Eurasian Oystercatcher

Black ring with a white two alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : used letters are : F, K, L, N, P, R, S, T, U, V, X, Y, Z.

note 2 : used codes since 2018 are : A1-A9; C0-C9; H0-H9, J0-J9.

note 3 : up to 20 ind. to be ringed annually, pulli and adults in inland and Baltic coast colonies, project running 2009-2018.

note 4 : some of the rings are used by Bernd Hermenau, Lower Saxony. Used letters N, K, L and F and ringed a total of 32 birds between 2010 and 2018.

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Combination of :
- metal ring (on left tibia).
- 2 c-rings (on left tarsus).
- nothing OR orange flag (on right tibia).
- nothing OR 1 ring (on right tarsus).

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Combination of
- metal ring (on left tibia) 
- 2 c-rings (on left tarsus) 
- nothing OR orange flag (on right tibia) 
- nothing OR 1 ring (on right tarsus)

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Combination of :
* metal ring (on left tarsus)
* orange ring (on right tarsus).
* white ring with a black two numeric code (on right tarsus).

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Combination of :
- red ring over metal ring (on left tarsus).
- red ring with a white two alpha-numeric code (on right tarsus).

note 1 : used letters and numbers are : 0 till, 9; A, C, E, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, T, U, V, X, Y.

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Combination of a metal ring (on left tarsus) and a yellow ring over a blue flag (with a white two alpha numeric code) (on right tarsus).

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Combination of :
- flag above a c-ring (on right tarsus)
- 2 c-ring (on left tarsus) and metal ring (on right or left tibia). 

note 1 : nesting adults and pullus caught in South and NW Iceland. Project started in 2013.

note 2 : used colours are white, black, green, yellow, red, orange and light-green/lime.

note 3 : few birds have lost the flag (green or white) and the metal ring is not a part from the code.

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Red ring with a three alpha-numeric code (one letter and two numbers) (usually on left tarsus) and metal ring (on right tarsus).

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Yellow or red ring with 3 alpha-numeric code (one letter and two numbers) (usually on left tarsus) and metal ring (on right tarsus).

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White ring with a three alpha-numeric code : 1 letter and 2 numbers (on left leg).

note 1 : a project in Aberdeen on roof nesting birds, over 300 birds were ringed.

note 2 : even incomplete sightings are useful.