Waders
species:
Purple Sandpiper
scientific name:
Calidris maritima
notes:
Combination of :
* dark-pink flag with a black three alpha-code (on left tarsus)
* 1 c-ring (on right tibia).
note 1 : right tarsus : metal ring ; left TIBIA : dark-pink coded flag with three black letters ; right tibia : marker colour ring, could be orange or dark pink or green.
note 2 : used codes consist of three letters, ten different letters used.
note 3 : birds are ringed either on their breeding grounds in Kilpisjärvi in Finnish Lapland (dark pink marker ring) or on migration stop-over/wintering site in Jurmo Bird Observatory in the archipelago in south-western Finland (orange marker ring).
note 4 : http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=218126239832198286264.0...
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colour-ring type:
Flag : combination of coded flag and legring(s).
countries where ringed:
Finland.