Mute Swan

Blue ring with a white three alpha code.

note 1 : birds are ringed in North-West England, in the counties Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside, Greater Manchester and the Isle of Man.

note 2 : AAA-ZZZ.

note 3 :

Red ring with a white three alpha code (on left leg).

note 1 :

Yellow ring with a black three numeric code. 

note 1: Large project ongoing since 2006 throughout Yorkshire counties, Derbyshire and Cleveland, working in close conjunction with the Sorby Breck Ringing Group.

note 2 : also infor. to be found on Yorkshire Swan Rescue Hospital : http://www.ysrh.org.uk/

note 3 : Darvic rings added to left tarus and metal 'M' rings added to right tarus.

note 4 : More than 3,000 adult birds and pulli rung since the commence of project, including colour marking a number of rehabilitated Mute Swans

Dark-green neckband with a white four alpha-numeric code, starting letter 'BG' followed by two numbers.

note 1 :

Dark-green ring with a white four alpha-numeric code, starting letter 'BG', followed by two numbers.

note 1 :

Black ring with a four alpha-numeric code. :
* letter 'U' followed by number/number/number
OR
* letter 'Y' followed by number/number/number
OR
* letter 'E' followed by  number/number/number
OR
* letter 'K' followed by  number/number/number
OR
* letter 'L' followed by  number/number/number
OR
* letter 'P' followed by  number/number/number

note 1 : birds with 'K' and 'E' ringed since 2016.

note 2 : birds with 'L' and 'P' ringed since 2020.

note 3 :

Blue ring with a white four alpha-numeric code, starting letter "C".

note 1 :

Orange ring with a black three alpha-numeric code (letter-number-letter). 

note 1 : first letter from A till T.

note 2 : birds ringed in Hants, Wilts, Dorset, UK.

White neckband with a black four alpha-numeric code (starting letter 'M' and letter/number/number).

note 1 : the objective of this program is to study the migration routes of the Mute Swans wintering in Greece. The program is developed in the framework of the avian influenza monitoring program.

note 2 : project-leaders are Didier Vangeluwe, Savas Kazandzidis (Greek Forestry institute) and Ioana Cobzaru (Romanian Bird Ringing Centre)

note 3 :

Orange ring with a four alpha-numeric code, starting number "4".

note 1 : birds ringed from 2012 onwards.