Little Egret

White ring with a black three alpha-nuemeric code (letter/letter/number).

note 1 :

Orange ring with a black two alpha-numeric code (on left tibia) and metal ring (on right leg).

note 1 : used codes are : letter/number and later number/letter.

note 2 :

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

note 1 :

Combination of two c-rings each with a 1 numeric code (one on each tibia).

note 1 : birds are ringed in the UK and Ireland, mostly as nestlings.

note 2 : by end of summer 2008 approx. 300 birds had been ringed at 15 sites in the UK and Eire.

note 3 : orange and red rings are both used and are regularly being confused, but can be identified by the colour of the characters ; orange rings have black characters whilst red rings have white characters.

note 4 :

Combination of two c-rings each with a 1 alpha code (one on each tibia).

note 1 : birds are ringed in the UK and Ireland, mostly as nestlings.

note 2 : by end of summer 2008 approx. 300 birds had been ringed at 15 sites in the UK and Eire.

note 3 : orange and red rings are both used and are regularly being confused, but can be identified by the colour of the characters ; orange rings have black characters whilst red rings have white characters.

note 4 :

Blue ring with a white two alpha-numeric code [letter/number] (on left tibia) and metal ring (on right tarsus).

note 1 : used letters and numbers are : A, B, C, D, F, H, I, J, K, L, N, P, S, T, V, X, Z, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9.

note 2 :

Red ring with a white three alpha-numeric code (letter/number/number) (on right tibia) and metal ring (on left leg).

note 1 :

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

note 1 : used numbers are : 0 - 9.

note 2 : birds ringed since 2001.

note 3 :

Blue ring with a white two alpha code (on left tibia) and metal ring (on left tarsus).

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

note 2 :

Orange ring with a black three alpha-numeric code. 

note 1 : letter-number-number or letter-letter-number.