卫星追踪发现小白额雁新

卫星追踪发现小白额雁新 14-12-2006小白额雁新的迁徙路径

三只小白额雁中的一只名叫IMRE的，于今年十月下旬在俄罗斯伏尔加格勒地区被打死。这群位于挪威，瑞典和芬兰的Fennoscandian种群小白额雁群，只有20－30对的繁殖群体，非法捕猎据信是这群鸟的最大威胁。

“Satellite tracking has provided a lot of new valuable information on the routes of the geese,” said Ingar Jostein Øien of NOF.

Some Fennoscandian Lesser White-fronts were found to take a different route from the Kanin Peninsula on to northern Kazakhstan but then on to unknown wintering grounds. It was assumed that this part of the Fennoscandian population migrated further south to the Caspian Sea region and possibly into the Mesopotamian Marshes of Iraq.

With this improved understanding of the flyways, several BirdLife Partners are now co-operating on the EU-LIFE project, working together to secure stopover sites along the migratory route of the geese.

Satellite-tracking reveals threat from illegal hunting:

After historical declines, this small Fennoscandian population of geese in Norway, Sweden and Finland is now down to just 20-30 breeding pairs. Illegal hunting is now considered the single most important threat to the population. The project is building up a co-operation with FACE (the Federation of Associations for Hunting and Conservation of the EU) to help tackle this problem.

You can follow the satellite tracking and view recent observations at the 'Portal to the Lesser White-fronted Goose' – click here