source: Maria Panayotopoulou / LWfG Life project team.
27 December 2007, Zalaszentmárton, Zala, Hungary 1 Lwfg. Source: Gál Szabolcs, Horváth László /www.birding.hu.
18 and 25 December 2007, near Quolsdorf-Daubitz, Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis, Saxony, Germany Single adult LWfG (unringed) among Tundra Beans and White-fronts. Source: Observed by Steffen Koschkar, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
22 December, 2007, Lake Kerkini, Greece 17 LWfG at Trigono. Source: Maria Panayotopoulou / LWfG Life project team.
21 December, 2007, Lake Kerkini, Greece 17 LWfG at the mouth of Strymonas river, two ringed (one was Black-red Left). Source: Maria Panayotopoulou / LWfG Life project team.
20 December 2007, Fertőd, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary 6 Lwfg. Source: Pellinger Attila /www.birding.hu.
17 December 2007, near Gösau, Zwickauer Land, Saxony, Germany Single adult bird (unringed) among Tundra Beans. Source: Observed by Thomas Heinicke and Jürgen Steudtner.
13 December, 2007, Evros Delta, Greece The situation is similar to 7 December; Among a group of 450 WfG observed this morning there were: Finn and Nieida with 4 juveniles, a pair (one parent with yellow ring on the right leg) with 4 juveniles, an unringed pair with 4 juveniles, 6 adult unringed birds. Source: Eleni Makriyanni / LWfG Life project team.
12 December 2007, Oderbruch near Altreetz-Altmädewitz, Märkisch-Oderland, Brandenburg, Germany Single adult bird (unringed) among Tundra Beans and White-fronts (probably the same bird on 8th December). Source: Observed by Simone Müller, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
12 December 2007, Pusztaszer, Csongrád, Hungary 1 Lwfg. Source: Nagy Tamás /www.birding.hu.
9-10 December 2007, near Göpfersdorf, Altenburger Land, Thuringia, Germany Single adult bird (unringed) among White-fronts. Source: Observed by Thomas Heinicke, Rainer Steinbach & Jürgen Steudtner.
9 December 2007, Kevermes, Békés, Hungary 1 Lwfg. Source: Bozó László /www.birding.hu.
8 December 2007, Oderbruch near Hackenow, Märkisch-Oderland, Brandenburg, Germany Single adult bird (unringed) among Tundra Beans and White-fronts. Source: Observed by Simone Müller, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
7 December 2007, Pusztaszer, Csongrád, Hungary 1 Lwfg. Source: Nagy Tamás /www.birding.hu.
7 December, 2007, Evros Delta, Greece Today 24 LWfG was seen mixed with white-fronted geese. Finn & Nieida has 4 juveniles not 3 as originally thought. One of the juveniles are moving sometimes quite far from the rest of the family. This means that Finn & Nieida has lost just 1 juvenile (between Valdak & Hortobágy). The total in Greece should then be 57 LWfG, with 24 birds in Evros and 33 in Kerkini. Source: Eleni Makriyanni / LWfG Life project team.
6 December 2007, Engertsdorf, Altenburger Land, Thuringia, Germany One single adult bird (unringed) among Tundra Beans and White-fronts. Source: Thomas Heinicke.
6 December 2007, Ópusztaszer, Csongrád, Hungary 3 Lwfg. Source: Nagy Tamás /www.birding.hu.
5 December 2007, Geszt, Békés, Hungary 2 Lwfg. Source: Horváth Gábor /www.birding.hu.
5 December 2007, Ópusztaszer, Csongrád, Hungary 2 Lwfg. Source: Nagy Tamás /www.birding.hu.
4 December 2007, Ópusztaszer, Csongrád, Hungary 1 Lwfg. Source: Nagy Tamás /www.birding.hu.
4 December, 2007, Ópusztaszer, Csongrád, Hungary 1 lwfg observed. Source: Nagy Tamás /www.birding.hu.
3 December, 2007, Evros Delta, Greece Today 23 LWfG was seen together with 450 WfG and 2 red-breasted geese. The flock consisted of one pair (orange red left and red white left – Finn & Nieida) with 3 juveniles, one unringed pair with 4 juveniles, one pair (yellow right and unringed) with 4 juveniles and 6 unringed adults. This means that Finn & Nieida has lost two juveniles since Valdak, while the Yellow right female still has all her four goslings that where seen at Valdak in late August. The total in Greece is 56 LWfG, with 23 birds in Evros and 33 in Kerkini. Source: Eleni Makriyanni / LWfG Life project team.
1 December, 2007, Lake Kerkini, Greece A flock of 33 LWfG of which 3-5 juveniles. Three colour ringed birds identified (red-white right leg, red-orange right & black-red left). Source: Thodoros Naziridis by way of Yannis Tsougrakis / LWfG Life project team.
