Swans
species:
Mute Swan
scientific name:
Cygnus olor
notes:
White legring with a black four alpha-numeric code (letter/number/number/number) and metal ring (on the other leg).
note 1 : used codes are : Y000-Y999
note 2 : birds are ringed in Utrecht, The Netherlands
note 3: this study looks into the survival and behaviour of mute swans in a mixed population with both "real wild" bird and birds that used to belong to "zwanendrifters" that can't fly.
note 4 :
website sighting submit:
email sighting submit:
website information:
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:
The Netherlands.
First letter/number (of the c-ring):
Y
