Kentish Plover

Combination of :
​* metal ring (on left tibia)
* c-ring (on left tarsus)
* c-ring (on right tibia)
​* c-ring (on right tarsus)

​note 1 : used colours are : white or yellow.

​note 2 : 

Combination of :
​* yellow ring with a black one alpha code (letter “X”) (on right tibia)
​* two rings (including metal ring) (on each tarsus).

note 1 : used colours are : pale-blue, yellow, red, dark-green and black.

note 2 : black X on the right tibia ring is very difficult to see on distance

note 3 : 12 Kentish plovers of different ringing schemes were equipped with 1 g GPS tags in Germany in 2019. Birds have to be re-trapped to achieve GPS fixes. Please directely inform the ringer in case of a sighting or re-catch ( see https://bergenhusen.nabu.de/imperia/md/nabu/images/nabu/einrichtungen/be... ). In case of a re-catch elsewhere, please take the logger off the bird from January 2020 onwards by cutting the silicon tube close to the logger. Please remove the solicon tube from the bird (one loop around each leg).

note 4 :

Combination of 4 c-rings and a metal ring.

note 1 : pale blue ring (on right tibia), two rings (including metal ring) (on each tarsus).

note 2 : used colours are : pale-blue, yellow, orange, red, dark-green and black.

note 3 :

Combination of c-rings :

* metal ring (on left tibia) and 1 c-ring (on right tibia) and 2 c-rings (on right tarsus).

OR

* 1 c-ring (on left tarsus) and 1 c-ring (on right tibia), metal ring (on right tibia) and 1 c-ring (on right tarsus).

note 1 :   

Combination of
- metal ring (on left tibia) 
- 2 c-rings (on left tarsus) 
- nothing OR orange flag (on right tibia) 
- nothing OR 1 ring (on right tarsus)

note 1 :

Combination of a black ring with a white three alpha code (on one leg) and a c-ring and metal ring (on the other leg).

note 1 : used colours for the single c-ring (location marker) are : blue, red, green.

note 2 : birds ringed at the beaches of Castellon province, Spain.

note 3 :  

Combination of
- metal ring (on left tibia) 
- 2 c-rings (on left tarsus) 
- nothing OR orange flag (on right tibia) 
- nothing OR 1 ring (on right tarsus)

note 1 : used colours are : red, yellow, orange, dark-green, dark-blue, lime (light-green), white and black.

Combination of :
* black-white c-ring (on left tibia).
​* c-ring (on left tarsus).
​* metal ring (on right tibia).
​* two c-rings (on right tarsus).
OR
* metal ring (on left tibia).
​* two c-rings (on left tarsus).
​* black-white ring (on right tibia).
​* c-ring (on right tarsus).

note 1 : used colours are : red, white, orange, dark green, black (niger), dark-blue and yellow.

note 2 :

White ring with a two or three numeric code (01 to 299) (on left leg) and a green, white, red or yellow ring (on right tarsus).

note 1 : 1060 birds are ringed between 2007-2020.

note 2 : since 2010, the numeric ring is on the tibia, before it was on the tarsus, but the ring wore out and became illegible (black).

note 3 : the numbered ring (always white) is associated with the uncoded colored ring on the opposite leg for entering on the website. For example on the 2 pictures below : 50 green, 26 white. if the uncoded ring has disappeared, please contact james.jb@wanado.fr

note 4 :

Yellow ring with a black 3 alpha-code (starting letter “I”) (IAA-IAB-IZZ) (on left tarsus).

note 1 : used letters are A, B, C, D, F, H, J, K, L, N, P, S, T, V, Z.

note 2 : for marking scheme info. , please refer to : lorenzo.serra@isprambiente.it

note 3 :