Abstract

Poole Park is Dorset’s only known moult-gathering site for Greylag Geese Anser anser, with around 200 geese utilising the park during the summer months. However, movements of these geese away from Poole Park were poorly known. A colour-ringing study during 2019–21 has shown that birds make only short-distance movements away from the park, with no movement of more than 16 km recorded. There was no significant difference in the distances moved between birds ringed as adults and birds ringed as juveniles. A high proportion of birds were recorded moving east, into Hampshire.