Ducks
species:
Mallard
scientific name:
Anas platyrhynchos
notes:
Combination of 2 c-rings (on right leg) and metal ring (on left leg).
note 1 : birds are ringed in coordination with WWT on 3 sites in Dorset, UK, with over 900 birds ringed to date. Scheme finished in 2008 with 139 birds ringed in that year.
note 2 : Colours used are pale blue, pale green, white, orange and black
note 3 : blue ring indicates ringed at Radipole, Pale green indicates ringed at Lewell.
note 4 : orange ring indicates ringed up to October 2006. White ring indicates ringed from October 2006 until October 2007 and a black ring indicates ringed after October 2007.
note 5 : the bird in the image below was thus ringed at Radipole Lake, Weymouth, between October 2006 and October 2007.
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colour-ring type:
Legrings : combination of uncoded.
colour-ring position (of the c-ring):
Tarsus left.
countries where ringed:
United Kingdom.