WORTH A GANDER?

There was a bit of excitement over the weekend with the relocation of seven Lesser White-fronted Geese at Palmers Flash, Flamborough. They were first seen arriving off the sea at Flamborough on 9th November and were not seen again until this weekend (16th Nov) when they reappeared. They originated from  the Swedish release scheme which is currently doing well, so we assume BBRC will assign them to Category E (thus not countable for YB Listers League) but most observers would agree that they are well worth seeing. The ringed bird is a male and was released as a juvenile in northern Sweden in July 2018 returning there since and wintering in the Netherlands. The three juveniles are apparently its offspring raised in northern Sweden this year having been paired with an un-ringed female which is likely one of the adults in the flock, the family having been last seen in Strigen in the Netherlands on 7th October. 

Lesser White-fronted Geese, Flamborough, Nov 24 - John Hewitt