This ,morning had been set aside to ring some Canada Goose goslings, originally there were two broods to ring on a private Cotswold estate, unfortunately Mr Fox beat me to one of the broods so only a brood of 6 left to ring.
Geese obviously need larger sized rings, the opportunity to use large rings doesn't come along too often so I invited Anna another ringer to help with the session.
When I last saw the goslings they were cute and yellow, today at four/five weeks old they were grey and much bigger than I imagined but perfect for ringing.
With the assistance of the gamekeeper and his wife, manning the boat, we managed to trap just three of them, given the size of the lake and the sloping ground I was happy with three.
We checked a coupe of nest boxes and found Stock Doves using two of them and a female Barn Owl roosting near another.
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