Egrets

species:

Grey Heron

scientific name:

Ardea cinerea

notes:

White ring with a black three alpha-numeric code.

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, 2009: 243, 2010: 211,

note 3 : white rings: codes start with R, T, V, X, Z.

note 4 : very interesting readings were in Spain and Sierra Leone (>5400km. from the ringing place).

note 5 :

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):

Three alpha-numeric code (3 letters/numbers).

countries where ringed:

Germany.