White Stork

White ring with a black four alpha code (on left tibia) and metal ring (on right leg).

note 1 : used letters are A, C, F, H, M, N, S, V, W and X.

note 2 : birds ringed since 1998.

note 3 :

White ring with a black four numeric code (on left tibia) and metal ring (on right leg).

note 1 : used numbers are 0 - 4, 6 - 9.

note 2 : birds ringed since 1998.

note 3 : Our young birds are ringed with a code starting with the year and then a serial number. e.g. 1201= was ringed in 2012 and is the first stork we ringed.  If more than 99 birds are ringed, the last two digits are replaced by a letter. e.g. 20B is a bird ringed in 2020 and is the 101st bird ringed that year.  When we receive adult birds that are not ringed they are ringed with a code black/yellow ring with 3 digits on it.

note 4 :

White ring with a black four alpha code (on left tibia) and metal ring (on right leg).

note 1 : used letters are: A, C, F, H, M, N, S, V, W and X.

note 2 : birds ringed since 1998.

note 3 :

White ring with a black three numeric code and a bar after the first numeric code.

note 1 : used numbers are : 0 - 9.

note 2 : birds ringed since 1986.

note 3 : eg 1|23

note 4 :

White ring with a black three alpha code and a bar after the first alpha code.

note 1 : used letters are: A, B, C, F, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, U, V, W and X.

note 2 : birds ringed since 1986.

note 3 : eg A|AA

note 4 :

Dark-blue ring with a white three alpha-numeric code : starting letter "F" followed by letter/number.

note 1 : first birds ringed during 2015.

note 2 : used codes are : FI0 ... FI9, ...

note 3 :

Combination of a black ring with a white two alpha-numeric code (on right leg) and  a yellow ring over metal ring (on left leg).

note 1 :

White ring with a black four numeric code.

note 1 : young birds ringed during 1996, 1997, 2006, 2014 and 2021.

note 2 : the first two numbers means the year of ringing and the two last numbers are the individual code.

note 3 : birds ringed in Zoo Planckendael, Belgium.

note 4 :

Green ring with a white four alpha code (first letter 'F') and metal ring (on other leg).

note 1 : Contact for North-France (départements Nord, Pas-de-Calais, Somme, Oise, Aisne et Seine-Maritime) : christophe.hildebrand@gmail.com

note 2 :

Yellow ring with a black four alpha-numeric code -starting letter 'Z', number/number/number- (on left tibia) and metal ring (on right tibia).

note 1 : first is the letter is 'Z' , code for Galicia.

note 2 :