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Orange ring with a black three alpha-numeric code, first letter 'E'.  

note 1 :

Yellow ring with a black two alpha-numeric code, starting letter 'E'.

note 1 :

Orange ring with a black four alpha-numeric code, starting letter 'E'.

note 1 :  used codes are : E001-E000 ; EC01-EC00 ; EK01-EK00 ; EL01-EL00 ; EM01-EM00 ; EN01-EN00 ; EP01-EP00.

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Blue ring with a white three alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : used codes are 00F-99F.

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White ring with black 4 alpha-numeric code, starting letter "E". 

note 1 : in 2025 codes letter 'E' / letter / number / number are used.

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White ring with a black four alpha-numeric code, always starting with E.

note 1 : code always starts with the letter E followed by 3 alpha-numerics.

note 2 : most rings have to be read from bottom to top.

note 3 : 4 alpha codes : 

* codes EAAA-EXZZ can be reported by  http://submit.cr-birding.org/projects/12/

* codes EYAA-EZZZ can be reported by http://www.cr-birding.org/node/4507

Combination of a yellow ring with a black 3 alpha code, starting letter 'E' (reading down on left tarsus) and metal ring (on right tarsus).

note 1 : rings are yellow with black letters using the letters A, B, C, D, F, H, J, K, L, N, P, S, T, V, Z.

note 2 : other colours and numbers may be used from 2011 but the first letter is always E.

note 3 : birds have been ringed in north-east Scotland by Grampian Ringing Group.

note 4 : 160 birds have been ringed with yellow rings (for chicks reared in the colony).

Combination of :
* red ring with a 3 alpha code, starting letter 'E' (reading down on left tarsus)
* metal ring (on right tarsus).

note 1 : rings are red with letters using the letters A, B, C, D, F, H, J, K, L, N, P, S, T, V, Z.
note 2 : other colours and numbers may be used from 2011 but the first letter is always E.
note 3 : birds have been ringed in north-east Scotland by Grampian Ringing Group.
note 4 : 160 adults with red or yellow rings.

White ring with 4 alpha-numeric code  :
starting letter 'E', followed by a number and 2 letters.
starting letter 'E', followed by 2 letters and 1 number.
starting letter 'E', followed by 1 letter / 1 number / 1 letter. (see note 4).
starting letter 'E', followed by 1 number/ 1 letter/ 1 number.

note 1 : do check carefully the code as there is another project/another projectleader. See note 4.  

note 2 : used codes are E0AA-E9ZZ, EAA0-EZZ9, E0A0-E9Z9, EN0A-EZ9Z and a few from the series E00A-E99Z or EA00-EZ99.

note 3 : the serie EV.A0-EV.Z9 contains a dot as check, please report this dot by the remarks.

note 4 : used codes : EA0A till EM9Z are ringed at Griend, The Netherlands. Sightings have to be mailed tot Date Lutterop : d.lutterop@ziggo.nl

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Yellow ring with black four alpha code, starting letter "E" and three letters.
also used : letter E + letter + number + number (EA00-EZ99)

note 1 : used codes are EAAA-EZZZ.

note 2 : used letters are A, E, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, U, V, X, Y.

note 3 : the project concerns breeding birds and pulli from a Belgian colony : >2500  birds ringed (dd. 04.2017) of which 1 hybrid ridibundus x melanochepalus and >3000 resightings.

note 4 : some birds could have a orange-redish turned ring due to being in iron-oxide water (txs to Yann Becker, picture under).

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