30 November, 2007, Seewinkel/Neusiedler See, Austria 1ad observed. Source: Johannes Laber.
30 November,
2007, Ópusztaszer, Csongrád, Hungary 1 lwfg observed. Source:
Nagy Tamás /www.birding.hu.
30 November, 2007, Lake Kerkini, Greece A flock of 33 LWfG of which at least 4 juveniles. One colour ringed bird identified (red-white right leg). Source: Maria Panayotopoulou by way of Yannis Tsougrakis / LWfG Life project team.
29 November, 2007, Evros Delta, GreeceThe first LWfG have arrived in the Evros Delta for this winter, which is one month earlier that in 2006 (probably because of the high waterlevel in Kerkini). The flock numbers at least 10 birds of which 3 adult pairs (one bird with orange-red left leg: Finn). They use the same spot for hours. It is confined and the same as preferred last year. The vegetation is high and the group is very mixed with WfG. Source: Eleni Makriyanni / LWfG Life project team.
29 November, 2007, Lake Kerkini, Greece A flock of 33 LWfG. Source: Maria Panayotopoulou & Sylvia Zakkak by way of Yannis Tsougrakis / LWfG Life project team.
29 October 2007, Großteich Torgau, Torgau-Oschatz, Saxony, Germany One single adult bird (unringed) among Tundra Beans and White-fronts. Source: Observed by Hendrik Trapp, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
29 November, 2007, Fertőújlak,
Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary 2 lwfg observed. Source: Tamás Ádám /www.birding.hu.
29 November, 2007, Ópusztaszer,
Csongrád, Hungary 2
lwfg observed. Source: Nagy Tamás, Kiss Orsolya, Tokody Béla /www.birding.hu.
29 November, 2007, Tömörkény,
Csongrád, Hungary 1
lwfg observed. Source: Nagy Tamás, Kiss Orsolya /www.birding.hu.
29 November, 2007, Tápiószecső, Pest,
Hungary 1 lwfg
observed. Source: Benei Béla /www.birding.hu.
28 November, 2007, Geszt, Békés,
Hungary 2 lwfg
observed. Source: Horváth Gábor /www.birding.hu.
28 November, 2007, Baks, Csongrád,
Hungary 2 lwfg
observed. Source: Nagy Tamás /www.birding.hu.
28 November, 2007, Fertőújlak, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary 2 lwfg observed. Source: Pellinger Attila /www.birding.hu.
27 November, 2007, Pusztaszer, Csongrád, Hungary 3 lwfg observed. Source: Nagy Tamás /www.birding.hu.
25 November 2007, near Eschefeld fish ponds, Leipziger Land, Saxony, Germany One single adult bird (probably again a new bird, so now, there are at minimum 3 to 4 different birds present at this particular site!). Source: Observed by Steffen Wolf, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
25 November 2007, Elbaue Jerichow near Klietznick, Jerichower Land, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany One single adult bird (in the same flock among Tundra Bean Geese and Greater White-fronts also 1 ad Red-breasted Goose). Source: Observed by Thomas Hellwig, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
24 November, 2007, Lake Kerkini, Greece A flock of 31 LWfG. Source: Maria Panayotopoulou & Gordon Ramel by way of Yannis Tsougrakis / LWfG Life project team.
23 November, 2007, Baks, Csongrád, Hungary 3 lwfg observed. Source: Nagy Tamás /www.birding.hu.
22 November, 2007, Lake Kerkini, Greece A flock of 31 LWfG of which at least 5 juveniles present. At least two birds are colour ringed. Source: Thodoros Naziridis by way of Yannis Tsougrakis / LWfG Life project team.
21 November 2007, Paussnitz, Riesa-Großenhain, Saxony, Germany Single adult bird (unringed) among Tundra Beans and White-fronts. Source: Observed by Hendrik Trapp, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
20 November, 2007, Dinnyés, Fejér, Hungary 2 lwfg observed. Source: Szász Előd /www.birding.hu.
18 November, 2007, Lake Kerkini, Greece A flock of 54 white fronted geese present on the eastern side of the river mouth; of them 51-52 Lessers (!) and 2-3 Greater White-fronts. At least 2 or 3 of the Lessers were juveniles, and at least 3 of the Lessers were colour ringed, but it was not possible to read the codes. Since 17 November the level of the lake started rising rapidly. At the mouth of the river there is only a small part of open mud flat area still not submerged. The rest has been covered by water. There have been exceptionally heavy rains during the last days all over Greece with extensive floods. Source: Thodoros Naziridis by way of Yannis Tsougrakis / LWfG Life project team.
