Recent observations
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RECENT:
After last weeks' floodings in Evros River a lot of alterations have been made in the morphology of the part of the delta that is close to the border (the so called "eastern part"). The main embankment that prevented the water of the river to enter the cultivations and the wetland was destroyed on February 18th in the most northern part. Until today all of the "eastern part" is flooded, from Feres to the sea. Paloukia lagoon is altered completely as huge openings have been created around the dyke, especially towards the sea. Meadows of the "eastern part" that were used in late wintering season by the geese are flooded. Source: Eleni Makrigianni/Evros Delta Management Authority .
19 February 2010, Evros Delta, Greece 7 LWfG were observed today. Source: Giannis Fakriadis/Evros Delta Management Authority & Didier Vangeluwe.
17 February 2010, Evros Delta, Greece 1 LWfG in a big flock of Greater White-fronts. Source: Giannis Fakriadis/Evros Delta Management Authority & Didier Vangeluwe.
16 February 2010, Al-Jabbul, Syria 72 LWfG obserevd in a flock of ca 700 geese at Al-Jabbul – there is also earlier records of LWfG from this site, but this is the highest count ever. This important observation was also published on national television in Syria. Source: T.Eskelin & S. Timonen, conveyed by Petteri Tolvanen, WWF-Finland.
9 February 2010, Evros Delta, Greece 2 LWfG in a flock of Greater White-fronts. Source: Panagiotis Ioannidis/Evros Delta Management Authority.
8 January 2010, Evros Delta, Greece A flock of 20-22 ind. was observed today. One family with 4 juv identified. Ca. 1400 Greater White-fronts present. Source: Eleni Makrigianni/Evros Delta Management Authority .
4 January 2010, Evros Delta, Greece At least 7 ind. (possibly many more) in a flock of Greater White-fronts. Source: Panagiotis Ioannidis/Evros Delta Management Authority .
1 January 2010, Lake Kerkini, Greece 3 ind in a flock of Greater White-fronts. Source: Chris Vlachos; email posted at EOEbirding, Greek birding mailing list.
15 December 2009, Evros Delta, Greece A flock of 21-22 ind. was observed today. Source: Giannis Fakriadis/Evros Delta Management Authority
16 November 2009, Lake Kerkini, Greece 25-35 LWfG at observed. The birds are far away at the river mouth and because of floods the area is not easily surveyed. Source: Theodoros Nazaridis conveyed by Yannis Tsougrakis.
31 October 2009, Jamnik, Stawy Milickie, woj.dolnośląskie, Poland 1ind. obserevd in a flock of tundra bean geese (+photographed). Source: observer Wiesław Lenkiewicz, Clanga.com.
25 October 2009, Radziądz, woj.dolnośląskie, Poland 1 ind. observed (+photograped). Source: observer Wiesław Lenkiewicz, Clanga.com.
9 October 2009, Kąty Rybackie, Poland A single bird was seen in flock of 25 White-fronted Geese. Source: Michał Skakuj, Kasia Goworek & Antoni Marczewski.
02 October 2009, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary A flock of 22 LWfG was observed today. It comprised three broods of 4, 4 and 2 goslings. This is the same that was observed at the Valdak Marshes in late August! Source: János Tar
30 August 2009, Valdak Marshes, Porsanger, Norway Totally 23 LWfG have been observed in the Porsangen fjord at different sites. Three broods of 4,4 and 2 goslings respectively. Source: I.J. Øien & T. Aarvak, Birdlife Norway.
21 August 2009, Valdak Marshes, Porsanger, Norway 17 LWfG at the marshes, of which two pairs with four goslings each (the female in one of these is Maddu!). The rest are adults.Source: I.J. Øien & T. Aarvak, Birdlife Norway.
19-20 August 2009, Ume River Delta, Västerbotten, Sweden One adult observed. The bird is most likely not from the Swedish reintroduced population. It arrived with 300 greylags (of which two had been ringed in northern Norway). Source: Per Hansson
5 December 2008 - 24 April, 2009, Bay of Saint Brieuc, France 1 LWfG pair wintering. Source: Eric Briens.
18 May 2009, Säärenperä, Siikajoki, Finland, Finland The spring monitoring ended today. No LWfG present. Source: Ari Leinonen.
