Common Kestrel

White ring with a black three alpha code (on left tarsus) and metal ring (on right tarsus).

note 1 : the project started in 2014 in Noord-Holland, The Netherlands.

note 2 : if a captured bird already has a metal ring on the left tarsus, the white ring will be put on the right tarsus.

note 3 :

Dark-blue ring with a white 3 alpha-numeric code (on left leg) and metal ring (on right leg).

note 1: codes starting "A"or "B" or "C" or "F"

note 2 : birds ringed in Southern, Central and NW England.

note 3 :

Black ring with a white three alpha-numeric code, starting letter "E" followed by two numbers.

note 1 : project start from 2014.

note 2 :

 

Dark-blue ring -with a white belt on top- with a white three alpha-numeric code (letter/letter/number) (on right leg) and metal ring (on left leg). 

note 1 :

Green wingtag with a white three alpha-numeric code : letter/number/number. 

note 1 : birds ringed in Schkeuditz/Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, starting 2013 and ending 2018.

Red ring with a white 2 alpha-numeric code (on left leg) and metal ring (on right leg).

note 1 : birds ringed in the UK, Scotland and North England.

note 2 :
 

Yellow ring with a black three alpha code (on right tarsus). 

note 1 :  

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

note 1 : birds ringed in the UK, counties Cheshire, Merseyside, Flintshire and Wrexham.

note 2 :

Black ring with a white three alpha code (on right leg) and metal ring (on left leg). 

note 1 : starting letter A and used codes AAA ... ABY.

note 2 : from 2018 onwards : starting letter B.

note 3 : from 2020 onwards: starting letter C.

note 4 :

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

note 1 : this serie is used by end-2016.

note 2 :