bell 3,606 Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 We shot a neck and leg ringed Greylag the other day at Eccup Resevoir near Leeds, just found out by chance on a ringers website that its at least 7 years old. My question is, is it going to be a tough old buggar to eat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest john5 Posted October 7, 2009 Report Share Posted October 7, 2009 We shot a neck and leg ringed Greylag the other day at Eccup Resevoir near Leeds, just found out by chance on a ringers website that its at least 7 years old. My question is, is it going to be a tough old buggar to eat no , not at seven year old but it should last quite a while Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bell 3,606 Posted October 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2009 We shot a neck and leg ringed Greylag the other day at Eccup Resevoir near Leeds, just found out by chance on a ringers website that its at least 7 years old. My question is, is it going to be a tough old buggar to eat no , not at seven year old but it should last quite a while So is that a 'yes' it will be tough or a 'no' it wont be tough Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tom1cameron 1 Posted October 11, 2009 Report Share Posted October 11, 2009 so you bid for the goose shooting lease at Eccup then! Good man to know. Take a look at euring.com Greylags can live for up to 40 years.......outwith hunting pressure.... So a 7 year old is still a young-un Besides....there are so many recipes to use with older birds it doe snot matter...try a confit T Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bell 3,606 Posted October 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 so you bid for the goose shooting lease at Eccup then! Good man to know. Take a look at euring.com Greylags can live for up to 40 years.......outwith hunting pressure.... So a 7 year old is still a young-un Besides....there are so many recipes to use with older birds it doe snot matter...try a confit T Not me Tom, a good friend with far more money and time than i will ever have Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mudman 14 Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Send the details into this website, basically just date and location, and you will get a reply telling you where and when it was ringed. I would suspect Nosterfield in North Yorks as they were doing some greylag research there. http://blx1.bto.org/euring/lang/pages/rings.jsp?country=EN Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bell 3,606 Posted October 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Send the details into this website, basically just date and location, and you will get a reply telling you where and when it was ringed. I would suspect Nosterfield in North Yorks as they were doing some greylag research there. http://blx1.bto.org/euring/lang/pages/rings.jsp?country=EN Yes Mudman it was ringed at Nosterfield in 2002, ive reported it to BTO in London but happened upon a local ringers website showing the bird being neck ringed , this gave me the age and location. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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