Terns
species:
Common Tern
scientific name:
Sterna hirundo
notes:
Red ring with a white 3 alpha-numeric code.
note 1 : all combinations of letter “P” and numbers/letters in various positions of the code are being used.
note 2 : birds have been ringed as both breeding adults and pulli at the Rockabill and Dublin Port Tern colonies
note 3 : used numbers are : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0.
note 4 :
email sighting submit:
website information:
colour-ring type:
Legring : one, coded.
colour-ring colour (of the c-ring):
Red [R]
colour-ring code (of the c-ring):
Three alpha-numeric code (3 letters/numbers).
countries where ringed:
Ireland.