Portal to the Lesser White-fronted Goose

- by the Fennoscandian Lesser White-fronted Goose project

Location: Inner part of Porsanger fjord, Valdak Marshes, Valdak Marshes, Finnmark, Norway

Observed: 23 LWFG (Fennoscandian) - 23 Ad.

Details: First 5 pairs + 1 single ad arrived yesterday afternoon. Among them Ildgutt. Today 10 pairs + 3 single ad. Mr. Blue and Mr. Evros also present. Tomas Aarvak and Ingar Jostein Øien BirdLife Norway

Location: Siikajoki, Säärenperä-Karinkanta, Säärenperä-Karinkanta, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland

Observed: 88 LWFG (Fennoscandian) - 4 2cy.

Details: 88-94 Lessers observed during the day. In the morning all the area was covered by 1-2 cm snow which melted during the day. Tapio Kostet, Arto Niemi, Heikki Holmström and Risto Karvonen, LWfG monitoring team WWF Finland

Location: Siikajoki, Säärenperä-Karinkanta, Säärenperä-Karinkanta, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland

Observed: 90 LWFG (Fennoscandian) - 2 2cy.

Details: Two broods of one 2cy Lesser were observed. Earlier the brood of two 2cy birds was observed. LWfG monitoring team WWF Finland

Location: Siikajoki, Säärenperä-Karinkanta, Säärenperä-Karinkanta, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland

Observed: 75 LWFG (Fennoscandian) - 2 juv.

Details: Lessers widely scattered around fields and mixed in flocks of Greater White-fronts, then in three groups of 23, 25 and 27 individuals. At least 2 2cy bird confirmed. Heikki Holmström, Tapio Kostet, Esa Aalto, Petri Hottola, and Risto Karvonen, LWfG monitoring team WWF Finland

Location: Rusne Island, Rusne, Rusne, Silute, Lithuania

Observed: 2 LWFG - 2 Ad.

Details: Birds are not ringed Vytautas Eigirdas

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Vytautas Eigirdas

Location: Käina, Käina Bay, Käina Bay, Hiiumaa, Estonia

Observed: 19 LWFG (Fennoscandian).

Details: 19 individuals still on Hiiumaa. Leho Aaslaid, Maie Vikerpuur

Location: Siikajoki, Säärenperä-Karinkanta, Säärenperä-Karinkanta, Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland

Observed: 65 LWFG (Fennoscandian).

Details: Lessers were found early morning feeding and resting on typical often used area on fields. after feeding they flew to the coastal meadows for the day. According GPS-data of one still working ntransmitter-neckband, Lessers have one day relaxing at Äänekoski, Mid-Finland, most likely the severe Northern wind and snowing while against on their flyway to Siikajoki. LWfG monitoring team WWF Finland and Birdlife Norway

Location: Käina, Käina Bay, Käina Bay, Hiiumaa, Estonia

Observed: 16 LWFG (Fennoscandian).

Details: During morning count conditions were not easy and proper identification was impossible. At evening, 16 Lessers were observed. Joint Monitoring Team Birdlife Estonia and WWF Finland

Location: Käina, Käina Bay, Käina Bay, Hiiumaa, Estonia

Observed: 16 LWFG.

Details: Observed during morning and evening monitoring. Most likely the main flock of Lessers has started to continue migration to North before the sun rise. Joint Monitoring Team Birdlife Estonia and WWF Finland

Location: Rusne Island, Rusne, Rusne, Silute, Lithuania

Observed: 2 LWFG - 2 Ad.

Details: The birds, without ringing, kept together like a pair Vytautas Eigirdas

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Vytautas Eigirdas

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