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White Fronted Geese, Loch Sween
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Loch Sween and Loch Melfort
White Fronted Geese, Loch Sween, showing a neck collar which enables the bird to be tracked on migration by observation, being easier to read than a leg ring, which it also carries. To read the leg ring, the bird would need to be caught.
07 November 2010
Swallow on wire, Millport
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Great Cumbrae, Firth of Clyde
In Scotland in September, swallows gather, often on wires, to twitter about their migration south to Africa.
08 September 2010
Greenland White-fronted Geese flying near Loch Lomond
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RSPB Loch Lomond
Greenland White-fronted Geese coming in to land near the Endrick mouth marshes, Loch Lomond. If you look closely at the leading goose, you will see that it has a neck collar, which has a combination of letters and numbers on it, which enables it to be tracked on migration.