Ringed Brent Geese
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Ringed Brent Geese by Hugh Venables as part of the Geograph project.
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Ringed Brent Geese
Image: © Hugh Venables Taken: 4 Feb 2007
The two Brent Geese in the middle have been caught and fitted with coloured rings with ascii symbols on. These can be read in the field with binoculars or a telescope so that the movements can be monitored without recapturing the birds. Dunlin feeding with them.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.848205
Longitude
-1.304068