Common Moorhen

White ring with 2 letter code (on left leg) and metal-ring (on right leg).

note 1 : code has to be read from top to bottom, code are AA till ZZ.

note 2 : used starting-letters are : A, C, E, F, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Z.
contact xagru@wanadoo.fr

note 3 : used starting-letters are : H or Y.
contact jjean.delannoy@gmail.com

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Black ring with white 3 alpha-numeric code (on right leg, letter, number, number) and metal ring (on left leg above tarsus).

note 1 : code has to be read from top to bottom, code are A00, A01, A02…

note 2 : birds are ringed on Paris.

note 3 : project started in winter 2009/2010.

Combination of 3 c-rings (right leg : 2 c-rings ; left leg : 1 c-ring above metal ring).

Dark-green ring with white three alpha-numeric (letter/number/number).

note 1 : codes used so far (until end of 2012)  are A01 to A98 and E00 to E26. 

note 2 : from 2010 until end of 2012 exactly 118 individuals have been marked.

note 3 : by December 31, 2017, a total of 193 of birds have been ringed, using codes A01-A99 and E00-E99. Starting in 2018, the codes C00-C99 will be used.

note 4 : site of ringing is the city of Leipzig,  Germany.

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Yellow ring with 3 alpha-numeric code (letter/number/number) (on right tarsus) and metal-ring (on left leg).

note 1 : birds are ringed in Upper Silesia and Western Malopolska Region, Poland.

Yellow ring with a black two alpha code (on right leg) and metal ring (on left leg).

note 1 : code has to be read from top to bottom.

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Orange ring with a black two alpha code (on right leg) and metal ring (on left leg).

note 1 : code has to be read from top to bottom, code are AA till ZZ; to this time were used codes with first letter A,B,C,D,E,H,J,K,L,N,P,R,S,T,V. All possible codes are using with exception such ones with letter “I” and several others (VV, VW). Metal ring is regularly on left leg above tarsus or infrequently on left tarsus and quite exceptionally on right leg above tarsus.

note 2 : project was starting in December 2010 and to this time 284 birds were colour ringed; project will continue at least for 5 (-10) years.

note 3 : birds are ringed only on the area of Prague City; cca 90% of the population is sedentary, 10 % probably migrating (factual record is missing to date). 

Dark-green ring with a white four alpha-numeric code, starting letter 'T' or 'A'.

note 1 : used codes are : T001-T000, A001-A000.

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Orange ring with a black 3 alpha-code and metal ring.

note 1 : the project has started in 2012 in city parks of Arnhem and Roermond, The Netherlands.

note 2 : code to be read from the bottom to the top.

note 3 : used codes are CAA-CZZ (C for Arnhem) and SAA-SZZ (S for Roermond).

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Combination of c-rings :
* 2 c-rings (on left tarsus).
* c-ring below metal ring (on right tarsus).

note 1 : used colours are :  red, yellow, light-green (lime), dark-green, pale-blue, dark-blue, orange, violet/mauve/purple , light-pink, tirquoise, dark-pink/carmine, black, white, brown, silver/grey and red/white : red/white stripes.

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