Geese
species:
Greylag Goose
scientific name:
Anser anser
EURING code:
01611
notes:
White ring with a black three alpha-numeric code (normally on left leg) and BTO-metal ring (on right leg).
note 1 : the Dartford Ringing Group has been colour ringing Greylag Geese at a site near Sevenoaks, Kent UK since 1982. The project monitors a population of geese introduced to the site from Scotland by Jeffery Harrison in the 1960s. The birds are caught once a year in a roundup during the flightless period.
email sighting submit:
website information:
snailmail sighting submit:
Roger Taylor, Dartford Ringing Group, 21 Dallin Road, Plumstead, London SE18 3NY, UK.
colour-ring type:
Legring : one, coded.
colour-ring colour:
White [W]
colour-ring code:
Three alpha-numeric code (3 letters/numbers).
countries where ringed:
United Kingdom.
