Waders

Combination of :
* a flag (on either position). 
* 2 c-rings (on tarsus left). 
* 2 c-rings (on tarsus right)
* metal ring (on tibia).

note 1 : used colours for the c-rings are : red, white/lime, yellow, blue/green, black and pale blue (see below).

note 2: used colours for the flag are : black, lime, green, red or yellow flag can be on eight positions.
The position of the flag can be on the tibia (left or right) or on the tarsus (above, under or between the 2 colour-rings, left or right).

note 3a. : yellow flags are used from 1998 till 2003 ; used c-rings are blue, red, yellow, white. There are only very few birds left from these series, in 2017 we started again with yellow flags.

note 3b. : red flags are used from 2002 till 2007 ; used c-rings are blue, red, yellow, white.   

note 3c. : dreen flags are used from 2004 till 2010 ; used c-rings are green, red, yellow, white.  

note 3d : lime flags are used from 2008 till 2013 ; used c-rings are green, red, yellow and lime.

note 3e : black flags are in use since 2011, from 2014 onwards pale blue is added to the combination. Used colours in combination with a black flag are red, yellow, green, black and pale blue.    

note 3f : yellow flags are used from 2017 onwards. Used colours in combination with a yellow flag are red, yellow, green, black and pale blue.

note 5 : the metal ring is always on the tibia (except for a few cases, were the metal ring was already present!) and is not a part of the combination. 

note 6 : until November 2017 over 11.000 knots were colorringed, including 3300 on the Banc d’Arguin, Mauritania and 650 along the France Atlantic coast.

note 7 : ring loss and discoloration of colour rings is noticed ; please inform us when birds with incomplete combinations are observed.

note 8 : this project concerns C.c. islandica and C.c. canutus.

note 9 :