Montagu's Harrier

Combination of max. three c-rings and one metal ring.

note 1 : the project is performed with a small breeding population in the federal state of Brandenburg.

note 2 : about 20 nestlings are expected to be marked annually.

note 3 : the project started in 2003.

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Orange ring with a black code.

note 1:

Black ring with white two alpha-numeric code (on one leg) and metal ring (on the other leg).

note 1 : Birds were ringed in Belarus between 2007 and 2009.

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Blue ring with white two alpha-numeric code (on one leg) and metal ring (on the other leg).

note 1 : Birds were ringed in Denmark since 2005.

note 2 : To read the ring, turn your head 90 degree to the left.

note 3 :

Yellow ring with black two alpha-numeric code (on one leg) and metal ring (on the other leg).

note 1 : Birds were ringed in the Netherlands since 1999.

note 2 : Two alpha-numeric coded yellow colour rings were used from 1999 to 2013 ; from 2014 onwards the two letters/numbers of the code are separated by a black line (e.g. A|A).

note 3 : codes V|2, V|3, V|4 and V|5 are also used and to be read from bottom till top, but some rings could be upside-down.

note 4 : some new birds are ringed in Belgium, july 2020.

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Orange ring with a black three alpha-numeric code (letter/number/number).

note 1: in use since 2010.

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Orange ring with a black two alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : birds are ringed from 2005-2010 (3 alphanumerics since then) in several areas of Poland, mostly NE Poland.

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Coloured wing-tags on each wing with black or white symbols.

note 1 : note 1 : this program aims at measuring both qualitatively and quantitatively Montagu’s harrier dispersal. Birds were banded as chicks over the whole species distribution in France between 2007 and 2010 (as well as in some areas in Germany, Netherlands and Spain) using a patagial wing-tag on each wing.

note 2 : one black or white symbol (or no symbol) per wing-tag, different on each wing.

note 3 : background colours for wing-tags are blue, fuchsia, yellow, orange, lime-green, red and white.

note 4 : three informations are essential: symbol, colours of the symbol and background colour and this for each wing.

note 5 : https://busards.com/index.php/Form/obs/CIRPYG_1

note 6 : between 2007 and 2010 some 5500 birds were marked in France.

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Light green wing tags (same on both wings) with a black two alpha-numeric code and metal ring on one leg.

note 1 : the birds are youngsters released by hacking in the province of Guadalajara (Spain).

note 2 : project started in 2008.

note 3 : codes recomended by Antonio Pinilla who is coordinating harriers marking in Spain.

One wingtag (red on left wing and yellow on right wing) with the same inscription.

note 1 : two codes for different area are in use:

- in East Extremadura (southwest Spain) only one letter or a number plus a letter are used (ex. A, B, 1A, 5V)

- in  West Extremadura (southwest Spain) only one number or a letter plus a number are used (ex. 1,4, C1, A3)

note 2 : This wingtag project started in 2006 before this year white colour ring with black alphanumeric code was used. More than one hundred Montagu’s Harrier was wingtagged.

note 3 : Project is a part of the Montagu’s Harrier Conservation program of the Junta de Extremadura. Birds are wintagging by ringers of NATUREX.