Egrets

species:

Great Bittern

scientific name:

Botaurus stellaris

notes:

Blue ring (for male) with white horizontal 3 alpha-numeric code (P01 to P35).

Red ring (for female) ring without code.

Orange ring with black horizontal 3 alpha-numeric code (Z06-Z35).

note 1 : during 2003 39 nestlings were ringed only with steel rings, while in 2004 2 adult females and 33 nestlings.

note 2 : adult birds have 1 steel ring, 1 blue ring with code and 1 red ring without code.

note 3 : during 2005 29 chicks and 5 adult birds were ringed. Adults bitters were ringed with a steel ring, a red ring (female) or a blue (male) ring without code and 1 orange ring with black horizontal alphanumeric code (Z01-Z05).

note 4 :

email sighting submit:

colour-ring type:

Legring : one, coded.

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

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

countries where ringed:

Poland.