Black-legged Kittiwake

White ring with black 2 alpha code (on left leg).

note 1 : metal ring on right leg.

note 2 : birds ringed on Rathlin Island (NI), Newcastle Coast (NI) and Lambay Island (Eire).

note 3 :

Combination of 3 of 4 c-rings and metal ring.

note 1 : used colours : Y , B , N , G , O , L , W.

note 2 : used stripes : B/O/B ; O/B/O ; O/W/O ; B/Y/B ; G/W/G.

note 3 : birds ringed on the Isle of May by lead ringer Mark Newell.

Orange ring with black 3 alpha-numeric code (on right leg) and metal ring (on left leg).

note 1 : birds ringed in Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK.

note 2 : this is an urban colony on man made sites

note 3 : project started in 2010, is ongoing and 360 pulli have been ringed to date.

note 4 : some birds ringed with orange ring with 2 alpha-numeric code.

Dark-blue ring with a white two alpha code.

note 1 : project started during 2005 and only adults are ringed in the island of Anda, N. Norway.

Black ring with a white two alpha-numeric code (on left leg) and metal ring (on right leg).

note 1 : birds ringed in the UK, county Cornwall.

note 2 : birds are ringed at the colonies of Rinsey Cliffs and Trewavas Head as part of a BTO RAS project monitoring adult survival rates.

Combination of :
* three c-rings (on right leg)
* white ring with code (letter "O") above metal ring (on left leg).

note 1 : used colours are : green, lime, yellow, orange, white and red.

note 2 : birds ringed during summer 2011.

note 3 : a geoloactor is attached to white ring.

note 4 : an article about geolocator on kittiwake and wintering area, birds ringed in east of Iceland.

note 5 :

Combination of 3, 4 or 5 c-rings and metal ring.

note 1 : used colours are : white, blue, yellow, black, orange, pistache, red and dark-green.

note 2 : this project started in 1978 and is still running.

note 3 : a though to Jean-Yves Monnat, the founder of this project.

note 4 :

Orange ring with black 2 alpha-numeric code (on right leg) and metal ring (on left leg).

note 1 : birds ringed in Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK.

note 2 : this is an urban colony on man made sites

note 3 : project started in 2010, is ongoing and 360 pulli have been ringed to date.

note 4 : some birds ringed with orange ring with 3 alpha-numeric code.