18 May 2009, Vaemla coastal meadow, Hiiumaa, Estonia 2 LWfG present. Note: Not a traditional LWfG site. Source: Leho Aaslaid, conveyed by Tarvo Valker and Maire Toming.
17 May 2009, Säärenperä, Siikajoki, Finland, Finland 2 LWfG present. Source: Ari Leinonen.
15 May 2009, Säärenperä, Siikajoki, Finland 20 (3 +17) LWfG at Säärenperä; none of the colour ringed. Of these, the flock of 17 took off at 09:40 and started migration towards Hailuoto. Source: Ari Leinonen, Elina Seppänen.
14-15 May 2009, Tahu coastal meadow, Silma Nature Reserve, Noarootsi, Estonia No LWfG observed. Source: Maire Toming, Mikko Tiira.
14 May 2009, Säärenperä, Siikajoki, Finland 17 LWfG present. Source: Ari Leinonen.
13 May 2009, Bothnian Bay coast, Lumijoki / Siikajoki / Hailuoto, Finland 19 (2 +17) LWfG at
Säärenperä; none at Pitkänokka (Lumijoki) and Tömppä (Hailuoto) in the morning. Source: Ari Leinonen.
13 May 2009, Tahu coastal meadow, Silma Nature Reserve, Noarootsi, Estonia 6 LWfG present. Source: Tarvo Valker, Aivar Veide.
12 May 2009, Säärenperä, Siikajoki, Finland 19 (2+17) LWfG present. Source: Ari Leinonen.
11 May 2009, Valdak Marshes, Porsanger, Norway Three unringed pairs arrived in the afternoon. Source: Birdlife Norway - I.J. Øien & T. Aarvak.
11 May 2009, Bothnian Bay coast, Lumijoki / Siikajoki / Hailuoto, Finland Altogether
21 LWfG observed today: 19 birds (2+8+9 individuals, including a
probably new (to be confimed later on by the video material)
flock of 6 birds and also still the same pair that arrived on 3
May) at Säärenperä + 2 birds at Pitkänokka
(Lumijoki), none on Hailuoto. If the flock of 6 were new birds (as the observers suppose), this raises
the spring total already to at least 29 individuals, which would be the
highest spring count in the area since the year 1998. Source: Esa Aalto & Ari Leinonen.
11 May 2009, Tahu coastal meadow, Silma Nature Reserve, Noarootsi, Estonia At least 4 LWfG present in a large flock of Barnacle Geese. Source: Tarvo Valker, Aivar Veide.
10 May 2009, Bothnian Bay coast, Siikajoki / Hailuoto, Finland 23 LWfG present: the same 21 birds (see 9 May 2009) at Säärenperä (Siikajoki), and 2 birds at Tömppä (Hailuoto). This is the first observation of staging LWfG on Hailuoto since the year 2002, and the highest daily count in this well monitored spring staging area since the year 2000! Source: Esa Aalto & Ari Leinonen.
10 May 2009, Tahu coastal meadow, Silma Nature Reserve, Noarootsi, Estonia 6 (2+4) LWfG present. Source: Tarvo Valker, Aivar Veide.
9 May 2009, Säärenperä, Siikajoki, Finland 21 LWfG present, the same pair that has been present since 3 May, and a flock of 19 birds that arrived in the mid-day. Source: Esa Aalto & Ari Leinonen.
9 May 2009, Tahu coastal meadow, Silma Nature Reserve, Noarootsi, Estonia 7 LWfG present. Source: Tapio Kostet, Seppo Ekelund.
8 May 2009, Tahu coastal meadow, Silma Nature Reserve, Noarootsi, Estonia 16 LWfG present. Source: Marko Valker, Aivar Veide, Maire Toming & Kaja Lotman.
7 May 2009, Tahu coastal meadow, Silma Nature Reserve, Noarootsi, Estonia A flock of 30 (29 adults + 1 2-cy) LWfG present in the evening, three of them colour ringed. Largest LWfG flock in Estonia in the 2000's! Source: Jyrki Pynnönen.
5 May 2009, Tahu coastal meadow, Silma Nature Reserve, Noarootsi, Estonia A flock of at least 22 LWfG present, flew towards Linnamäe. Source: Tarvo Valker conveyed by Jyrki Pynnönen.
