Eurasian Coot

Dark-blue ring with 2 alpha-numeric code (on right leg) and metal ring (on left leg).

note 1: to be read from the bottom up.

note 2 : all birds ringed in Britain & Ireland.

Yellow neckband with black three numeric code.

note 1 : since 2004 in León and Zamora country (NW Spain), 117 birds were ringed.

note 2 :

Yellow neckband with a black 4 alpha-numeric code.

Green ring with a white 3 alpha-numeric code (letter/number/number) or (letter/letter/number) (on one leg) and metal ring (on other leg).

note 1 : green rings with white code are used in Saxony, Germany.

note 2 : codes used are: D**, F**, M**, R** with ** = 00 – 99 (for instance “R00”).

note 3 : codes used are: M#*, R#* with # = A – Z and * = 0 – 9 (for instance “MP4”).

note 4 : 400 birds ringed up to early 2013.

Red ring with a white 3 alpha-numeric code (letter/number/number) (on one leg and metal ring (on other leg).

note 1 : red rings with white code are used in Bavaria, Germany.

note 2 : codes used are X**, Y**, Z** with ** = 00 – 99 (for instance “X99”).

note 3 : 200 birds ringed so far.

Yellow ring with a black 3 alpha-numeric code (letter/number/number) OR letter/letter/number (on one leg) and metal ring (on other leg). 

note 1 : yellow rings with black code are used in Brandenburg, Germany.

note 2 : codes are:  A**, B**, C**, E**, G**, H**, J**, K**, L**, Q** with ** = 00 – 99 (for instance “A01”).

note 3 : codes are:  A#*, B#*, C#*, E#*, G#*, H#*, J#*, K#*, L#*, Q#* with # =  A – Z and * = 0 – 9 (for instance “KP9”).

note 4 : 2100 birds ringed up to 2013.

note 5 : - for future use the following coding is planned and reserved: letter/number/letter“ (e.g. A1A – Z9Z).

White ring with 2 black alpha-numeric code.

note 1: program started in 2007.

note 2: all birds ringed in Belgium (near Liège).

Green neckband with two horizontal white digits (three time repeated around the neckband).

note 1 : birds are ringed in Extremadura (south-west Spain) by the Grupo de Investigacion en Biología de la Conservación.

White neckbands with black code of three horizontal characters (one letter and two digits).

note 1 : used codes are : A, C, E, F, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, R,S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z. A.

White rings with a black 3-number code (to be read from bottom till top).

note 1 : used codes are from 001 to 150.

note 2 : the order of number identification must be as follow: from underside of the rings to the upper.