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Leif Nilsson leif.nilsson@zooekol.lu.se
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| DIFFERENT PROJECTS Follow the links for more information International Waterfowl Counts. Annual Midwinter Counts have been organised in Sweden as a part of the International Midwinter Counts (IWC) of Wetlands International since the start of the counts in 1967. International Goose Counts in Sweden Regular country-wide goose counts within the framework of the Goose Specialist Group of Wetlands International are undertaken in Sweden since 1977/78. Annual reports from the Waterfowl and Goose counts are published Download the latest report here
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INTERNATIONAL
GOOSE-MEETING AT HÖLLVIKEN, SWEDEN OCTOBER 2009 The 12th meeting of the Goose Research group of Wetlands International was held in south Sweden in 2009. The proceedings are now available and can be downloaded here.
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Offshore seaduck counts in the Baltic During 2007- 2009 offshore-counts of the entire Baltic were organized within the SOWBAS project to follow up the development since the first total surveys of the Baltic in 1992/93. Counts in Sweden have been continued in 2010 and 2011. The Longtailed Duck has shown a dramatic decrease in numbers during recent years. The estimated population in Swedish waters have decreased from 1.4 mill. to about 0.5 in 2009. The results of the Swedish counts are found on the link below. Offshore Swedish Seabird Counts To download the SOWBAS-report go to: http://www.norden.org/en/publications/publikationer/2011-550 A report of the Swedish offshore counts in 2007-2011, also analysing the changes that have taken place since the first all-Baltic survey in 1992/93 and the intensive counts in most Swedish waters during the early seventies have been published recently in Ornis Svecica and can be downloaded here: Distributions and numbers of wintering seaducks in Swedish offshore waters |
HOW YOU CAN HELP Check goose-flocks for neck-banded individuals. .
Neckbanding of Bean Geese with the same kind of neckbands has also started in Sweden again. Nordic Taiga Bean Goose Research Neckbanding of Nordic Greylag Geese You could also report observations of neck-banded Nordic Bean Geese and Greylag Geese wia the website: New report on Finnish neckbanded Bean Geese in Sweden to download:
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Nordic Taiga Bean Goose Research Neck-banding of Bean Geese have been undertaken in different areas of Sweden and Finland during the late seventies and eighties. In Sweden neckbanding of Bean Geese started again in northern Sweden in 2005. Since the start 78 Bean Geese have been neck-banded at staging areas at Umeå and Luleå. Ten of these have been equipped with satellite PTTs. No new neckbands or PTTs were attached in 2010 but important staging areas were regularly checked for the occurrence of neckbanded geese. During the summer 2012 37 moulting taiga bean geese were neck-banded on a moulting site in southern Lapland (Adjan de Jong & Thomas Heinicke). Moulting geese were marked in the same area 25 years ago and were found to winter mainly in Britain, migrating through Denmark. The same summer 39 moulting tundra bean geese were marked in northern Norway by a Swedish-Norwegian-Finnish team. To read more about the Bean Goose Research follow the link below:
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GOOSE AND WATERFOWL COUNTS IN SWEDEN
Midwinter counts of waterfowl have been undertaken in Sweden sinced 1967, whereas goose counts started in 1977/78. The results for the last season are now being analysed and will be available during the summer if you follow the links below. The counts in 2010/11 followed the plan and the results are gathered in a data-base for analysis and reporting in the summer 2011. FOR INFORMATION OF THE LATEST RESULTS FOLLOW THE LINKS BELOW OR DOWNLOAD THE ANNUAL REPORT Preliminary results for the goose counts in 2010/11 are available on the link below: |
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NEW BREEDING WATERBIRD SURVEY IN THE SWEDISH MOUNTAIN CHAIN
The Rapa delta, Sarek national park, one of the best waterfowl
Flock of Common and Velvet Scoters at Lake Tärnasjön During 1972 - 1975 the breeding waterbird populations of northernmost Fennoscandia were surveyed for the first time. This survey covered the northernmost parts of Sweden, Finland and Norway and has never been repeated since then. During the summer of 2009, the Swedish mountain chain was surveyed once more, this time from helicopter and all old squares in the mountain chain and most special study areas here were visited once more. The results are still to be analysed but the general impression from the survey is that there are marked changes for some species. It was clear already when doing the work that the Common Scoter has increased in the mountain chain, whereas we found fewer Velvet Scoters than expected. The Whooper Swan was another species that had increased and also moved into new areas. The impression was that the Scaup was more scarce in the south of the mountain chain but that it had kept its possition better in the north.
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