Mute Swan

Blue ring with a four alpha-numeric code (on left tarsus).

note 1 : used codes are : T001-T999. (three numbers !)

note 2 :

Yellow neckband with a black four alpha-numeric code : number/letter/letter/number.

note 1 : used codes are 0UA0-9UA9 , 0UC0-9UC9 , 0UE0-9UE9, 2Uxx, 9Uxx ...

note 2 :   project started March 2015.

note 3 :

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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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.