Thursday, 15 November 2012

O23 Pink-foot.

 So the Pink-footed Goose I saw yesterday near Martin Mere with the white neck band was controlled on 29 March 2011 at Vest Stadil Fjord in Denmark. This is presumably a Svalbard bird that normally winters in Denmark, whereas the Lancashire wintering population comprises of Icelandic birds.


He is in this flock of Pink-footed Geese (near the front, right of centre). Blow it up a bit (below) and you can just see his white collar.  


Thanks to Fred Cotaar of the Goose Specialist Group in Holland for the info.

2 comments:

Pete Woodruff said...

Fascinating stuff Colin, makes goose chasing all the more interesting.

I found the white collared bird before I looked at your blow up, a good observations test.

Colin Bushell said...

You did well there Pete. I saw the bird when it was feeding out in stubble and managed to read the collar. I had no idea it was in the photo until I checked it just in case there was anything good before I posted.