Gulls

species:

Mediterranean Gull

scientific name:

Ichthyaetus melanocephalus

notes:

Red ring with a white 4 alpha-numeric code :

starting letter H / number/number/number

starting letter H / letter/letter/number

starting letter H / number/letter/number

note 1 : this project is running in Hungary since 1994, with some 500 rings in the period 1994-96 coded H101-H999.

note 2 : used letters are HU.., HY.., HA.., HL.., HF.., HT.. from 2004 onwards.

note 3 : during 2001 three breeding places remain in the Czech Republic : 7 pairs at Nove Mlyny, 4 pairs at the Karvina fishponds and 3 pairs at Chomoutov.

note 4 : during 2002 following codes have been used : K00-K99, 0K0-9K9, 00K-99K, L00-L99, 0L0-9L9.

note 5 : during the following years these codes could be used: 00L-99L, V00-V99, 0V0-9V9, 00V-99V, X00-X99, 0X0-9X9, 00X-99X and Y001-Y100 for Serbia-Montenegro.

note 6 : some extra details on the red rings. H454-H470 : Serbia-Montenegro by Josef Gergely ; HA00-HA99 ringed from 1998 onwards ; 00A-99A from 1998 onwards with 81A-00A in the Czech Republic by Josef Chytil ; EOO-E99 from 1999 onwards : 0E0-9E9 from 1998 onwards with 3E1-5E0 in the Slovak Republic by Jan Svetlik and 7E1-9E0 in the Czech Republic by Josef Chytil ; 00E-9EE from 2001 onwards with 01E-50E in the Czech Republic by Josef Chytil ; K00-K99, 0K0-9K9, 00K-99K, L00-L99, 0L0-9L9 from 2002 onwards.

note 7 : latest used or will be used : HN (letter; number), HR (letter; number), HE (00-99), HT (00-99), HJ (00-99), HK (00-99), HR (00-99), HK (letter; number), HP (letter; number), HJ (letter; number).

note 8 : used codes are Hnln, where n=number and l=letter.

email sighting submit:

email sighting submit (2):

website information:

http://medgull.free.fr/pages/codes.php

colour-ring type:

Legring : one, coded.

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

Red [R]

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

Four alpha-numeric code (4 letters/numbers).

countries where ringed:

Hungary.

Images:

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