Swans
species:
Bewick's Swan
scientific name:
Cygnus columbianus bewickii
notes:
Yellow legring with a black 4 alpha-numeric code (three numbers and one letter).
note 1: used legring codes are 901A-999A, 000E-176E and 260E-335E.
note 2 : birds have also a yellow neckband with the same code, but sometimes this neckband is lost.
note 3 : The Netherlands Institute of Ecology is interested in relations of ringed and tracked swans: are they paired, do they have cygnets/siblings/parents? Please upload your sightings including this additional information to www.geese.org."
note 4 :
website sighting submit:
email sighting submit:
colour-ring type:
Legring : one, coded.
colour-ring colour (of the c-ring):
Yellow [Y]
colour-ring code (of the c-ring):
Four alpha-numeric code (4 letters/numbers).
countries where ringed:
The Netherlands.
Last letter (of the c-ring):
E
