White Stork

Yellow ring and aluminum ring (on left tibia) and black ring (on right tibia) with a white  two alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : reintroduced storks (26) and pulli (6) from 2005.

Yellow rings with black four alpha-numeric code (Txxx) (to be read from top to bottom).

note 1 : Ringing is conducted in lowland Croatia, with yellow rings used in the western part (Posavina).

note 2 : During the 2004, 2006 and 2008 years c-rings were placed on the right leg, the metal on the left leg, both on tibia; while during the 2005, 2007 and 2009 years c-rings were placed on the left leg, the metal on the right leg, both on tibia.

note 3 : In the east of Croatia birds are ringed with white rings, details here: http://www.cr-birding.org/node/1656

note 4 : Across all of Croatia 2800 birds ringed since 2004 (white and yellow rings).

note 5 : Additional white storks were ringed in other parts of Croatia (along Sava river), but the data on these birds should be sent to  the Institute of Ornithology in Zagreb (zzo@hazu.hr)

White rings with a black four alpha numeric code (Txxx) (to be read from top to bottom).

note 1 : Ringing is conducted in lowland Croatia, with white rings used in the eastern part (Slavonia and Baranja).

note 2 : during 2004-2009 331 chicks have been ringed in the north-east Croatia (along the Danube and Drava river and Baranya region). Numbers of ringed chicks per year are as follows:

2004  - 30
2005 - 8
2006 - 84
2007 - 88
2008 - 69
2009 - 52

note 3 :During the 2004, 2006 and 2008 years c-rings were placed on the right leg, the metal on the left leg, both on tibia; while during the 2005, 2007 and 2009 years c-rings were placed on the left leg, the metal on the right leg, both on tibia.

note 4 : In the west of Croatia birds are ringed with yellow rings, details here: http://www.cr-birding.org/node/1657

note 5 : Across all of Croatia 2800 birds ringed since 2004 (white and yellow rings).

note 6 :Additional white storks were ringed in other parts of Croatia (along Sava river), but the data on these birds should be sent to  the Institute of Ornithology in Zagreb (zzo@hazu.hr)

Blue ring with a white four alpha code (Txxx) (to be read from bottom to top).

note 1: used letters are A, B, C, D, F, H, J, K, L, N, P, S, T, V, Z.

note 2 : the number of colour ringed white storks in 2010 is 81.

White ring with a black four alpha-numeric code : Ax|xx (x = an alphanumeric character) (on right leg).

note 1 : NO metal ring is used.

note 2 : also an e-mail address is mentioned on the c-ring.

note 3 : 

Green ring with a white four alpha-numeric code -starting letter 'Z'- (on left tibia) and metal ring (on right tibia).

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

Combination of a black ring with a white two alpha numeric code and one yellow (uncoded) ring.

note 1 :

Dark-blue ring with a white four alpha-numeric code, starting letter "H".

note 1 : used codes are :
* H/number/number/number
OR
* H/letter/number/number
OR
*H/letter/letter/number
OR
*H/number/number/letter

note 2 : 

Dark-green ring with a white five alpha-numeric code (starting letter "Z","A","X", , "T", "K", "M", "Y") (on right tibia) and metal ring (on left tarsus). Starting letter "E" (on right tibia) and metal ring (on left tibia in 2013 and on left tarsus - from 2014).

note 1 : project started in 2011 for "Z" , 2012 for "A", "X" , 2013 for "E" and 2016 for T, K, M, Y.

note 2 : codes are Z0001-Z9999, A0001-A9999, X0001-X9999, E0001-E9999.

note 3 : contacts are :

* letter Z, T, K, M, Y (Poland) : ring@miiz.waw.pl

* letter A (Lithuania) : likcentras@gmail.com

* letter X (Ukraine) : polud@izan.kiev.ua

* letter E (Belarus) :
bym.minsk@gmabym.minsk@gmail.com and isamusenko@gmail.com

note 4 : 

Black octagonal (ELSA) ring with white 5 alpha-numeric code inscription.

note 1 : 5 large letters and/or digits repeated on 4 sides (=ring number) and a code with 3 letters repeated on 3 sides (=code of ringing scheme) and small text for ring recoveries on 1 side.

note 2 : sometimes black rings could be read as dark-blue rings.

note 3 : sometimes extra codes are readable like „DEW“ which means Vogelwarte Wilhelmshaven.

note 4 : more than 10.000 birds ringed.