Waders

species:

Eurasian Curlew

scientific name:

Numenius arquata

notes:

Combination of :
* yellow ring with a black two alpha-numeric code (letter/number) (on left tibia).
* metal ring (on left tarsus).
* blue ring (on right tibia).

note 1 : birds caught on breeding grounds have an additional white colour ring above the blue on the right tibia.

note 2 :

email sighting submit:

colour-ring type:

Legrings : combination of one coded and uncoded rings.

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

Yellow [Y]

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

Two alpha-numeric code (2 letters/numbers).

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

Tibia left.

countries where ringed:

Ireland.