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White ring with a red four alpha-numeric code (starting letter 'P', followed by ':' / number / number/ letter.

note 1 : scheme started June 2012 on the Break Waters of Portland Harbour Dorset.

note 2 : 82 birds ringed in 2012, starting with code P:00A.

note 3 : sightings received of 37 individual birds from various locations in South of England, the Channel Islands and the French Coast.

Yellow neckband with a black for alpha-numeric code (first letter P) and a yellow legring (with the same code). 

note 1 : used codes are : PC51-PC99 + PC00 and all codes with PExx, PHxx, PJxx, PKxx, PNxx, PPxx, PTxx, PUxx, PYxx, PxxA, PxxC (x=is cipher), but also other codes already used.

note 2: during the period 1989-1993 some 250 pulli have been ringed ; during the period 1999-2000 some 200 pulli were ringed ; during the period 2016-2020 some 500 birds will be ringed.   

note 3 :

Red ring with a white 4 alpha-numeric code : letter 'P'/letter/letter/number.

note 1 : before 2004 the following codes were used P00-P99 and 0P0-9P9.
note 2 : the following letters are used : A, E, H, J, K, L, N, P, R, T, U, Y.
note 3 : birds with atypical codes are  red: T121, T081, T078, T133. Theses codes are from  the Polish Larus canus project.
note 4 : a few hybrids (adults and chicks) L. melanocephalus x L. ridibundus have been also ringed.
note 5 : for the Polish ringers, Monika Zielinska (monzieli@wp.pl) stays the contact.

In August 2012 the new program for Polish Ringing Centre - POLRING started to work.  Since then, the best way to report all  observations of birds ringed or recovered in Poland is to fill in the on-line recovery form under http://ring.stornit.gda.pl/

It is not necessary to register in the system to report a single observation, but it is much more convenient to do it if you are a regular observer. The registered users not only receive the ringing data and full life histories but also have an access to all photographs and all future reports of the birds they have seen at least once.

If the ringing data is already in the system, you should get the response within 24 hours. If not, the request for the ringing details is sent to the ringer automatically by the system. You can check the status of your report in RECORDS/MY REPORTS.

In case of any difficulties or problems with the system, please write to ptaki@miiz.waw.pl

Yellow ring with a black 4 alpha code (first letter “P”).

note 1 : used letters are A, B, C, D, E, H, K, L, N, P, S, T, U, V, X, Z.
P always as first letter.

note 2 : codes are used in C and E Europe (Poland, Ukraine, Russia) for L. argentatus, L. cachinnans, L. michahellis, L. fuscus heuglini (probably also L. [f./c.] barabensis) and hybrids. Russian and some Polish birds frequently are left unidentified during ringing, due to difficulties of assigning to species in mixed colonies.

note 3 : birds are ringed by a large team, coordinated by Grzegorz Neubauer, Ornithological Station, Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Nadwislańska 108, 80-680 Gdansk, Poland.

note 4 : 

Red ring with a white four alpha-numeric code.

note 1: code is PAU7.

note 2 : this bird was paired with a Mediterranean Gull and incubated ; normally this type of code is used for Mediterranean Gull.

Black ring with a white four alpha-numeric code : first letter 'P' follwed by three numbers.

note 1 : both adults and chicks of Black-headed Gulls were ringed at the coastal Lithuania in 2008-2013.

note 2 : project has been started by Vytautas Pareigis, who sadly passed away early april 2013 when reading gull rings.

note 3 : used codes are P000 till P999.

note 4 :

Red with a four alpha-numeric code (starting letter "P") (on right leg) and metal ring (on left leg). 

note 1 : during 2011 eleven pulli were ringed.

note 2 : during 2012 twelve pulli were ringed.

Dark Green legring with a four alpha code (starting letter "P").

note 1 : after the "P" a 'dot' is to be found followed by three letters.

note 2 : birds (P stands for pullus) ringed as chick on Texel, The Netherlands.

note 3 : steel ring on opposite tibia.

note 4 : these rings were used during the early years of the project and are stopped when know that an overlapping project in Spain existed.

note 5 : 

Dark-green ring with a four alpha code (starting letter "P").

note 1 : after the "P" a 'dot' is to be found followed by three letters.

note 2 : birds (P stands for pullus) ringed as chick on Texel, The Netherlands.

note 3 : steel ring on opposite tibia.

note 4 : 

Yellow ring with a black 3 alpha-code (on left tarsus) and metal ring (on right tarsus).

note 1 : letter 'P' is on the lower position.

note 2 :