Terns

species:

Common Tern

scientific name:

Sterna hirundo

notes:

Dark blue ring with a white 2 alpha-numeric code (on tarsus) and metal ring on the opposite tarsus.

note 1 : a joint project of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest/INBO, Bureau Waardenburg and Ringgroup Delta on breeding and feeding ecology. This project will run for the next five years. Some 30 birds ringed in 2010.

note 2 : the colour-ring is added to aid identification of birds (formerly) carrying transmitters in the breeding colonies in the southwest of The Netherlands. Reports from further afield are more than welcome !

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colour-ring type:

Legring : one, coded.

colour-ring colour (of the c-ring):

Dark Blue [B]

colour-ring code (of the c-ring):

Two alpha-numeric code (2 letters/numbers).

countries where ringed:

The Netherlands.