Mediterranean Gull

Dark-blue ring with white 4 alpha code : 4 letters, the first is always I.

Dark-blue rings 0AAA to 0CZZ.

note 1 : in the Po Delta area (N. Italy) from 1990-1994 the used codes are from A02 till Y99 (project by R. Santolini, total ringed 664 ringed pulli). Details : A02-B06 , 1990 ; B07-B78 and C01-C99 , 1991 ; B80-B99 and S01-S99 , 1992 ; H00-H99 and X02-X99 , 1993 ; X01-X98 and Y01-Y99 , 1994. Pay attention , rings starting with X and Y can be very easily misread.

note 2 : in the Margherita di Savoia salines (S. Italy) the used codes are:
IAAA-IABH (1195, 22 pulli) , IABS-IADK (1996, 34 pulli) , IADL-IBCS (1997, 163 pulli ). Project by A. Magnani and N. Bacetti. No birds have been ringed in 1998-2000 (zero breeding success). A few chicks were only metal-ringed in 2001.

note 3 : in the Po-delta area, codes used for chicks in 1998-2001 are as follows : 1998 : ICAA-IDZZ, Saline di Cervia (449 birds) ; IBCT-IBDJ, Saline di Comacchio (9 birds).; 1999 : IFAA-IFAZ, Salina di Cervia (14 birds) ; IFAZ-IFJZ , Valli Bertuzzi (91 birds) ; IFKB-IFNZ, Saline Commacchio (43 birds) ; IFPA-IFVC, Valli Comacchio (47 birds) , IFVD-IHDZ, Pialassa Baiona (86 birds).
2000 : IHPA-IHTV , IHZA-IHZV , IJAA-IJAZ , IJLA-IJSZ, IJTN-IJVF, Saline Cervia (128 birds) ; IJBA-IJDH, Saline Comacchio (36 birds), IHVA-IHVZ, IJDJ-IJKZ,IJTA-IJTL,IJZA-IJZZ, Valli Comacchio (10 birds).
2001 : IKPB-ILAZ, Saline di Cervia (86 birds).

note 4 : codes IBDK-IBSZ were used by A. Talamelli on118 adults trapped 1998-2001 along the Adriatic beaches and at the Saline do Commacchio. These birds partky belong to non-Italian populations, as shown by readings obtained from the Black Sea colonies.

note 5 : in 2007 a new country code has been used: 0 (zero) instead of I, followed by 3 letters (on 0A... and 0B... the zero has a dot in the middle).

note 6 : for marking scheme info. , please refer to : stefano.volponi@isprambiente.it

note 7 :

Dark-blue ring with white 3 alpha-numeric code : 1 letter and 2 numbers.
Dark-blue ring with white 4 alpha code : 4 letters, the first is always I.
Dark-blue rings 0AAA to 0CZZ.

note 1 : in the Po Delta area (N. Italy) from 1990-1994 the used codes are from A02 till Y99 (project by R. Santolini, total ringed 664 ringed pulli). Details : A02-B06 , 1990 ; B07-B78 and C01-C99 , 1991 ; B80-B99 and S01-S99 , 1992 ; H00-H99 and X02-X99 , 1993 ; X01-X98 and Y01-Y99 , 1994. Pay attention , rings starting with X and Y can be very easily misread.

note 2 : in the Margherita di Savoia salines (S. Italy) the used codes are:
IAAA-IABH (1195, 22 pulli) , IABS-IADK (1996, 34 pulli) , IADL-IBCS (1997, 163 pulli ). Project by A. Magnani and N. Bacetti. No birds have been ringed in 1998-2000 (zero breeding success). A few chicks were only metal-ringed in 2001.

note 3 : in the Po-delta area, codes used for chicks in 1998-2001 are as follows : 1998 : ICAA-IDZZ, Saline di Cervia (449 birds) ; IBCT-IBDJ, Saline di Comacchio (9 birds).; 1999 : IFAA-IFAZ, Salina di Cervia (14 birds) ; IFAZ-IFJZ , Valli Bertuzzi (91 birds) ; IFKB-IFNZ, Saline Commacchio (43 birds) ; IFPA-IFVC, Valli Comacchio (47 birds) , IFVD-IHDZ, Pialassa Baiona (86 birds).
2000 : IHPA-IHTV , IHZA-IHZV , IJAA-IJAZ , IJLA-IJSZ, IJTN-IJVF, Saline Cervia (128 birds) ; IJBA-IJDH, Saline Comacchio (36 birds), IHVA-IHVZ, IJDJ-IJKZ,IJTA-IJTL,IJZA-IJZZ, Valli Comacchio (10 birds).
2001 : IKPB-ILAZ, Saline di Cervia (86 birds).

