Avocets
species:
Pied Avocet
scientific name:
Recurvirostra avosetta
notes:
Combination of a red coded (2 white alpha-numeric) 10mm. high ring (on the tibia of both legs) and metal ring (on right tarsus).
note 1 : the 2 white characters are 1 alpha followed by 1 numeric, e.g. A5, C2, E9.
note 2 : the characters on left and right legs are identical, and unique to that bird.
note 3 : ring codes are read from the bottom up.
note 4 : these rings have been applied to juveniles reared at a new colony (started in 2007) near Ely, Cambridgeshire. Rings are readable through a good telescope at distances of up to 100m.
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website information:
colour-ring type:
Legrings : combination of coded.
colour-ring colour (of the c-ring):
Red [R]
colour-ring code (of the c-ring):
Two alpha-numeric code (2 letters/numbers).
countries where ringed:
United Kingdom.