18 November 2007, near Eschefeld fish ponds, Leipziger Land, Saxony, Germany Two adult birds (paired). Source: Observed by Rainer Steinbach, Steffen Wolf, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
14 November, 2007, Tömörkény, Csongrád, Hungary 2 lwfg observed. Source: Nagy Tamás /www.birding.hu.
12 November, 2007, Nagyhegyes, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 1 lwfg observed. Source: Szilágyi Attila (Fiteti) /www.birding.hu.
10 November, 2007, Geszt, Békés, Hungary 2 lwfg observed. Source: Durkó Lajos, Hegyesi Attila, Horváth... /www.birding.hu.
9 November 2007, near Eschefeld fish ponds, Leipziger Land, Saxony, Germany One adult bird observed and photographed (different bird than in October). Source: Observed by Steffen Wolf, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
9 November, 2007, Lake Kerkini, Greece 30 white-fronted geese where observed, of which at least 18 were Lessers. The rest were also probably Lessers, but they flew away before that could be confirmed. Source: Thodoros Naziridis by way of Yannis Tsougrakis / LWfG Life project team.
8 November, Lwowek, Wielkopolska , Poland 1 ad. lwfg obs. Source: D. Kujawa, by way of Wieslaw Lenkiewicz.
6 November, 2007, Tömörkény, Csongrád, Hungary 1 lwfg observed. Source: Gődér Róbert /www.birding.hu.
3 November, Radziadz, Milicz Fish Ponds, Dolny Slask, Poland 1 ad. lwfg obs. Source: Wieslaw Lenkiewicz.
2 November,
2007, Hortobágy-halastó, Hajdú-Bihar,
Hungary 45 probable LWfG was seen (16:00-17:15) at Kondas fishpond, and is the
last observation of the flock this autumn in Hungary. Source: David Horal.
2 November,
2007, Tömörkény, Csongrád, Hungary 1 lwfg observed. Source:
Nagy Tamás /www.birding.hu.
1 November,
2007, Dunatetétlen, Bács-Kiskun, Hungary 3 lwfg observed. Source:
Tölgyesi Csaba /www.birding.hu.
28
October 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar,
Hungary The big flock of
LWfG (53 ind.) was seen today. Source: János Tar
/LWfG Life project team.
27 October, 2007, Osiek, Barycz River Valley, Dolny Slask, Poland 1 ad. lwfg obs. Source: Wieslaw Lenkiewicz.
27 October,
2007, Geszt, Békés, Hungary
2 lwfg observed. Source: Horváth Gábor /www.birding.hu.
26 October 2007, between Bösewig and Globig, Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany One adult bird observed. Source: Observed by Thomas Köster, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
26
October 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar,
Hungary 53
LWfG on the Kondas fish pond; at least three of them colour ringed (incl. the male Finn). Source: Observed by János Tar
/LWfG Life project team.
24 October, 2007, Hortobágy,
Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary
49 lwfg observed. Source: Kóta András és tsai /www.birding.hu.
22 October, 2007, Hortobágy,
Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary
21 lwfg observed. Source: Kiss Ákos, Kardos Éva, Kiss József /www.birding.hu.
21 October, 2007, Kobierzyce, Dolny Slask , Poland 1 ad. lwfg obs. Source: G. Orlowski, by way of Wieslaw Lenkiewicz.
21 October 2007, Döbritzsch, Riesa-Großenhain, Saxony, Germany One adult bird observed. Source: Observed by Hendrik Trapp, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
18 October, 2007, Hortobágy-halastó, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 54 lwfg observed. Source: Nagy Gergő Gábor,Balázsi Péter /www.birding.hu.
17 October 2007, Eschefeld fish ponds, Leipziger, Saxony, Germany One adult bird observed. Source: Observed by Rainer Steinbach,, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
15-16 October 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 53 LWfG on the Kondas fish pond. Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team.
15 October 2007, Trebatsch, Oder-Spree county, Brandenburg, Germany One adult bird observed. Source: Observed by Hartmut Haupt, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
13 October 2007, Friedland, Oder-Spree county, Brandenburg, Germany One adult bird observed. Source: Observed by Hagen Deutschmann, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
13 October 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 2 LWfG flew out of the Viragoskuti fish pond - possibly different individuals than the main flock. Source: Zoltán Ecsedi by way of János Tar /LWfG Life project team.
13 October, 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 21 lwfg observed. Source: Gyarmati Gábor (Gyari) /www.birding.hu.
12 October 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 53 LWfG, including 5 colour ringed individuals, present. The first part of the week 41 the flock spent mainly on the Bivalyhalmi fish ponds north of the northern border of the Hortobágy National Park. Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team.
11 October, 2007, Szczodrzykowo, Wielkopolska, Poland 1 ad. lwfg obs. Source: A. Wasik, by way of Wieslaw Lenkiewicz.
10 October, 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 51 lwfg observed. Source: Forintos Niki, majd Hraskó Gábor és Kóta... /www.birding.hu.