note 4 : codes IBDK-IBSZ were used by A. Talamelli on118 adults trapped 1998-2001 along the Adriatic beaches and at the Saline do Commacchio. These birds partky belong to non-Italian populations, as shown by readings obtained from the Black Sea colonies.

note 5 : in 2007 a new country code has been used: 0 (zero) instead of I, followed by 3 letters (on 0A... and 0B... the zero has a dot in the middle).

note 6 : for marking scheme info. , please refer to : stefano.volponi@isprambiente.it

note 7 :

Red ring with a white 3 alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : during 2002 following codes have been used : K00-K99, 0K0-9K9, 00K-99K, L00-L99, 0L0-9L9.
note 5 : during the following years these codes could be used : 00L-99L, V00-V99, 0V0-9V9, 00V-99V, X00-X99, 0X0-9X9, 00X-99X and Y001-Y100 for Serbia-Montenegro.
 

Red ring with a white  4 alpha-numeric code :

starting letter H / number/number/number

starting letter H / letter/letter/number

starting letter H / number/letter/number

note 1 : this project is running in Hungary since 1994, with some 500 rings in the period 1994-96 coded H101-H999.

note 2 : used letters are HU.., HY.., HA.., HL.., HF.., HT..  from 2004 onwards.

note 3 : during 2001 three breeding places remain in the Czech Republic : 7 pairs at Nove Mlyny, 4 pairs at the Karvina fishponds and 3 pairs at Chomoutov.

note 4 : during 2002 following codes have been used : K00-K99, 0K0-9K9, 00K-99K, L00-L99, 0L0-9L9.

note 5 : during the following years these codes could be used: 00L-99L, V00-V99, 0V0-9V9, 00V-99V, X00-X99, 0X0-9X9, 00X-99X and Y001-Y100 for Serbia-Montenegro.

note 6 : some extra details on the red rings. H454-H470 : Serbia-Montenegro by Josef Gergely ; HA00-HA99 ringed from 1998 onwards ; 00A-99A from 1998 onwards with 81A-00A in the Czech Republic by Josef Chytil ; EOO-E99 from 1999 onwards : 0E0-9E9 from 1998 onwards with 3E1-5E0 in the Slovak Republic by Jan Svetlik and 7E1-9E0 in the Czech Republic by Josef Chytil ; 00E-9EE from 2001 onwards with 01E-50E in the Czech Republic by Josef Chytil ; K00-K99, 0K0-9K9, 00K-99K, L00-L99, 0L0-9L9 from 2002 onwards.

note 7 : latest used or will be used : HN (letter; number), HR (letter; number), HE (00-99), HT (00-99), HJ (00-99), HK (00-99), HR (00-99), HK (letter; number), HP (letter; number), HJ (letter; number).

note 8 : used codes are Hnln, where n=number and l=letter.

Red ring with a white 3 alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : used codes are : 81A-92A ; 7E1-7E9 ; 01E-50E.

Red ring with a white three alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : used codes are : 3E1-5E0 ; S01-S99.
note 2 : these rings have been used from 2001 onwards on chicks and breeding birds.

Red ring with a white 3 alpha-numeric code :
letter 'P' /number/number OR number/letter 'P' /number).

note 1 : used codes are P00-P89.
note 2 : during 2003 following codes will be used P90-P99 and 0P0-9P9.
note 3 : as third letter are used : A, E, H, J, K, L, N, P, R, T, U, Y.
note 4 : birds with ‘a-typical’ codes are  T121, T081, T078, T1333. Theses codes are from the Polish Larus canus project.
note 5 : a few hybrids (adult and chicks) L. melanocephalus x L. ridibundus have been also ringed.

