Mute Swan

Orange ring with a black three numeric code.

note 1 : birds ringed from 1990 till 2012.

Blue ring with a white four alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : used codes are 00XE-99XE, 00XC-99XC.

Blue ring with a white three alpha-numeric 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 : used codes are : 4AA - 4ZZ, A4A - Z4Z, 6AA - 6ZZ, AAA - SZZ. in addition A01 - A99, B01-B99, C01-C99 … to Z01-Z99.are used in the Isle of Man.

note 3 : 

Orange ring with a black three alpha code.

note 1 : all these birds were ringed on South Warwickshire in a ten mile radius of Stratford on Avon.

note 2 :

Yellow ring with a black three alpha code.

note 1 : all these birds were ringed on the south coast of England. 

White neckband with a black four alpha-numeric code, first letters 'IB' followed by two numbers OR two letters.

note 1 : new project, started in summer 2005 and run by the Stazione Biologica Isola della Cona: 45 birds (IB24-IB73) were neckbanded at the Foce dell’Isonzo Nature Reserve and in the Grado-Marano Lagoon (Northern Adriatic, Italy); in summer 2006 135 birds (IB74-IB99; IBAA-IBKA) were neckbanded in the same sites.

note 2 : for marking scheme info. , please refer to : stefano.volponi@isprambiente.it

note 3 :

White ring with a black three alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : the objective of this program is to follow the Mute Swans nesting and wandering in Belgium. This marking is developed in the framework of the avian influenza monitoring program.

note 2 :

Yellow ring with a black two alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : for marking scheme info. , please refer to : stefano.volponi@isprambiente.it

note 2 :

Yellow legring with a black four alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : used series (years) : 01CA-00CA (1999), 01EU-00EU (2002), 01TC-00TC (2009), 00TP-99TP (2011), 0JH0-9JH9 (2013), 0JT0-9JT9 (2014), 0JY0-9JY9 (2015), 0MA0-9MA9 (2015), 0MC0-9MC9 (2016), 0ME0-9ME9 (2016), 0MJ0-9MJ9 (2016), AU01-AU00 (1997-1999), AM01-AM00 (1998-1999), 01JC-00JC (2003-2009), 01JE-00JE (2004-2009), 01JH-00JH (2005-2007), 01JP-00JP (2007-2008), 01TE-00TE (2009-2012), 01TJ-00TJ (2010-), 01TK-00TK (2010-2012), 01TH-00TH (2010-2013), 00TT-99TT (2011-), 00TM-99TM (2011-2013), 01TU-00TU (2012-), 0JA0-9JA9 (2012-), 0JC0-9JC9 (2012-), 01TY-00TY (2012-2016), 0JE0-9JE9 (2013-), 0JM0-9JM9 (2013-), 0JJ0-9JJ9 (2013-2016), 0JP0-9JP9 (2014-2016), 0JU0-9JU9 (2015-), 0MK0-9MK9 (2017), 0MP0-9MP9 (2017-), 0MT0-9MT9 (2017-), 0MY0-9MY9 (2018), 0YC0-9YC9 (2018-), 0YE0-9YE9 (2019-), 0YH0-9YH9 (2019-), 0YJ0-9YJ9 (2019-), A01A-A00A (2019-), A01C-A00C (2020-), A01E-A00E (2020-),

note 2 : Aluminum lock series in Hungary (BUDAPEST): HUxxx (2000-),HNxxx (2003-), HW001-HW500 (2004-), HPxxx (black codes, 2016-), HJxxx (black codes, 2018-), HVxxx (black codes, 2023-)

note 3 : Steel lock series in Hungary (BUDAPEST): HW501-HW000 (2010-), HKxxx (2014-), HLxxx (2017-), HExxx (2020-), HSxxx (2024-)

note 4 : A00H-A99H (2020-) ; A00J-A99J (2020-) ; 2AAA-2YYY (2020-) ; 4AAA-4YYY (2025-)

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Yellow neckband with a black four alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : neckbands : ring-number AT25 is used on 27.12.98 for a Whooper Swan.

note2 : used series (years): AP51-AP00 (1997), 0MU0-9MU9 (1917-), AH76-AH99 (1993-1994), AX01-AX00 (1997-1998), AT01-AT50 (1997-1999), 01JA-00JA (2001-2005), 01JJ-00JJ (2005-2012), 01JK-00JK (2008-), 01TA-00TA (2010-), 0JK0-9JK9 (2013-), 0MU0-9MU9 (2017-), 0YK0-9YK9 (2019-), C01A-C00A (2019-)

note 3 : C00C-C99C (2020-) ; 3AAA-3APY (2022-) ; 5AAA-5APY (2025-) ; 5ACA-5ACY (2025-).

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