3-8 May 2009, Säärenperä, Siikajoki, Finland One adult LWfG pair present, arrived in the evening of 3 May. The first LWfG in Finland this year. Source: Ari Leinonen.
3 May 2009, Haeska, Ridala, Estonia A new LWfG pair present. Source: Jyrki Pynnönen.
2 May 2009, Tahu coastal meadow, Silma Nature Reserve, Noarootsi, Estonia A flock of 25 adult LWfG present, three of them colour ringed. Source: Jyrki Pynnönen.
28 April 2009, Tahu coastal meadow, Silma Nature Reserve, Noarootsi, Estonia A flock of 20 adult LWfG present in the afternoon. Source: Pekka Komi & Ilpo Mutikainen.
27 April 2009, Pürksi, Noarootsi, Estonia A flock of 18 LWfG present in the morning. Source: Aivar Veide.
27 April 2009, Haeska, Ridala, Estonia 5 adult LWfG present in the morning. Source: Jyrki Pynnönen.
26 April 2009, Haeska, Ridala, Estonia 6 adult LWfG present in the morning. Source: Jyrki Pynnönen.
21-25 April 2009, Haeska, Ridala, Estonia 2 unringed adult LWfG present. The first observation in Estonia this spring. Source: Jyrki Pynnönen, Heikki Holmström & Risto Karvonen.
19 April 2009, Nemunas Delta, Lithuania 1 unringed ad LWfG in the fields south of Silute in a flock of ca 2000 Greater White-fronts. Source: Krister Castrén & Petteri Tolvanen.
14 April Naurzum reserve (Bolshoy Aksuat lake), Kazakhstan сa 19:14-20:30 5 flocks of WFG (324 in total) flew to the East. In a flock of 36 WFG were also 2 LWFG. Source: conveyed by Sonia Rozenfeld.
11 April Batpatkol lake, Kazakhstan Greylag Goose 1062, White-fronted Goose 1599, Lesser White-fronted Goose 30 & Red-breasted Goose 26 (wind, rain with snow). In the same day on Salmanykol lake 7 RBG (flying). Source: conveyed by Sonia Rozenfeld.
8 April 2009, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 43 LWfG at Kungyörgy. Two colour-ringed birds in the flock: black left leg (a male ringed in Norway in May 2002), and red-white right leg (the female Máddu, ringed in Norway in May 2006). Source: János Tar
6 April 2009, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary A flock of 43 LWfG at the Kondas fishpond! This is two individuals more than the autumn 2008 total in Norway, and only two individuals less than the maximun count in Greece (Lake Kerkini) in winter 2008-2009. Source: János Tar
1 April 2009, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary A flock of 26 LWfG at the Kondas fishpond. Source: János Tar
26 March 2009, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary The main flock of Fennoscandian LWfG has arrived in Hortobágy: a flock 34 birds feeding at Rókás, from where they flew to the Kondás fish pond. Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team.
21 March 2009, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 1 unringed LWfG at Cserepes in the morning. Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team.
19 March 2009, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 17 LWfG present: 3 individuals on the Kondás fishpond, and another 14 birds on the Hortobágy fish pond unit XI. These birds were probably not of the Fennoscandian population: they were mixed with first large spring flocks of Greater White-fronts that have arrived recently, the fish pond unit XI site is not typical for the Fennoscandian birds, and one of the birds at the fish pond unit XI had extremely large white front patch (covering the left eye) - such an individual has never been reported in the small and well monitored Fennoscandian flock. Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team.
19 March 2009, PN Ujście Warty, woj.lubuskie , Poland 1 ind. observed (+photographed). Source: observer Zbigniew Kajzer, Clanga.com.
15 March 2009, Lake Kerkini, Greece The lessers are rediscovered! The main flock of 36 individuals (all adults) is still at Trigono. Four of them were colour-ringed (Red/white – right, White only right, Black left, Orange/red OR red/orange left). Further away there were 5 A. anser. No GWfG observed during the last days. Thodoros speculates that it is possible that the main flock of lessers never left Kerkini this winter, but he just didn't manage to locate them the previous days. Source: Theodoros Nazaridis conveyed by Yannis Tsougrakis/LWfG Life project team.
9 March 2009, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 1 LWfG at Zam-puszta. Source: Zoltán Ecsedi & János Tar /LWfG Life project team.