Yellow ring with a black 3 alpha-numeric code : 2 numbers and 1 letter.

note 1 : this project is running in the United Kingdom since 1996.

note 2: a few birds have been ringed in Ireland.

note 3 : new codes used are 2A.. for Britain and 2X.. for Ireland.

Green ring with white 4 alpha-numeric code.
* starting letter 'R'.
* starting number '3' and then letter-letter-number.
* starting codes are also RL, RP, RR and RS followed by two numbers.

note 1 : the French (also with starting letter 'R') and the Belgian (starting number '3') projects are respectively running since 1991 and 2000. Around 850 and 750 green rings have been respectively used in France and Belgium until 2001.

note 2 : used 3 alpha-numeric codes in the North of France : C00 - C99, E00 - E99, J00-J99 , R201-R00 , A00-A99 , H00-H99 (*), K00-K99, L00-L63 ; in the Camargue : 0A0-9A9 , 0C0-9C9 , T00-T99.
Since 2007 used codes are : R00A – R99X and used letters are A,C,E,H,J,K,L,N,P,R,S,T,U,V,X.
During 2011, in the Colonie de Conchil le Temple, Pas de Calais, FR some 451 pulli are ringed.
The serie R (number/number/letter) was stopped and the new series are RA00-RC99 and RE00 till RX99.  

note 3 : during 2004 15 chicks were ringed at the colony of Jablines, dept. Seine-et-Marne by François Bouzendorf (codes M50-M66) ; 24 chicks were ringed at Oye Plage, N.France (codes U05-U28) ; 105 chicks were ringed at he Ornithological Parc of Marquenterre, dept. Somme with the help of Philippe Carruette (codes V00-V99 and Z01-Z05).
(*) : not used is H06, H08, H09, H60, H66, H68, H69, H80, H86, H88, H89, H90, H96, H98, H99 which could be read upside-down. H00 is put by mistake.

note 4 : during summer 2000, in the colony of Oye Plage (France) 53 juv. Med gulls have been ringed from which 35 with a green ring, during summer 2001, 224 birds are ringed in The Camargue, 163 at Oye Plage, Pas de Calais and 17 at Marquenterre, Baie de Somme.

note 5 : all sightings will be rewarded with a life history on a paper printout. On the other hand, fully updated life histories of all birds ever sighted by one observer can be obtained (only via e-mail).

note 6 : during 2002 rings starting with number 3 have been used. These rings should be read from the bottom to the top. Used letters in the letter-combination are: A, E, H, J, K, L, N, P, R, T, U, V. M and W are difficult and less used. Pay a very special attention to the letters M and W, K and R and P and the numbers 0, 6 , 8 and 9. Rings with the numbers 6 and 9 have been fitted on the other leg than the rest of the codes.

note 7 : during 2004 904 birds were ringed (123 >2K ; 781 juv. ; 364 new c-rings and 540 new steel rings). Used codes are : 3O-letter-letter ; 3T-letter-number ; 3V-letter-number ; 3X-letter-number.

note 8 : during 2005 some 233 pulli were ringed with the following codes : T50-T99 ; 0E0-9E9 ; 0H0-9H9 ; 0J0-9J9. In the colony of Jablines en Seine et Marre some 36 pulli were ringed with the following code: M67-M99 ; M00-M02. In the colony of Oye Plage some 37 pulli were ringed with the following code : U29-U64. No ringing at Marquenterre as the colony has been disturbed by wild-boar.
note 9 : for young birds ringed in 2006 in Oye plage (U00 - U75) ; Ardres, Pont d'Ardres (Z05 - Z62) ; Mardyck, Arcelor (X01 - X29) ; Camargue (0K0 - 9K9) , (0N1 - 9N7) , (0L0 - 9L9) ; during 2011 in the colony of Noirmoutier, FR some 200 pulli were ringed with the series 0T0 till 9T9 and 0P0 till 9P9.

note 10 : during 2007 in the North of France 204 young birds have been ringed, coded 459 onwards. Also young birds, coded X01 – X97, were ringed.
note 11 : 33 young birds have been ringed in the Seine-Marne area, coded 0M0 - 9M9.

note 11 : during 2012 these codes are used in the Camargue: RAE0 - RAL9
RAN0 - REK9, REL0 - RHH9, RHJ0 - RJA9.

