Ducks
species:
Tufted Duck
scientific name:
Aythya fuligula
notes:
One c-ring above metal ring (on the left leg) - as site marker - and one c-ring (on the right leg) as year marker.
note 1 : Combinations vary by year as follows:
Left leg yellow, right leg orange: 2003.
Left leg yellow, right leg pale blue: 2004.
Left leg yellow, right leg light green: 2005.
Left leg yellow, right leg white: 2006.
Left leg orange, right leg yellow: 2007.
Left leg orange, right leg dark blue: 2008.
note 2 : All birds Ringed at Radipole Lake, Dorset, UK.
note 3 : Scheme ended in December 2008 after 262 had been ringed.
note 4 : Sightings are still required and will be responded to.
note 5 : Image shows bird from 2007 sighted Huizen Harbour Netherlands.
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colour-ring type:
Legrings : combination of uncoded.
countries where ringed:
United Kingdom.