10 October 2007, Großteich Torgau, Saxony, Germany One single adult bird was seen and photographed. Source: Observed by Jürgen Steudtner, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
9 October 2007, Neolithteich Köthen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany One single adult bird was seen. Source: Observed by Ingolf Todte, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
7 October, 2007, Radziadz, Milicz Fish Ponds, Dolny Slask, Poland 1 ad. lwfg obs. Source: Wieslaw Lenkiewicz.
3-4 October, 2007, Borzecin, Barycz River Valley, Dolny Slask, Poland 3 ad lwfg obs. (Source: Wieslaw Lenkiewicz.)
3-4 October, 2007, Jamnik, Milicz Fish Ponds, Dolny Slask, Poland 1 juv. lwfg obs. in a flock of Tundra geese. (Source: Wieslaw Lenkiewicz.)
2 October 2007, Usma Lake in Kurzeme, Latvia One adult bird was seen migrating southwards together with White-fronted and tundra bean geese. Source: Hakon Kampe-Persson.
30 September 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 54 LWfG on the Kondas fishpond, of which ca 30-31 juveniles. The same six colour ringed birds were present as earlier. Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team.
29 September, 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 43 lwfg observed. Source: Emri T.-Zöld B.- Gyüre P. és mások /www.birding.hu.
29 September, 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 49 lwfg observed. Source: David Horal , Karel Šimeček és mások /www.birding.hu.
25 September 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 42 LWfG observed. Source: Fiteti - Zöld B. és mások m /www.birding.hu.
25 September 2007, Martna, Estonia 5 LWfG (4 ad, 1 juv) at the Niinja fields in the morning. Goose hunting ongoing on the fields nearby. Source: Jyrki Pynnönen & Seppo Ekelund /LWfG Life project team.
21 September 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 46 LWfG still present at Bocza lapos in the morning; at 10 o'clock 42 ind flew to the Kondas fishpond. Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team.
17 September 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 46 LWfG present at Dinnyés-lapos, 23 of them juveniles. Finn & Nieida (the pair that was satellite tracked from May 2006 until April 2007) with four goslings (NOTE: at Valdak Marshes in August 2007 Finn& Nieida had five goslings!) + 4 more colour ringed individuals are in the flock. Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team.
16 September 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary The first large flock of lessers was found today. Altogether 31 LWfG were observed of which 21 juveniles. These birds probably belongs to the Norwegian breeding population that is staging at the Valdak Marshes in autumn. This year the last observation at Valdak was in the morning on 1September indicating that they have spent 15 days on migration/staging at the Kanin Peninsula. Source: observed by Janos Olah. János Tar /LWfG Life project team.
29 August 2007, Valdak Marshes, Finnmark, Norway A flock of 66 or possibly even 67 LWfG visited the marshes at dusk, consisting of the same broods and individuals seen earlier in August. Source: Tomas Aarvak, Morten Ekker & Ingar Øien/LWfG Life project team.
26 August 2007, Valdak Marshes, Finnmark, Norway The LWfG are still present in the Inner Porsangen Fjord area. The big flock has splitted into smaller ones, that daily visit the Valdak Marshes shortly at dusk in various compositions. This evening 44 individuals visited the marshes, the day before 52 ind. Source: Tomas Aarvak & Ingar Øien/LWfG Life project team.
22 August 2007, Valdak Marshes, Finnmark, Norway In the evening a flock of 66 LWfG landed at the Valdak Marshes. Yesterdays count of juveniles was beaten with 5 birds, so the production this year seems to be approximately 33 juveniles. It is the highest autumn countat the Valdak Marshes since 1995 and highest number of juveniles since 2002!! Totally six birds with colour rings were counted. One of these had not been seen during the spring staging period at Valdak. Source: Tomas Aarvak & Ingar Øien/LWfG Life project team.
21 August 2007, Valdak Marshes, Finnmark, Norway The flock of LWfG was located in the evening by the mountain service on a cape in the Porsangen fjord. Just before it got dark the flock came to the Valdak marshes, and 52 individuals were counted! It seems that the juvenile production has been good this summer, with approximately 28 juveniles registered so far. It is the highest autumn count and highest number of juveniles at the Valdak Marshes since 2002!! Source: Tomas Aarvak & Ingar Øien/LWfG Life project team.
20 August 2007, Valdak Marshes, Finnmark, Norway A flock of 40 LWfG (including 21 juveniles) were shortly seen at the marshes. A very promising start for the autumn monitoring. Source: Tomas Aarvak & Ingar Øien/LWfG Life project team.
