Terns

species:

Sandwich Tern

scientific name:

Thalasseus sandvicensis

notes:

White ring with a black three alpha-numeric code and metal ring.

note 1 : The letter 'N' on various positions in the code, always starting with a numeric and followed by a letter (e.g. 2NC) or starting with numeric and numeric followed by N (e.g. 23N).

note 2 : a joint project of the Research Institute for Nature and Forest/INBO, Bureau Waardenburg and Ringgroup Delta. This project started in 2010 and each year (except in 2011) both adults and juveniles have been colourringed.

note 3 : we use colour-rings in order to gain information on migration, habitat use, juvenile dispersal, age of return and recruitment to the breeding colonies in the southwest of The Netherlands or beyond.

note 4 : used letters are : A, C, F, H, K, L, N, P, R, S, T, V, X, Z.

note 5 :

website sighting submit:

European colour-ring Birding submit

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:

The Netherlands.