Egrets

species: 
Grey Heron
scientific name: 
Ardea cinerea
notes: 

Dark-green ring with a white three alpha-numeric code (on tibia).

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

note 2 : numbers of ringed birds (mostly juv.): 2003: 144, 2004: 500, 2005: 746, 2006: 344, 2007: 332, 2008: 354

note 3 : green rings : code always starting with X.

note 4 : see another project : white rings : codes start with R, T, V, X, Z.

note 5 : very interesting readings were in Spain and Sierra Leone (>5400km. from the ringing place).

email sighting submit: 
website information: 
http://www.proring.de/projekt_graureiher.html
colour-ring type: 
Legring : one, coded.
colour-ring colour (of the c-ring): 
Dark Green [G]
colour-ring code (of the c-ring): 
Three alpha-numeric code (3 letters/numbers).
countries where ringed: 
Germany.
First letter/number (of the c-ring): 
X