Common Buzzard

One wingtag composed of two colours (on each wing)

note 1 : used colours are white, grey, yellow, orange, pink, red, green and blue.

note 2 : birds marked in the Limousin, France.

note 3 : since 1986 some 1600 birds have been marked.

note 4 : since 2016 young birds will be  marked with the same bi-coloured wingtag on each wing ... in order the study the loss of their wingtag (i.c. longevity of wingtags).

note 5 :  

Yellow ring with a black 2 numeric code (on left leg) and metal ring (on right leg).

note 1: birds ringed in United Kingdom, county Kent and from 2014 onwards in North Yorkshire.

note 2 :

Orange ring with a black three alpha+numeric code (letter/number/number or letter/letter/number).

note 1 :

Combination of a wingtag (on both wings) and a c-ring with a 3 alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : adult and nestling birds are ringed in Catalonia, NE Spain.

note 2 : different colours have been used.

Black ring with a white three alpha-numeric code (one letter and two numbers).

note 1 : used letters are : A, B, C, D, E, H, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Z.

note 2 : NOT used numbers are : 99, 66, 69, 96, 68, 86, 98, 99.

note 3 : used codes are : A01-A99 en B01-B62.

note 4 : birds ringed the federal state of Brandenburg, Germany.

note 5 : rings are 30mm. high and up to 50birds/year will be ringed.

note 6 : be carefull as due to a mistake, a similar colour/code project runs in Latvia, starting letter 'A'.

note 7 :

Dark-green ring (20 mm high) with a white two alpha code (on left tarsus) and a metal ring (on right tarsus).

note 1 : used codes : HA-HZ / IA-IZ / JA-JZ / KA-KZ / LA-LZ / NA-NZ / OA-OZ / PA-PZ / RA-RZ / SA-SZ / TA-TZ and the used letters A, B, C, E, F, H, I, J, K, L, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, X, Y, Z ... are used by this project : https://cr-birding.org/node/6335

note 2 : the project was started during 2010.

note 3 : also a project with red rings : red is used for captured birds and green for nestlings.

note 4 : a captured bird with a metal ring on the left tarsus becomes the red ring on the right tarsus.

Red ring (20 mm high) with a white two alpha code (on left tarsus) and a metal ring (on right tarsus).

note 1 : the project was started during 2010.

note 2 : also a project with green rings : red is used for captured birds and green for nestlings.

note 3 : a captured bird with a metal ring on the left tarsus becomes the red ring on the right tarsus.

note 4 : 

Blue ring with a white two alpha code (on left leg) and metal ring (on right leg).

note 1 : most birds are ringed in 2011-2013 in The Netherlands. 

note 2 : code CX and CH is -due to a human error- used in Hungary. In case of a sighting, do please contact karcza.zsolt@mme.hu

note 3 : most birds are ringed in Friesland and Groningen, a few are ringed near the airport Maastricht-Aachen.

note 4 : used letters are A, B, C, E, F, H, I, J, K, L, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, X, Y, Z.

note 5 : 

Yellow ring with a black two alpha code and metal ring.

note 1 : most birds are ringed in 2010-2011 in Friesland and Groningen, The Netherlands

note 2 : used letters are A,B,C,E,F,H,I,J,K,L,N,O,P,R,S,T,U,V,X,Y,Z.

note 3 : 

Green wingtag with white 2 alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : used codes are : A1,

note 2 : birds ringed during november 2010.