Mid June - early July 2007, Finnmark, Norway: approximately 13 breeding pairs found in a survey of the core breeding area in Norway. The area covered by survey was roughly the same as the area covered by a similar survey in summer 2006», when 10-11 pairs were found. Source: Risto Karvonen & Heikki Holmström /LWfG Life project team.
4 June 2007, Valdak Marshes, Finnmark, Norway The total number of LWfG observed this spring was only 30 ind. of which 2 2cy. Source: Ingar Øien & Tomas Aarvak /LWfG Life project team.
26 May 2007, Valdak Marshes, Finnmark, Norway Up to date, 11 pairs and three single birds have been registered. Only one 2cy has been seen. Source: Ingar Øien & Tomas Aarvak /LWfG Life project team.
20 May 2007, Valdak Marshes, Finnmark, Norway 10 LWfG pairs and three single birds have been registered so far. The most interesting is the observation of the pair Finn and Nieida that arrived at the marshes on 18 May. None of them had visible antennas. Source: Ingar Øien & Tomas Aarvak /LWfG Life project team.
14 May 2007, Valdak Marshes, Finnmark, Norway: 12 LWfG present. Source: Ingar Øien & Tomas Aarvak /LWfG Life project team.
13-14 May 2007, Siikajoki, Säärenperä, Finland: No LWfG present. Source: Aappo Luukkonen /LWfG Life project team. - Based on the analysis of the individual belly patch patterns, the total number of LWfG individuals seen on the Finnish Bothian Bay coast this spring was 11. Source: Ari Leinonen /LWfG Life project team.
13 May 2007, Valdak Marshes, Finnmark, Norway: 8 LWfG present: 3 adult pairs + 1 single adult + 1 2-cy individual. Source: Ingar Øien & Tomas Aarvak /LWfG Life project team.
12 May 2007, Siikajoki, Säärenperä, Finland: 4 LWfG present. Source: Aappo Luukkonen /LWfG Life project team.
11 May 2007, Tahu, Noarootsi, Estonia: A flock 8 LWfG present, possibly all of them new individuals. Source: Jyrki Pynnönen et al./LWfG Life project team.
10 May 2007, Siikajoki, Säärenperä, Finland: One (most likely new) adult pair present since 9 May; the two pairs observed on 8 May have probably left the area already. So far totally 9 individuals (8 ad, 1 2cy) recorded on the Finnish Bothnian Bay coast this May. Source: Aappo Luukkonen /LWfG Life project team.
10 May 2007, Valdak Marshes, Finnmark, Norway: The first two pairs for the spring arrived today! Source: Ingar Øien & Tomas Aarvak /LWfG Life project team.
8 May 2007, Haeska, Ridala, Estonia: No LWfG observed. Source: Jyrki Pynnönen et al./LWfG Life project team.
8 May 2007, Siikajoki, Säärenperä, Finland: 4 LWfG (two adult pairs) present, new individuals based on preliminary analysis of the belly patches. So far totally 7 individuals (6 ad, 1 2cy) recorded on the Finnish Bothnian Bay coast this May. Source: Aappo Luukkonen /LWfG Life project team.
7 May 2007, Haeska, Ridala, Estonia: At least one LWfG still present Source: Trinus Haitjema & Miranda Klaij.
6 May 2007, Haeska, Ridala, Estonia: 3 LWfG present. Source: Heikki Holmström, Jyrki Pynnönen et al./LWfG Life project team.
5 May 2007, Haeska, Ridala, Estonia: 3 LWfG present, possibly new individuals based on preliminary analysis of the belly patches. (Source: Heikki Holmström, Jyrki Pynnönen et al./LWfG Life project team).
5 May 2007, Liminka, Virkkula, Finland: One 2nd-calendar-year LWfG landed north of the Temmesjoki river mouth. (Source: Jouni Pursiainen et al. / Lintutiedotus)
5 May 2007, Siikajoki, Säärenperä, Finland: The same adult pair that arrived on 3 May still present. (Source: Aappo Luukkonen /LWfG Life project team).
4 May, Haeska, Ridala, Estonia: 4 LWfG present (Source: Tapio Kostet)
3 May, Haeska, Ridala, Estonia: A flock of 11 LWfG present (Source: Trinus Haitjema & Miranda Klaij).
3 May 2007, Siikajoki, Säärenperä, Finland: The first LWfG for the spring monitoring on the Finnish Bothnian Bay coast arrived today: one adult pair present. (Source: Ari Leinonen /LWfG Life project team).
2 May 2007, Läänemaa, Estonia: 13 LWfG present: the same flock of 11 birds still present in Haeska, and two more adults at Taebla, Kirimäe. (Source: Heikki Holmström, Jyrki Pynnönen et al./LWfG Life project team).
28 April 2007, Haeska, Ridala, Estonia: A flock of 11 ind. present. (Source: Jyrki Pynnönen et al./LWfG Life project team).
