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Red ring with a white 3 alpha-numeric code :
letter 'P' /number/number OR number/letter 'P' /number).

note 1 : used codes are P00-P89.
note 2 : during 2003 following codes will be used P90-P99 and 0P0-9P9.
note 3 : as third letter are used : A, E, H, J, K, L, N, P, R, T, U, Y.
note 4 : birds with ‘a-typical’ codes are  T121, T081, T078, T1333. Theses codes are from the Polish Larus canus project.
note 5 : a few hybrids (adult and chicks) L. melanocephalus x L. ridibundus have been also ringed.

Red ring with a white 4 alpha-numeric code (starting letter 'P' and 3 numbers) (on right tarsus).

Please report your sightings using the new POLRING platform, where you are getting an immediate access to the life histories. Please visit ring.stornit.gda.pl and register to create an account. After your account is created, you may add records of birds you resighted (by using option 'New record'). There are many fields to fill in, that define your records precisely, but in  most cases you just select one option from the predefined list. You may upload photographs accompanying the record of course. When you use the platform, it is a matter of hours (up to 2 days) to have an access to the full life-history, assuming that ringing data are in the system (they are not only if a bird was ringed very recently, the system then asks the ringer to provide data as soon as possible. This is anyway sooner than email). If you experience any problems using the system, write to:
ptaki@miiz.waw.pl

note 1 : used code are P001-P650.

note 2 : species are L. argentatus, L. cachinnans and their hybrids.

Yellow ring with a black 4 alpha code, starting 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.

White ring with black 4 alpha-numeric code (starting letter 'P' ).

note 1 : used codes are P000-P999, PA00-PA99, PC00-PC99, PE00-PE99, PH00-PH99, PJ00-PJ99, PK00-PK99, PN00-PN99, PP00-PP99, PR00-PR99, PS00-PS99, PU00-PU99, PV00-PV99, PX00-PX99, PY00-PY99, PZ01-PZ26, P0A0-P9A9, P0C0-P9C9, P0E1-P1E5, P0H0-P9H9, P0J0-P9J9, P0K0-P9K9, P0N0-P9N9. P0P0-P9P9, P0R0-P9R9, P0S0-P9S9, P0U0-P9U9, P0V0-P9V9, P0X0-P9X9, P0Y0-P9Y9, P0Z0-P9Z9, P00A-P99A, P01E-P19E, ...

also : P00E-P99E, P00H-P99H, P00J-P99J, P00K-P99K, P00N-P99N, P00P-P99P, P00R-P99R, P00S-P99S, P00U-P99U, P00V-P99V, P01X-P63X.

note 2 : exact place of the project is Estonia, Matsalu National Park (58°46’ N 23°26’E).

note 3 :

Blue ring with white 4 alpha-numeric code (always starting with letter 'P') (on tarsus).

note 1 : during 2010 some 100 birds were ringed in a recent discovered breeding colony. The project wants to understand the birds movements in the Portugese coast and the movements between the Spanish colonies. The project will be runing for at least five years.