The Lincolnshire Bird Club

Adult bird seen at Middlemarsh Farm, near Skegness at 1130 on 221216. In a flock of 41 birds consisting of 37 adults and 4 young. 24 days ago it was recorded in the Netherlands.

Code: Neckband Black : BH1, Legring (Metal only) : NLA-7176011 White-Fronted Goose
Ringing date: 27.01.2015 Sex: F Age: J
Ring location: Maren-Kessel, Lage Velden, Vorstweg, NL. Coordinate (North): 51 47 06 Coordinate (East) (- = West): 5 25 26
27.01.2015 Maren-Kessel, Lage Velden,Vorstweg Noord-Brabant NL 51 47 06 5 25 26 Gerard Müskens
06.03.2015 Woudbloem Groningen NL 53 12 40 6 44 15 Peter Volten
07.03.2015 Woudbloem ae Groningen NL 53 12 24 6 44 50 Peter Volten
12.10.2015 Tonnekreek- de wachter Noord-Brabant NL 51 41 11 4 28 15 Cor van Aart
05.11.2015 Hoeven-brede balrouw Noord-Brabant NL 51 35 43 4 34 44 Cor van Aart
04.12.2015 Standaarbuiten- eerste kruisweg Noord-Brabant NL 51 37 25 4 31 25 Cor van Aart
08.01.2016 Hoeven-palingstraat Noord-Brabant NL 51 36 15 4 36 10 Cor van Aart
28.11.2016 Hoeven-papeweg Noord-Brabant NL 51 36 34 4 35 44 Cor van Aart
22.12.2016 Middlemarsh Farm, near Skegness, Lincolnshire, UK. 53 08 28 0 17 49. In a flock of 41 with 37 adults and 4 young

Regards

Nige

This kind of reply makes CR reading most worthwhile!

Dear Nige,

As a co-manager of www.geese.org I noticed your observations of European White-fronted Goose BH1 black.
As only a small number (max. about 2.000) of European WfG winter in Great-Britain, it’s a very nice observation of the neckbanded goose. In a nice area too as I learned from http://gibraltarpointbirdobservatory.blogspot.nl/?m=1
In the Blog I found two pictures of a small flock of WfG, 17 December 2016 by photographer Stuart Ainsworth. I will write a small item in my regular goose news “Nieuws van de velden’ (Dutch language) about your observations of WfG BH1 black. Did you take a picture of BH1, foraging or resting near Skegness? That would be very nice. Is it ok to use your observations in my next ‘goose news’.
To give you an inpression of my ‘Nieuws van de velden’, I attached the most recent issue.

Best regards,
Jan Kramer