Black-legged Kittiwake

Red ring with a white 2 alpha code.

note 1 : the projects runs now over 6 years on Puffin Island, North Wales by the SCAN ringing group.

note 2 : possible overlap with the Norwegian project !!

note 3 : 

(dark) Green ring with a white 2 alpha code (on right leg) and metal ring (on left leg).

note 1 : used on adult breeding birds and chicks from 2004.

note 2 : c-ring is 15mm. high. 

note 3 : used codes are AA-ZZ. 

note 4 : 

Combination 5 c-rings.

note 1 : used colours are white, silver, yellow, orange, red, brown, blue, green.

note 2 : involvement in this project started in 1998 and ringing is conducted on the island of Horneoya, Eastern Finnmark, Norway.

White (15mm) ring with a black 2 alpha code (AA-ZZ).

note 1: this project runs from 2004 onwards.

note 2: all birds ringed at Hornøya field station, Norway.

Dark-blue (10 mm ring) with white two alpha-numeric code : number-letter
(1A - 0Z)

note 1 : project started in 2009 on adult breeders from two Danish colonies.

note 2 : some birds also equipped with datalogger mounted on pale green ring above metal ring on opposite leg.

note 3 : 

White ring with a black alpha-numeric code : starting letter 'J'.

note 1 :

Black ring with white code (3 numbers and/or letters).

note 1 : birds are ringed in South-Norway.

note 2 : used codes are : K00-K99 and  L00-L99.

note 3 :

Combination of 3 rings.

note 1 : used stripes : Y/N/Y.

note 2 : birds ringed near Canna by lead ringer Bob Swann.

Combination of 4 rings.

note 1 : used colours : R , W , B , L , O , Y , S , N , G

note 2 : R above W above BTO-ring (on right leg).

note 3 : project started in 1991 but colony deserted in 2006.

note 4 : birds ringed of Fair Isle by lead ringer Deryk Shaw.

Combination of 3 or 4 c-rings and metal ring.

note 1 : used colours are : dark-green (G) , black (N) , light-green/lime (L) , orange (O) , red (R) , dark-blue (B) , white (W), yellow (Y).

note 2 : used stripes : B/W/B , G/W/G , R/W/R , W/N/W , Y/N/Y.

note 3 : birds are ringed as breeding adults on Skomer Island, Wales, as part of long-term population monitoring dating back to the 1970s.

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