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Wildfowl
(2013) 63: 24–39
Analysis of traditional ring recoveries (
i.e
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of metal rings reported to the French
ringing centre) for Greylag Geese shot in
France (Fig. 5) shows a similar picture to
that of the neck-band sightings (Fig. 6).
Seventy-seven geese ringed in Denmark
have been shot in France and reported over
the study period. These records show the
same distribution pattern as the other
Nordic geese, but too few Greylag Geese
have been neck-banded in Denmark in
recent years for an analysis of their
distribution in France. The most marked
difference was amongst geese marked in
Germany; there were 25 recoveries of metal
rings in the French ringing centre’s database,
compared to only one collar observation in
These differences might be
Figure 5
. Distribution of recoveries (number of records in brackets) of shot Greylag Geese
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reported from France. Origin: Red = Sweden (103), Dark Blue = Denmark (77), Violet = Norway (44),
Black = outside Nordic countries, notably Germany (25), Poland (5), Czech Republic (1) and Finland (1).
