Since fitting three new collars on our bean geese on the evening of the 5th November a great amount of information is now being made available into the distribution of our birds in and around Slamannan. I attach a picture of the distribution of our birds since then.
After a couple of unsuccessful years in trying to catch some more bean geese it is great to tell you that we managed to catch and ring 7 Bean Geese on 5th November. Collars have been fitted to all birds with 3 birds having GPS collars fitted which will give us more information on their travels both here and during their migration to Scandanavia.
The new collars to look out for are: V7, V8, X3, X4, GPS birds are numbered 5, 6 and 7
One of the birds caught was a retrap with the original catch being made on 2012 and given the collar 7, which it managed to lose. It is fortunate that this bird had been given a black ring on its left leg which has allowed us to identify it since then. It has now been fitted with the new collar X4. (see pics below)
Of interest is the face pattern of this bird seems to have changed over the years which is an interesting feature worthy of note
