Gulls

species:

Herring Gull

scientific name:

Larus argentatus

notes:

Yellow ring with a black three alpha-numeric code :
number / number / ":" (colon) / letter "W"
OR
letter / number / ":" colon / letter "W"

note 1 : letter "W" is the scheme marker.

note 2 : used codes are : 1A:W, 1B:W ... 0Y:W, 0Z:W ... A1:W, A2:W ... Z9:W, Z0:W.

note 3 : c-ring on left tarsus and metal ring on right tarsus.

note 4 : also Lesser and Great Black-backed Gull is ringed.

note 5 : birds ringed in Walney Island, Cumbria (93 LBbG and 65 HG), Copeland, Ireland (1 LBbG and 15 HG), Bowland, Lancashire (24 LBbG and 1 HG), Skokholm, Pembrokeshire (72 LBbG and 2 HG).

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):

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

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

Tarsus left.

countries where ringed:

United Kingdom.

Last letter (of the c-ring):