Update on our bean geese in Norway

Simon Rix the Oslo birder has been busy again out looking at the bean geese that are staging near Oslo.

The flock count has gone up to 90 birds but Simon is having a problem trying to do some age counts because the birds are so wary.

He has again put some nice pics on his website (oslobirder.blogspot.co.uk) which are well worth looking at.

Further news and Pictures from Norway

Simon in Norway has been busy looking for bean geese near his home in Oslo. The results of his endeavours can be seen on his blog (oslobirder.blogspot.co.uk) We can see Tag10 amongst a flock of 50 birds.

His pictures as usual are first class in showing the habitat the birds are using and then managing to capture them in flight, with inserts of collared birds.

It is interesting too to try and understand their early arrival in this location. Do they react to early indications of an early drop in temperatures or have they moulted early and decided to move south.

News Update on Tag10 in Norway

I have noted today via the bean goose website (scotlandsbeangeese.wikispaces.com) that Tag10 has moved south towards the Glomma river NE of Oslo where the birds visit on their spring migration.

Tag 10 bill pattern

Tag 29 has now also downloaded a new position which is north of where Tag10 is at present

News from Sweden 5 August 2016

Hi all

Tags 10, 27, 29 and 30 continue to work after the breeding season. The autumn 2016 migration diary is as follows.

5 August Tags, 10,27,29 and 30 finish their annual moult and move to forest wetland near Storbo (close to the Norwegian border).

This is great news and means that we may well have 'live' information again this coming winter on the Slamannan Plateau

There is a new autumn migration 2016 link on the bean goose website

(http://scotlandsbeangeese.wikispaces.com/home

Summer news from Sweden

I was delighted a few weeks ago to hear from Simon Rix (Oslo Birder) that he had been out and about in Dalarna County in Sweden and had managed to photograph some of our Slammanan birds on their breeding territory. Unfortunately no confirmation of breeding was obtained but some lovely habitat shots were taken during his visit and one of tag10 taken with a mate.

I attach some of these shots courtesy of Simon.

Bean Geese Habitat Dalarna county

Tag10 (male) on the right with female on the left

Bean Geese Habitat Dalarna County Sweden

Tag10 in flight with some other possible non breeders

Bean Geese in Sweden

All of the bean geese are now in Dalarna County Sweden for breeding. No further information will be available during this period.

I will update you if any breeding information is obtained from ornithologists in Sweden.

Tag10 has been in this area since early April

Picture of Tag10 when given his new collar last October.

News Update on the Bean Goose flock

The bean geese flock of c150 birds has now moved further north from their previous position on the Glomma River to the NE of Oslo.

This is a known intermediate staging post that our birds have used in previous years.