27 April 2007, Haeska, Ridala, Estonia: The same flock of 7 ind. (6 adults, 1 2-cy) still present (Source: Jyrki Pynnönen et al./LWfG Life project team).
26 April 2007, Haeska, Ridala, Estonia: 9 individuals (the same flock of 7 + 2 new adults) present; the flock of 7 feeding all the day on the Väike Rahu islet, restored» as a low-growth coastal meadow by the LWfG LIFE project»! (Source: Jyrki Pynnönen et al./LWfG Life project team).
26 April 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary Two adult pairs of LWfG present in Rokas. (Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team).
25 April, Haeska, Ridala, Estonia: The same flock of 7 ind. (6 adults, 1 2-cy) still present. (Source: Jyrki Pynnönen et al./LWfG Life project team).
24 April, Haeska, Ridala, Estonia: The first LWfG have arrived in Estonia; a flock of 7 ind (6 adults, 1 2-cy) at the Haeska coastal meadows in the afternoon. All of them unringed. (Source: Trinus Haitjema & Miranda Klaij + Risto Karvonen, Heikki Holmström, Jyrki Pynnönen et al./LWfG Life project team).
23 April 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary Two pairs of LWfG present on Kondas. (Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team).
21 April 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary The main flock of LWfG has most likely left Hortobágy: the last observation of the big flock is from 17 April. On 20 April 4 unringed birds present at Rokas, and on 21 April one pair on Kondas. (Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team).
16 April 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary A flock of 34 LWfG present today at Rokas, including Finn, Nieida and two more colour ringed birds. (Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team).
12 April 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary The flock of 32 LWfG, including Finn and Nieida, present at Rokas. (Source: Attila Szilagyi /LWfG Life project team).
7 April 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary Only 32 LWfG was present today on Kondas, including Finn - the antenna was visible (Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team).
5 April 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary The same flock of 43 LWfG is still present, now at Rokas, including Finn & Nieida and 5 more colour ringed individuals. (Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team).
2 April 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary The same flock of 43 LWfG still present, now at Rokas, including Finn & Nieida and 5 more colour ringed individuals. (Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team).
1 April 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 43 LWfG at the Hortobágy fish ponds, including the male Finn (antenna visible). (Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team).
31 March, 2007, Przyborowo, Wielkopolska , Poland 3 ad lwfg obs. (Source: Z. Kajzer, R. Glebicka, by way of Wieslaw Lenkiewicz.)
21 March 2007, Létavértes, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Grecs Anita, Nagy Sándor /www.birding.hu).
20 March, 2007, Wlochowka, Polnocne Podlasie, Poland 1 ad lwfg obs. (Source: M. Polakowski, by way of Wieslaw Lenkiewicz.)
20 March 2007, Narew Valley, Poland One LWfG observed at Kurpiki, in a flock of 30.000 geese (Source: Tomek Kulakowski / Eurobirdnet).
20 March 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 42 LWfG at Dinnyés lapos; including the female Nieida (identified by colour rings) and 4-5 more colour ringed individuals. See also the satellite tracking page» for locations of the male Finn (Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team).
16-18 March, 2007, Manych Lake, Kalmykia, Russia LWfG were obserevd four times on the Manych Lake in Kalmykia. At least 99 individuals were observed. See the Recent news page for details»
17 March 2007, Apaj, Pest, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Takács Ádám (Kistaki)/www.birding.hu).
16 March 2007, Fertőújlak, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Pellinger Attila, Ferenczi Márta, Kraft.../www.birding.hu).
16 March 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 4 LWfG observed (Source: Barkóczi Csaba /Cure/ & Dr. Kiss.../www.birding.hu).
15 March 2007, Apaj, Pest, Hungary 2 LWfG observed (Source: Kókay Bence, Laposa Dávid, Lendvai Csaba /www.birding.hu).
15 March 2007, Fertőújlak, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Pellinger Attila /www.birding.hu).
15 March 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 2 LWfG observed (Source: Dr. Gyüre Péter /www.birding.hu).
15 March, 2007, Lasin, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland 3 ad lwfg obs. (Source: P. Ziecik, by way of Wieslaw Lenkiewicz.)
14 March 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary At least 33 LWfG swimming on the Kondas fishpond, scattered in a flock of 3000-4000 White-fronted Geese (Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team).
14 March 2007, Fertőújlak, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Pellinger Attila /www.birding.hu).
13 March 2007, Hortobágy-halastó, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 8 LWfG observed (Source: Papp Gabor /www.birding.hu).
