Great Egret

Yellow ring with a black two alpha-numeric code.

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White ring with a black three alpha-numeric code (starting letter 'K' followed by two numbers or letter/number or number/letter) .

note 1 : during 2015, 99 birds were ringed : K00-K99.
c-ring on right tibia / metal ring on left tarsus in 2015 and 2016.

note 2 : used codes in 2017 are K1A-K0Z ; KA1-KZ0
c-ring on left tibia / metal ring right tarsus in 2017.

note 3 : first resightings early nov. '15 from Germany and France. Also from The Netherlands and Belgium.

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Dark-green ring with a white three numeric code (on left tibia) and metal ring (on right tarsus).

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Orange ring with a black three alpha-numeric code (on left tibia) and metal ring (on right leg).

note 1 : used codes are : E00-E99 and 0E0-9E9.

Red ring with a white 3 numeric code (with or without a bar-code.

note 1 : 001-600 , 701-800.

note 2 : new series are : |801-|000 (a bar code before the numbers).

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Yellow ring with black 3 numeric code (on right tibia) and metal ring (on left tarsus).

note 1 : used codes are 000-999.

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Yellow ring with a black two numeric code.

note 1 : birds ringed during 2013.

Combination (5 types) of 2 up to 6 small (1cm. high) rings.

note 1 : used colours are : grey, red, orange, yellow, white, dark-green, light-green, dark-blue.
note 2 : 5 different types of combinations are used. AA/Am (2 rings on left leg, 1 ring over metal ring on right leg) ; Am/AA ; AAA/m (most often) ; m/AAA ; AAA/AAA or AAAm/AAA (rare) ; AAA/Am et Am/AAA
note 3 : birds are ringed at the Grand-Lieu Lake, Loire-Atlantique, France, (47° 06' N, 001° 40' W) and in Brière.
note 4 : some 40 to 70 birds are yearly ringed.

Combination of 2 up to 6 small (1cm. high) rings.
Green ring with a white 1 numeric code (on left tibia) and metal ring (on right tibia).

note 1 : used colours are : red, orange, yellow, white, dark-green, light-green, dark-blue.

note 2 : several types of combinations are used.
AA/AAm : 2 c-rings (on left leg) , 2 c-rings over metal ring (on right leg). 
AAm/AA : 2 c-rings over metal ring (on left leg) , 2 c-rings (on right leg).
AA/Am : 2 c-rings (on left leg) , 1 c-ring over metal ring (on right leg).
Am/AA : 1 c-ring over metal ring (on left leg) , 2 c-rings (on right leg).
AAA/m (most often) : 3 c-rings (on left leg) , metal ring (on right leg).
m/AAA : metal ring (on left leg) , 3 c-rings (on right leg).
AAA/AAA : 3 c-rings (on left leg) , 3 c-rings (on right leg).
AAAm/AAA (rare). : 3 c-rings over metal ring (on left leg) , 3 c-rings (on right leg).

note 3 : birds are ringed at the Grand-Lieu Lake, Loire-Atlantique, France, (47° 06' N, 001° 40' W) and in Brière.

note 4 : some 40 to 70 birds are yearly ringed.

Pink ring over metal ring (on the left tarsus).

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