Colour rings

Since 1995 a number of Lesser White-fronted Geese from the wild populations have been caught. These have been equipped with various combinations of conventional number rings, colour rings, neckbands and satellite radio transmitters. Regular recoveries should be reported to the ringing central that is written on the ring, but observations of colour ringed Lesser White-fronted Geese should be reported to either Tomas Aarvak or Bo Fagerström (see below). 

NOTE: Lesser White-fronted Geese having colour rings on both feet belong to the reintroduced population, while all wild caught Lessers have colour rings on only one leg and a metal ring on the other. Are you unsure, then contact Tomas Aarvak and we will give you the proper contact address. Some Lesser White-fronted Geese have also got RED, GREEN, BLACK or YELLOW neck collars in Russia. These should be reported to the Russian Ringing Central (address below). Some Lesser White-fronted geese got BLUE neck bands in Finland in 1990s. These recoveries should be reported to Petteri Tolvanen.

Adult male LWfG at the Valdak Marshes, Norway, 27.05.1997. © Ingar J. Øien, NOF	Adult LWfG at Stellendam, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands, 24.02.2003. © Vincent van der Spek/EcoWEB

ADRESSES OF WHOM SHOULD YOU REPORT TO:

Observations in Western Palearctic - wild LWFG (colour rings on one leg)

Tomas Aarvak
Norwegian Ornithological Society
Sandgt. 30B, N-7012 Trondheim, Norway
email: tomas@birdlife.no

Observations in Western Europe - reintroduced/translocated LWfG (colour rings on both legs)

Bo Fagerström
Dalgatan 10, S-824 42 Hudiksvall, Sweden
email: bofagerstrom@hotmail.com
tel.: +46 650 5951 58, fax: +46 70 641 05 32

Observations in Palearctic - wild LWFG (red, green, black or yellow neck bands)

Bird Ringing Centre
Leninskiy prospect 86-310
Moscow 117313, Russia
e-mail: bird.ring.rus@gmail.com
tel: +7 095 138 2231, fax: +7 095 423 2613

General information about colour inging projects:

see Dirk Raes 'colour ringing»' internet pages.