MIGRATION OF NORDIC BEAN GEESE

Neck-banding of Bean Geese started in the Nordic countries in 1977 after some preliminary trials in 1976. Initially Bean Geese were caught with cannon nets on staging areas in SW Scania but from 1981 all catching operations were concentrated on breeding Bean Geese in northern Finland, whereas all efforts in south Sweden were concentrated at reading the neck-bands. Catching of breeding Bean Geese in northernmost Finland was undertaken annually after that, but in 1995 - 1997 only single individuals were neck-banded.

Neck-bands used are orange or orange/red with white codes of the same layout as the blue neck-bands used in the Nordic Greylag Goose Project. Observations should be reported in the same way as the Greylag Geese:

REPORTING ADRESS:

Leif Nilsson, Ecology Building, S-223 62   Lund, Sweden

E-mail   Leif.Nilsson@zooekol.lu.se

Fax       +46 46 222 47 16

Phone   +46 46 222 37 09

Published reports

Nilsson,L. 1984. Migrations of Fennoscandian Bean Geese Anser fabalis. Swedish Wildlife Research 13:83-106.

Nilsson,L. & Persson,H. 1984. Non-breeding distribution, numbers and ecology of Bean Goose Anser fabalis in Sweden. Swedish Wildlife Research 13:107-170.

Nilsson,L. & Persson,H. 1991. Site tenacity and turnover rate of staging and wintering Bean Geese Anser fabalis in southern Sweden. Wildfowl 42:53-59.

Nilsson,L. & Pirkola,M.K. 1986. The migration pattern of Bean Geese Anser fabalis in the Baltic area. Vår Fågelvärld Suppl. 11:147-153.

Nilsson,L. & Pirkola,M.K. 1991. Migration pattern of Finnish Bean Geese Anser fabalis. Ornis Svecica 1:81-92.

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