7-8 March 2009, Holtgaste, Germany 1 LWfG seen on several occasions (27/2 near Jemgum in a flock of WFGs and Greylags, on 1/3 by Oliver Krome in the same place, again by Helmut Kruckenberg a week later on 5/3-09 near Holtgaste (its ca. 3km to the south, in this case it was feeding in a large flock of Barnacle geese 2000 and some WFG, ca. 400) and again by several birders on the following weekend. Source: Conveyed by Helmut Kruckenberg
3 March 2009, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary at least 11 LWfG at Szasztelek: 7 of them unringed (legs of the other four not seen properly). Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team.
1 March 2009, Laska, Pomorze Zachodnie, Poland 1ad observed (+ photographed), the same as 23.02. Source: M. Solowiej.
1 March 2009, Kaszyce, Dolny Slask, Poland 1 ad observed (+ photographed). Source: W. Lenkiewicz.
1 March 2009, near Maiberg, Spree-Neie, state Brandenburg, Germany 1 adult LWFG
(unringed) among Greater Whitefronts and Tundra Beans. Source: Steve Klasan, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
28 February 2009, Lake Kerkini, Greece Definitely no LWfG present any more. The last confirmed observation of LWfG from Kerkini was made on 10 February (when at least 10 individuals, but possibly the whole flock of 41 ind. - see 26 January 2009 - was present). Source: Theodoros Nazaridis conveyed by Yannis Tsougrakis/LWfG Life project team.
28 February 2009, Koszewo, Pomorze Zachodnie, Poland 1 ad observed (+ photographed). Source: M. Sowa & L. Borek
28 February 2009, Gaski, Dolny Slask, Poland 1 ad observed (+ photographed). Source: W. Lenkiewicz.
27 February 2009, Evros Delta, Greece Still no LWfG observed this winter at the Evros Delta, in spite of frequent and intensive surveys. Ca 900 Greater White-fronts present. Source: Eleni Makriyanni conveyed by Yannis Tsougrakis/LWfG Life project team.
26 February 2009, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 1adult LWfG at Cserepes. Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team.
22 and 25 February 2009, near Neolithteich, Anhalt-Bitterfeld, state Saxony-Anhalt, Germany 3 adult LWFG (in a group together, unringed) among Greater Whitefronts and Tundra Beans. Source: Ingolf Todte, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
23 February 2009, Laska, Pomorze Zachodnie, Poland 1 ad observed (+ photographed). Source: Z. Kajzer
15 February 2009, Apaj, Pest, Hungary 2 adult LWfG. Source: Bence Kókay /www.birding.hu
15 February 2009, Poroszló, Heves, Hungary 2 adult LWfG at Tisza-tó. Source: Tamás Zalai /www.birding.hu
14 February 2009, Osiek, Dolny Slask, Poland 1 imm (2cy) observed (+ photographed), the same as on 07.02. Source: W. Lenkiewicz.
11 February 2009, Szabadszállás, Bács-Kiskun, Hungary 2 LWfG at Szujkó. Source: Csaba Pigniczki /www.birding.hu
10 February 2009, Kunszentmiklós, Bács-Kiskun, Hungary 1 adult LWfG at Túri. Source: Csaba Pigniczki/www.birding.hu
9 February 2009, Havel floodplain near Zachow, Potsdam-Mittelmark, state Brandenburg, Germany 1 single adult LWFG (unringed) among Greater Whitefronts. Source: Bert Jahnke, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
9 February 2009, Pusztaszer, Csongrád, Hungary 3 adult LWfG at Szeri puszta. Source: Tamás Nagy /www.birding.hu
7 February 2009, Osiek, Dolny Slask, Poland 1 imm (2cy) in a flock of Tundra Bean Geese, observed and photographed. Source: Wieslaw lenkiewicz.
7 February 2009, Lake Durankulak, Bulgaria 5 LWfG (4 adults, 1 juvenile) dispersed in a flock of about 500 Greater White-fronts grazing in a cereal crop field near the northern part of the Durankulak lake. Source: Dimiter Georgiev.
7 February 2009, Apaj, Pest, Hungary 2 adult LWfG at Perjési-kaszálók. Source: Bence Kókay /www.birding.hu
6 February 2009, Pardina, Danube Delta, Romania 1 adult LWfG photographed in a flock of Greater White-fronts. Source: Nicu Calin, conveyed by Eugen Petrescu.
