Herons

species:

Purple Heron

scientific name:

Ardea purpurea

notes:

White ring with a black 4 alpha-numeric code (on tibia), starting letter 'X'.

note 1 : Dr. Andreas Goedecke is the project leader of the Grey/Purple Heron colour-marking project in Germany

note 2 : the c-ringing of Purple Herons starts in 2019.

note 3 :

email sighting submit:

colour-ring type:

Legring : one, coded.

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

White [W]

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

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

countries where ringed:

Germany.

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