Waders
species:
Purple Sandpiper
scientific name:
Calidris maritima
notes:
One dark blue or light blue or lilac ring and one metal ring (on right or
left leg) and a combination of two colour rings (on the other leg).
note 1: used colours are red, orange, yellow, white, black, dark blue, light blue, dark green, light green and lilac.
note 2 : the dark green ring is very dark-coloured and may be confused with black in some lights.
note 3 : the metal ring is always below the tarsal joint and the colour-ring is either above the metal ring, below the metal ring or above the tarsal joint.
email sighting submit:
colour-ring type:
Legrings : combination of uncoded.
countries where ringed:
Sweden.