Gulls

species:

Caspian Gull

scientific name:

Larus cachinnans

notes:

Yellow ring with a black five alpha-numeric code, starting letter 'H'.

note 1 : examples are HX234, HV456, HE123, but even 2014 : HEC33, HE2VV, HE44X

note 2 : rings are to be read from bottom to top, most rings have a “checkpoint”.

note 3 : birds are ringed at Schleswig- Holstein.

note 4 : some rings are used at Lesser-Back-Blacked Gulls, see this species.

note 5 : Codes with HC (like HC234, HCC25) are used 2013 and 2014 at Minsk / Belarus and Ukraine. Handling of sight-records is same mailadress !

note 6 :

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):

Five alpha-numeric code (5 letters/numbers).

countries where ringed:

Germany.

Images:

First letter/number (of the c-ring):