6 February 2009, Pusztaszer, Csongrád, Hungary 1 juvenile LWfG at Szeri puszta. Source: Tamás Nagy/www.birding.hu
5 February 2009, Lake Durankulak, Bulgaria 1 adult LWfG grazing in a cereal crop field by the northern part of the Durankulak lake, in a flock of about 4000 Greater White-fronts. Source: Dimiter Georgiev.
4 February 2009, Lake Durankulak, Bulgaria 1 adult LWfG grazing in a cereal crop field by the northern part of the Durankulak lake, in a flock of about 2500-3000 Greater White-fronts. Source: Dimiter Georgiev.
2 February 2009, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 3 unringed adult LWfG at Cserepes. Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team.
2 February 2009, Poroszló, Heves, Hungary 2 adult LWfG at Szobor-dűlő. Source: Péter Borbáth /www.birding.hu
1 February 2009, St Brieuc, France 2 LWfG observed, one of them (an adult) also photographed. Source: François Duchenne /www.surfbirds.com
30 January 2009, Ipolyvece, Nógrád, Hungary 1 adult LWfG at Ortás-rétek. Source: Ádám Selmeczi Kovács /www.birding.hu
28 January 2009, Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar, Hungary 1 adult LWfG at Cserepes. Source: János Tar /LWfG Life project team.
26 January 2009, Lake Kerkini, Greece 41 LWfG still present, all adults and three of them colour-ringed (codes not read today). So far no LWfG have been recorded at the Evros delta this winter. Source: Theodoros Nazaridis conveyed by Yannis Tsougrakis/LWfG Life project team.
23 January 2009, Lake Durankulak, Bulgaria 3 LWfG observed: one adult bird in a flock of ca 4,000-5,000 Greater White-fronts, grazing on a cereal crop field 1 km north of the lake, and one juvenile in a flock of about 8,000 Greater White-fronts, grazing on a cereal crop field 3 km west of the lake. Source: Dimiter Georgiev.
20 January 2009, near Starsiedel, Burgenlandkreis, state Saxony-Anhalt, Germany single adult LWFG among Tundra Beans and Greater Whitefronts. Source: Thomas Köster, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
19 January 2009, Lake Kerkini, Greece 39 LWfG at Trigono, three of them with colour rings: Black left leg, Orange-red left leg and possibly Red-white right leg. Source: Maria Panayotopoulou, Sylvia Zakkak and Gordon Ramel conveyed by Yannis Tsougrakis/LWfG Life project team.
19 January 2009, NW of Rhede, Emsland, state Lower Saxony, Germany single adult LWFG among Tundra Beans and Barnacles. Source: Rik van der Starre, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
12 January 2009, Lake Kerkini, Greece 41 LWfG at Trigono, all of them adults (cf. 27 November 2008). The observation conditions were fine, the light was good but not all legs were visible; no rings were seen on the legs checked. Source: Theodoros Nazaridis conveyed by Yannis Tsougrakis/LWfG Life project team. - There's two alternative ways to interpret this observation: 1) The family with four juveniles (2 ad + 4 juv) that was present at least until the end of November has left the area, and in this case the total number of LWfG observed at Kerkini this winter would be raised to 51 individuals. The fact that no colour rings were observed today could also point towards a turnover of individuals since the end of November. 2) All the four juveniles have died since the end of November at Lake Kerkini, in which case the drop of 45 ind (41 ad + 4 juv) on 27 Nov to 41 ind. (all adults) today wouldn't need any further assumptions.
11 January 2009, near lake Gülpe, Havelland, state Brandenburg, Germany single adult LWFG among Tundra Beans and Greater Whitefronts. Source: Bodo Kreisel, conveyed by Thomas Heinicke.
6 January 2009, "Les Vallées", Porte-Joie, France (49°15'30.05"N;
1°15'1.38"E) One LWfG in a group of Geater White-fronted
Geese, Taiga Bean Geese and one Greylag Goose.
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The web pages of www.tarsiger.com» have a list called all recent Lesser White-fronted Goose observations» (Western Palearctic - the list does not distinguish between wild and reintroduced/relocated individuals).
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The site Birds and nature in Denmark» have a list of all observations of lesser white-fronted geese in Denmark».
- Search also the birders site in Hungary at www.birding.hu»
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