Requests for Information 
Black Storks 
Following the First International Black Stork Conservation and Ecology 
Symposium held in Latvia in April 1994, information is being sought on 
the status of Black Storks Ciconia nigra in all countries in its range. 
Information is required under the following headings: 
1. Country. 
2. Occurrence of the Black Stork; _ 
2.1 Breeding (numbers and trends), 
2.2 Migration (numbers and trends), 
2.3 Wintering (numbers and trends), 
2.4 Accidental summer visitor/vagrant (frequency). 
3 Legal status of the species in the country. 
4. Practical conservation measures taken for the species in the country. 
5. Source of information (name or source of literature). 
6. Contact organisation /person concerning the species in the country. 
7. Address of the above organisation/person. 
All information to be sent to: M. Strazds, Project 'Black Stork', PO Box 
677, LV-1047, Riga, Latvia. (Fax +371 8-820113.) 
Lesser White-fronted Geese marked with blue neck bands 
in Finland 
During 1989-1993, 103 Lesser White-fronted Geese Anseren/thropus were 
reintroduced into Finnish Lapland by World Wide Fund for Nature 
(WWF) Finland as part of its conservation project for the species. 
Reintroductions will be continued in coming years. In addition to 
aluminium leg bands, the birds are wearing blue neck bands with figures 
(00-94) or characters. The figures and characters are so large that they can 
be read with a telescope from up to 500 m. We hope that the neck bands 
will help us find out e.g. the migration routes and resting and wintering 
areas of Fennocscandian Lesser White-fronted Geese and also how they 
survive. So far birds wearing blue neck b^ds have been seen in the 
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