note 12 : following codes are reserved for the future : green rings with code “R-letter-letter-cipher” using the following letters : A, E, H, J, K, L, N, P, R, T, V, X.

note 13 : during 2015 >1450 birds have been ringed in three French colonies : Noirmoutier, Baie de Somme and Jablines.
See https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B02eHzPyfNFvNDZSZ0lqNS1TTGs/edit

note 14 : A new project starts in 2021 to study migratory and foraging tracks over the Golfe du Lion, in link with potential offshore wind turbine projects, with specific codes attributed to these green rings deployed in French Mediterranean departements.

note 15 :

Green ring with a white 3 alpha-numeric code :
* letter A, C or J, E, and P and 2 numbers - used in France - see note 2 -
* letter R and 3 numbers or letter R and 2 numbers and 1 letter - used in France - see note 2 –
* number/letter/number) - used in France - see note 11 -
* 2 numbers and 1 letter (A,E,J,K,L,M,R,T,U,Y)) - used in Belgium -

note 1 : the French and the Belgian projects are respectively running since 1991 and 2000. Around 850 and 750 green rings have been respectively used in France and Belgium until 2001.
note 2 : used codes in the North of France : C00 - C99, E00 - E99, J00-J99 , R201-R00 , A00-A99 , H00-H99 (*), K00-K99, L00-L63 ; in the Camargue : 0A0-9A9 , 0C0-9C9 , T00-T99.
Since 2007 used codes are : R00A – R99X and used letters are A,C,E,H,J,K,L,N,P,R,S,T,U,V,X.
note 3 : during 2004 15 chicks were ringed at the colony of Jablines, dept. Seine-et-Marne by François Bouzendorf (codes M50-M66) ; 24 chicks were ringed at Oye Plage, N.France (codes U05-U28) ; 105 chicks were ringed at he Ornithological Parc of Marquenterre, dept. Somme with the help of Philippe Carruette (codes V00-V99 and Z01-Z05).
(*) : not used is H06, H08, H09, H60, H66, H68, H69, H80, H86, H88, H89, H90, H96, H98, H99 which could be read upside-down. H00 is put by mistake.
note 4 : during summer 2000, in the colony of Oye Plage (France) 53 juv. Med gulls have been ringed from which 35 with a green ring, during summer 2001, 224 birds are ringed in The Camargue, 163 at Oye Plage, Pas de Calais and 17 at Marquenterre, Baie de Somme.
note 5 : all sightings will be rewarded with a life history on a paper printout. On the other hand, fully updated life histories of all birds ever sighted by one observer can be obtained (only via e-mail).
note 6 : during 2002 rings starting with number 3 have been used. These rings should be read from the bottom to the top. Used letters in the letter-combination are: A, E, H, J, K, L, N, P, R, T, U, V. M and W are difficult and less used. Pay a very special attention to the letters M and W, K and R and P and the numbers 0, 6 , 8 and 9. Rings with the numbers 6 and 9 have been fitted on the other leg than the rest of the codes.
note 7 : during 2004 904 birds were ringed (123 >2K ; 781 juv. ; 364 new c-rings and 540 new steel rings). Used codes are : 3O-letter-letter ; 3T-letter-number ; 3V-letter-number ; 3X-letter-number.
note 8 : during 2005 some 233 pulli were ringed with the following codes : T50-T99 ; 0E0-9E9 ; 0H0-9H9 ; 0J0-9J9. In the colony of Jablines en Seine et Marre some 36 pulli were ringed with the following code: M67-M99 ; M00-M02. In the colony of Oye Plage some 37 pulli were ringed with the following code : U29-U64. No ringing at Marquenterre as the colony has been disturbed by wild-boar.
note 9 : for young birds ringed in 2006 in Oye plage (U00 - U75) ; Ardres, Pont d'Ardres (Z05 - Z62) ; Mardyck, Arcelor (X01 - X29) ; Camargue (0K0 - 9K9) , (0N1 - 9N7) , (0L0 - 9L9).
note 10 : during 2007 in the North of France 204 young birds have been ringed, coded 459 onwards. Also young birds, coded X01 – X97, were ringed.
note 11 : 33 young birds have been ringed in the Seine-Marne area, coded 0M0 - 9M9.
note 12 : do please send a cc.-mail to Renaud Flamant.