White Stork

White ring with a black four alpha-numeric code, starting number "3". 

note 1 : since 2004 in León county (NW Spain) 911 chicks were ringed.

Combination of several c-rings (on both legs) and metal ring.

note 1 : project since 2004.

White ring with a black four alpha code (on one leg) and metal ring (on other leg).

note 1 :

Combination of three c-rings without code (on left tibia) and aluminium ring with three digit number (on right tibia or tarsus).

note 1 : not used after 2008 when aluminium ring replaced by ELSA ring.

note 2 :

White ring with a black four alpha-numeric 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 : used numbers are 0 - 4, 6 - 9.

note 3 : birds ringed since 1998.

note 4 :

White ring with a black three alpha-numeric code and a bar after the first alpha-numeric code. (from 1986 onwards).

note 1 : eg  4 | HF

Blue ring with a 4 white alpha code : first letter is I.

note 1 : scheme ran until 2006, since then White Storks in Italy ringed with ELSA rings, details here: http://www.cr-birding.org/node/1703.

note 2 : many hundreds of birds ringed before scheme ended.

note 3 : letters after the I restricted to: A, B, C, D, F, H, J, K, L, N, P, S, T, V, Z.

note 4 : used combinations ranged from IAAA-IAAZ to IHLA-IHLZ.

note 5 : for marking scheme info. , please refer to : stefano.volponi@isprambiente.it

note 6 :

Black octagonal (ELSA) ring with a white 5 alpha-numeric code : letters PA, followed by another  3 numbers.

note 1 : produced ring numbers: PA001 – PA100; bis PA999 reserved for future use.

note 2 : Code IAB also present on ring is the EURING code for Italy.

Black octagonal (ELSA) ring with a white 5 alpha-numeric code : a number, followed by letter X or T followed by another  3 numbers.

note 1 : 0X000 – 0X999, 1X001 – 1X999, 2X..., 3X..., 4X..., bis 9X999 1T000 – 1T999; 2T..., 3T..., 4T..., to 9T999 reserved for future use.

note 2 : Code DEW also present on ring is the Euring code for this scheme in Germany.

note 3 : Rings with T as letter only used since 2012

Black octagonal (ELSA) ring with a white 5 alpha-numeric code : a number, followed by a letter E, followed by another 3 numbers.

note 1 : produced ring numbers: 1E001 – 1E999, 2E001 – 2E999, 3E001 – 3E999, 4E001 – 4E999; 5E..., 6E..., 7E..., 8E..., 9E... kept in reserve for future use.

note 2 : Code NLA also present on ring is the Euring code for Netherlands.

note 3 : see also:  http://www.vogeltrekstation.nl