13 March 2007, Apaj, Pest, Hungary 6 LWfG observed (Source: Kókay Bence /www.birding.hu).
13 March 2007, Fertőújlak, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Pellinger Attila /www.birding.hu).
12 March 2007, Tiszasüly, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Zalai Tamás (Husi) /www.birding.hu).
11 March 2007, Geszt, Békés, Hungary 3 LWfG observed (Source: Vasas András, Molnár Szilvi /www.birding.hu).
9 March 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 3 LWfG observed (Source: Dr. Gyüre Péter /www.birding.hu).
9 March 2007, Tiszacsege, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Dr. Gyüre Péter /www.birding.hu).
9 March, 2007, Rosk, Wielkopolska, Poland 1 ad lwfg obs. (Source: P. Wylegala, M. Kaleta, by way of Wieslaw Lenkiewicz.)
8 March 2007, Apaj, Pest, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Kókay Bence /www.birding.hu).
7 March, 2007, Evros Delta, Greece "All the geese" are gone from Evros, no LWfG observed (Source: Eleni Makriyanni /LWfG Life project team). The male Finn was located today at Lake Kerkini, see the satellite tracking page».
6 March, 2007, Evros Delta, Greece The large flock (ca 45-49 ind) still present in Evros, including the male Finn (Source: Eleni Makriyanni /LWfG Life project team).
6 March, 2007, Komorowko, Pomorze Zachodnie, Poland 1 ad lwfg obs. (Source: Z. Kajzer, by way of Wieslaw Lenkiewicz.)
5 March 2007, Apaj, Pest, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Kókay Bence /www.birding.hu).
5 March 2007, Sarród, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Pellinger Attila /www.birding.hu).
3-4 March, 2007, Evros Delta, Greece 49 LWfG observed; the 11 birds since January + 38 new arrivals. Both groups were moving independently at least yesterday and today. The 38 group is incredibly shy! Besides the high-tech pair (Red-White left & Orange-Red left) among the 11 group (no other colour rings in this group), additionally four color ringed birds where located in the 38 flock (27 individuals carefully checked today from this flock; Black-Red left paired with Orange-Yellow right, Red-Orange right (the latter also observed yesterday) and finally Red-White right). (Source: Didier Vangeluwe).
4 March 2007, Geszt, Békés, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Vasas András /www.birding.hu).
3 March 2007, Geszt, Békés, Hungary 2 LWfG observed (Source: Vasas András /www.birding.hu).
3 March 2007, Fertőújlak, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Kiss Tamás, László Csaba, Nagy… /www.birding.hu).
3 March 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 4 LWfG observed (Source: Dr. Gyüre Péter /www.birding.hu).
1 March 2007, Pusztaszer, Csongrád, Hungary 7 LWfG observed (Source: Nagy Tamás /www.birding.hu).
1 March 2007, Darvas, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 2 LWfG observed (Source: Vasas András /www.birding.hu).
1 March 2007, Sarród, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary 6 LWfG observed (Source: Pellinger Attila, Ferenczi Márta, Tatai… /www.birding.hu).
28 February 2007, Sarud, Heves, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Zalai Tamás (Husi) /www.birding.hu).
28 February 2007, Sarród, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary 6 LWfG observed (Source: Pellinger Attila, Ferenczi Márta /www.birding.hu).
27 February 2007, Sarród, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary 4 LWfG observed (Source: Pellinger Attila /www.birding.hu).
26 February, 2007, Evros Delta, Greece 49–54 LWfG observed; highest count of LWfG in Greece this winter so far. (Source: Eleni Makriyanni /LWfG Life project team).
26 February 2007, Sarud, Heves, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Zalai Tamás (Husi) /www.birding.hu).
26 February 2007, Sarud, Heves, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Zalai Tamás (Husi) /www.birding.hu).
26 February 2007, Sarród, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary 8 LWfG observed (Source: Pellinger Attila /www.birding.hu).
25 February 2007, Biharugra, Békés, Hungary 3 LWfG observed (Source: Molnár Szilvi, Vasas András /www.birding.hu).
25 February 2007, Geszt, Békés, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Molnár Szilvi, Vasas András /www.birding.hu).
25 February 2007, Sarród, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary 2 LWfG observed (Source: Pellinger Attila,Szász Előd,Kárász... /www.birding.hu).
24 February 2007, Kardoskút, Békés, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Barkóczi Csaba /Cure/ & Baranyai A.,… /www.birding.hu).
24 February 2007, Geszt, Békés, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Vasas András /www.birding.hu).
20-21 February, 2007, Evros Delta, Greece The main flock of the Fennoscandian nanohines (LWfG in Greek language) are finally back in Evros! At least 26, but probably as many as 38 LWfG observed, scattered amongst ca. 1200 white-fronted geese and thus difficult to count exactly. On 20 February the following flocks observed: a group of 26 ind.; a group of 7-9 ind. including Finn and Nieida; a pair with one juvenile; a pair without juveniles; two separate single adults. On 21 February the following flocks observed: a group of 9 ind. including two juveniles (all newcomers); a group of 5 adults (all newcomers), Finn and the company of 5 more adults; the pair with one juvenile; the pair without juveniles; two separate single adults. Strictly speaking, there are at least 26 LWfG, but more likely there are at least 27 newcomers plus the 11 ind. observed since December, i.e. 38 ind altogether (Source: Eleni Makriyanni /LWfG Life project team).
