Terns

species:

Common Tern

scientific name:

Sterna hirundo

notes:

Yellow ring with a black 3-alpha code.

note 1 : all birds are ringed as pulli and have the c-ring on their left tarsus and a metal ring on the right.
Those ringed as post-breeding, fledged birds have the c-ring on the right tarsus and the metal on the left.

note 2 : used combinations are :PAA-PZZ ;

note 3 : used letters are : A, C, E, F, H, J, K, L, N, P, R, S, T, U, V, X, Y, Z.

note 4 : birds ringed (since 2015) as pulli from Dublin Port (Ireland) breeding colony, and as adults in a post-breeding aggregation on the Dublin coast.

note 5 :

email sighting submit:

website information:

Dublin Bay Birds.

colour-ring type:

Legring : one, coded.

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

Yellow [Y]

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

Three alpha code (3 letters).

countries where ringed:

Ireland.

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