Gulls

species:

Lesser Black-backed Gull

scientific name:

Larus fuscus

notes:

Orange ring with either green or black 3 alpha-numeric code, number/letter/F.

note 1 : birds ringed at Flat Holm Island, Cardiff.

note 2 : about 200 birds ringed in 2001 and 2009

note 3 : middle letter = A, B, C, D, E, H, J, K, L or M

note 4 : if characters are green then birds ringed in 2001, if black then 2009.

note 5 : number = 0 - 9.

note 6 : example codes are : 2AF, 6EF, 9MF

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colour-ring type:

Legring : one, coded.

colour-ring colour (of the c-ring):

Orange [O]

colour-ring code (of the c-ring):

Three alpha-numeric code (3 letters/numbers).

countries where ringed:

United Kingdom.

Last letter (of the c-ring):