21 February, 2007, Lake Jabbul, Syria 54 LWfG observed (Source: observer Ahmed Abdallah, comm. by Anssi Kullberg by way of Aki Arkiomaa). See also observations on 11 February from Syria.
20 February 2007, Darvas, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Vasas András /www.birding.hu).
20 February 2007, Sarród, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary 3 LWfG observed (Source: Pellinger Attila /www.birding.hu).
19 February 2007, Fertőszéplak, Győr-Moson-Sopron , Hungary 2 LWfG observed (Source: Pellinger Attila, Tamás Ádám /www.birding.hu).
15 February, 2007, Evros Delta, Greece 9-10 LWfG observed today, including the male Finn (Source: Eleni Makriyanni /LWfG Life project team).
15 February 2007, Egyek, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 3 LWfG (Source: Vass Balázs /www.birding.hu).
15 February 2007, Fertőújlak, Győr-Moson-Sopron, Hungary 5 LWfG observed (Source: Pellinger Attila /www.birding.hu).
14 February 2007, Poroszló, Heves, Hungary 2 LWfG observed (Source: Gődér Róbert, Rimóczi Árpád /www.birding.hu).
13 February 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Dr. Kovács Gábor, Kovács Gergely Károly /www.birding.hu).
11 February, 2007, Buhayrat al-Basil, Syria 8 LWfG counted. The original count produced 18, but recounts reduced the number of the surely identified individuals into 8. Possibly 10 more left the lake with some flocks of WfG flying off (Source: Anssi Kullberg). See own report (pdf 800KB) by Annsi Kullberg here»
11 February 2007, Dunatetétlen, Bács-Kiskun, Hungary 2 LWfG observed (Source: Hegedüs D., Verseczki N., Pintér K., Pintér... /www.birding.hu).
10 February 2007, Tömörkény, Csongrád, Hungary 3 LWfG observed (Source: Fodor András (Fehér Néger) /www.birding.hu).
10 February 2007, Szabadszállás, Bács-Kiskun, Hungary 5 LWfG observed (Source: Valkó Orsolya, Pigniczki Csaba, Kókay.../www.birding.hu).
9-10 February, 2007, Borzecin, Barycz River Valley, Dolny Slask, Poland 1 ad lwfg obs. (Source: Wieslaw Lenkiewicz.)
7 February, 2007, Evros Delta, Greece 8 LWfG observed today: 5 adults including the pair Finn and Nieida + one single adult + 2 adults. The pair with one young not observed since 20 January. Counts of other geese: 1100 White-fronted, 3 Red-breasted The transmitter of the female Nieida is not visible at all; it has most likely fallen off (Source: Eleni Makriyanni / LWfG Life project team).
6 February 2007, Darvas, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: Vasas András/www.birding.hu).
5 February 2007, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 1 LWfG observed (Source: P app Gabor./www.birding.hu).
5 February 2007,Szabadszállás, Bács-Kiskun, Hungary 5 LWfG observed (Source: Kókay Bence/www.birding.hu).
4 February 2007, Kömlő, Heves, Hungary 4 LWfG observed (Source: Zalai Tamás (Husi)/www.birding.hu).
20 January, 2007, Evros Delta, Greece 11 LWfG still present, associated with a flock of 150 White-fronted Geese: 5 adults (including Finn and Nieida, colour rings were read) + one adult pair with a juvenile + one single adult + one pair. The transmitter of the female Nieida is not visible at all, i.e. the transmitter may have fallen off (Source: Eleni Makriyanni / LWfG Life project team).
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| The satellite pair photographed on 5 January in the Evros Delta © Didier Vangeluwe (RBINS). |
5 January, 2007, Hungary 1 ad. were seen in a flock of White-fronted geese at Járás-puszta, near Dunatetétlen. It was feedin on rape-field. 2 adults were seen in another flock of white-fronts at Bugli-hát, near Szabadszállás. They acted like a pair (Source: Csaba Pigniczki ).
4 January, 2007, Hungary 3 ad. in a mixed flock of white-fronts and greylags in Kiskunság NP at Büdüs-szék, near Szabadszállás. Two of them stayed together (Source: Csaba Pigniczki ).
2 January, 2007, Evros Delta, Greece Since 1 January, in total 11 LWfG are present: nine individuals that have been present since 28 December + a new unringed pair (Source: Didier Vangeluwe).
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