Gulls

species:

Herring Gull

scientific name:

Larus argentatus

notes:

Green ring with a white 4 alpha-numeric code (starting letter 'X').

note 1 : birds ringed in the Baltic region.

note 2 : used code are 1994 : X001-X050 ; 1995 : X051-X400 ; 1996 : X401-X000 ; 1997 : XA.., XE..,XL.., XM.., XP.. ; 1998 : XM.., XT.., XX.. ; 1999 : XC.., XD.., XH.., XJ..; 2000 : XR.., XY.., XH.., XC.., X..A, X..J. ; 2011 : X1J3 - X0J0 and X0E1 - X0E0.

note 2 : some gulls were ringed in the inland near Dresden with code XU.. or X+3 letters (f.e. XEAC).

note 3 : during 2012 codes with the letters A, C and H between the digits will be used.

note 4 : some hybrids are ringed L. argentatus x L. cachinnans.

email sighting submit:

website information:

http://www.greengull.de

colour-ring type:

Legring : one, coded.

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

Dark Green [G]

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

Four alpha-numeric code (4 letters/numbers).

countries where ringed:

Germany.

First letter/number (of the c-ring):