White-tailed Eagle

Combination of :
* black ring with a white four-alpha numeric code : code is two-by-two superposed. (on left tarsus)
* orange or pink ring (on right tarsus).

note 1 : used letter code is WF for France followed by two numbers (WF01-WF99)

note 2 :  in 2022 six birds (WF01-WF06), black ring / white code (on left leg) and orange ring (on right leg) have been ringed .

note 3 : in 2023 14 birds (WF07-WF20), black ring / white code (on right leg) and pink ring (on left leg) have been ringed. 

note 4 :

Combination of c-rings denoting country and year of ringing, as below.

Since 1977 the juvenile White-tailed Eagle in following European countries are ringed with different colourrings on both legs.

The right one stands for the country:
Blue : Norway ; Green : Sweden, Lapland ; Black: Sweden, Baltic coast ; Black and white : Suomi, Lapland (two different areas) ; Red/red, white/red, and black : Suomi, Baltic coast (three different areas) ; without colour, that means silver : Poland ; yellow : former German Democratic Republic (1981 till 1990) ; orange : Federal Republic of Germany (since 1990 reunited Germany) ;

The colour on the left leg shows the age :
1977 : orange ; 1978 : blue ; 1979 : red ; 1980 : black ; 1981 : silver means without colour ; 1982 : black ring over red ; 1983 : orange ring over blue ; 1984 : red ring over silver ; 1985 : black ring over blue ; 1986 : blue ring over white ; 1987 : red ring over black ; 1988: blue ring over orange ; 1989 : red ring over white ; 1990 : blue ring over black ; 1991 : silver ring over blue ; 1992 : orange ring over red ; 1993 : black ring over white ; 1994 : red ring over blue ; 1995 : black ring over orange ; 1996 : orange ring over white ; 1997 : red ring over orange ; 1998 : white ring over black ; 1999 : blue over red ; 2000 : orange over black.

Combination of c-rings.

note 1 : the project runs under the coordination of Bjorn Helander.

wingtag (on both wings) with an horizontal line or a second colour with a alpha code.

note 1 :

Combination of 2 c-rings : 1 on each tarsus.

note 1 : used colours are black, bright-blue, dull-green, light-orange, gold-orange, bright-red, white.  

note 2 :

One c-ring : either red or blue.

note 1 :

Blue ring (on either leg) and metal ring (on other leg).

note 1 : birds with blue ring on left leg are from East of Danube, birds with blue ring on right leg are from west of Danube.

note 2 :

Combination of :
* black ring (29mm high) with a white four alpha-numeric code (in 2 columns/superposed) (on the left leg)
*‘gold-coloured’ ring on the right leg." (from 2009 onwards).

note 1 : in the five eastern federal states of Germany birds are ringed with this new type of ring on the left leg.

note 2 : an example: AA above, 11 below. In 2004 series AA and AB have been used ; appr. 150 nestlings are to be ringed annually for at least the next 10 years.

note 3 : used codes are : AA00-AZ99 and XA00-XV99. New codes are :
BA00 till BZ99.

note 4 : code is superposed :
X0
Z1
and to be read as XZ01.

note 5 :

Combination of :
*silver ring (29mm. high) with a 4 alpha-numeric code : two letters and two numbers in 2 rows/superposed (on the left leg).
X0
Z1
* ‘gold-coloured’ ring on the right leg.

note 1 : in the five eastern federal states of Germany birds are ringed with this new type of ring on the left leg.

note 2 : rings are read/written with the four alpha-numerics after each other : used codes are AA00-AZ99, XA00-XV99 and soon XW00 to XZ99. Later the B-series will be used.

note 3 : an example: AA above, 11 below. In 2004 series AA and AB have been used ; appr. 150 nestlings are to be ringed annually for at least the next 10 years.

note 4 :

White ring with a black 2 alpha-numeric code : 2X, where ‘X’= a letter.

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