Yes, it is odd for a common bird like a Canada Goose. Maybe from a wildfowl collection where they just wanted to keep tabs on an individual bird. Or it may have been bred in captivity. There are at least two local collections that I know of, one near Bent's Garden Centre and the other at Grange Farm a bit further along the E Lancs Road. Not sure whether any birds are ringed or indeed free flying. They are in open enclosures but may be pinioned.
These 'spiral' rings were used before darvic plastic rings came in. Also used by bird keepers so I suspect this bird is from a collection.
Which begs the question... why would someone keep a plain old Canada Goose in a captive collection and bother to ring it with what looks to be the type of ring used for a collection of possibly ornamental or exotic species? Or is it not just a Canada Goose, is there a chance that this is one of the rarer subspecies that was being kept as such in a collection? I know, I know, I didnt mean it was a possible wild vagrant, I had to ask though!
There is a canada goose resident on the lake at Lakeside (just off Manchester road near Goshen fields) which has an odd looking yellow "ring". It is actually a spiral of what looks to be yellow plastic, similar to the coiled flex you get on a phone handset. To me it looks too thin to be electric flex, & yellow would be an unusual colour for that too. It looks too neat to be an accidental entanglement. It does not appear to have any lettering. I can't find any reference to this type of ring. Does anyone have any ideas?
