Plovers

species: 
Common Ringed Plover
scientific name: 
Charadrius hiaticula
notes: 

Combination of :
4 c-rings plus a metal ring. 
1  c-ring (on right tibia) (either red or yellow),
2 c-rings (on 1 tarsus) and c-ring over metal ring (on other tarsus).

note 1 : a red or yellow ring on the right tibia, in combination with 3 additional colour rings on tarsi, is unique to this scheme.

note 2 : the project begun in 1994 by the North West Norfolk Ringing Group and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) to investigate the breeding ecology and the effects of human disturbance and predation on a population breeding at Snettisham/Heacham in Norfolk.

note 3: Colours used are: red, white, yellow, black, green, blue, light-green, pale-blue.

email sighting submit: 
colour-ring type: 
Legrings : combination of uncoded.
countries where ringed: 
United Kingdom.