Waders
species:
Purple Sandpiper
scientific name:
Calidris maritima
notes:
White ring on tibia on one leg and below a single colour-ring and metal-ring on tarsus. Second leg with two colour-rings on the tarsus.
note 1 : ring on tibia often difficult to see.
note 2 : used colours are : red, orange, yellow, white, dark-green, lime, metal.
note 3 : 81 birds are marked at Teesmouth and along the Northumberland coast.
note 4 : all birds were marked between 1992 and 1999.
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colour-ring type:
Legrings : combination of uncoded.