Colour-ringed Lesser White-fronted Geese observed in NW-Europe mainly originate from a reinforcement scheme in Sweden. From 1981 onwards, juveniles were released with their foster-parents, Barnacle Geese, to guide them to more safe wintering sites in the North Sea area. The reason for the Swedish reinforcement project was the long-term steady decline and the contraction of the breeding range of the species.

From the juvenile birds released after 1981, 250 were equipped with colour-rings. The last of these birds was reported in 2013/14 (081), and observed in the traditional wintering site at Oudeland van Strijen in The Netherlands. From 2010 onwards, birds have been ringed with a colourring with inscription on one leg and a metal ring or a combination of a plain colour ring and a metal ring on the other leg.

Lesser Whitefronts carrying combinations of plain colorings on one leg are to be reported to the Norwegian project at tomas@birdlife.no 

Lesser Whitefronts carrying neck bands with colors red, green, black or yellow to the Bird Ringing Centre, Moscow, Russia: bird.ring.rus@gmail.com 

	White- Yellow (WA  Y) Sweden 2013		White - Yellow (W1  Y) Sweden 2013
	Yellow - Red  (YA  R) Sweden 2014		Yellow - Red  (Y1  R) Sweden 2014
	White - Red (WA R) Sweden 2014		White - Red (W1 R) Sweden 2014
	White -  metal (WA *) Sweden 2011		White - metal  (W1 *) Sweden 2011
	Black-  Red (NA R) Sweden 2014		Black -  Red (N1 R) Sweden 2014
	Blue - Red (BU R) Sweden 2014		Blue - Yellow (BA Y) Sweden 2013
	Blue - Yellow (B1 Y) Sweden 2013		Black - metal (N1 *) Sweden 2013
	Green -  metal (GA *) Sweden 2012		Red - metal (RA *) Sweden 2010
	Red - metal (R1 *) Sweden 2010		Black - Yellow (NA Y) Sweden 2013
	Green - metal (G1 *) Sweden 2012

Lesser White-fronted Goose from the Swedish breeding program, which was released in 2014 (photo: Gerard Müskens)