Gulls

species:

Lesser Black-backed Gull

scientific name:

Larus fuscus

notes:

Yellow ring with black 3 alpha-numeric code : number/letter/F.

note 1 : birds ringed at Flat Holm Island, Cardiff.

note 2 : about 200 birds ringed in 2000 and 2007.

note 3 : if middle letter = A, B, C, D, E, H, J, K, L or M then birds ringed in 2000.

note 4 : if middle letter = N, P, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y or Z then birds ringed in 2007.

note 5 : number = 0 - 9.

note 6 : example codes are: 2AF, 6EF, 9MF, 2XF, 5ZF.

email sighting submit:

colour-ring type:

Legring : one, coded.

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

Yellow [Y]

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

Three alpha-numeric code (3 letters/numbers).

countries where ringed:

United Kingdom.

Last letter (of the c-ring):