Harriers
species:
Montagu's Harrier
scientific name:
Circus pygargus
notes:
Yellow ring with black two alpha-numeric code (on one leg) and metal ring (on the other leg).
note 1 : Birds were ringed in the Netherlands since 1999.
note 2 : Two alpha-numeric coded yellow colour rings were used from 1999 to 2013 ; from 2014 onwards the two letters/numbers of the code are separated by a black line (e.g. A|A).
note 3 : codes V|2, V|3, V|4 and V|5 are also used and to be read from bottom till top, but some rings could be upside-down.
note 4 : some new birds are ringed in Belgium, july 2020.
note 5 :
email sighting submit:
website information:
colour-ring type:
Legring : one, coded.
colour-ring colour (of the c-ring):
Yellow [Y]
colour-ring code (of the c-ring):
Two alpha-numeric code (2 letters/numbers).
countries where ringed:
The Netherlands and Belgium.
