Just checked out Simon's website (oslobirder.blogspot.co.uk) and see that he has been busy hunting down our flock of bean geese.
He has managed to get a count of 144 birds with 7 of our birds fitted with collars in 2011.
3X male and his mate 6Y,
6X male and his mate 6Z
4Y Male (should have his mate 4Z nearby)
7P Male (should have his mate 4T nearby)
6S Male (mate unringed)
He has also identified GPS tags birds and one with a blue leg ring which was a Juv last year and the number on the collar was 16 (but fitted upside down)
The habit being used on the autumn migration is different from the spring one as Simon explains on his blog about the Glomma river not having sandbanks at this time of year. Therefore the birds have a different staging area to the north.
All fascinating stuff and thanks as Simon says to modern technology.
