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Geese 'phone' home
June 10, 2002


Bird lovers have a new use for their mobile phones - tracking the marathon journey of migrating geese.

Anyone sponsoring one of six geese that carry satellite tags will be sent a weekly text message.It gives the bird's exact location, as the species - the light-bellied brent goose - migrates from the west of Ireland to Canada to breed. The route of the 7,000 kilometre trip is being plotted on the web and will be used to help protect the goose.

UK conservation body, the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, is behind the project.

Read the full BBC article

Links:

  • Seals have phones too
  • Brent Geese 2002
  • Sea Mammal Research Unit
  • BBC Update 26/08/02


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