Montagu's Harrier

Wingtag (on both wings) with a black two alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : red wingtag (on left wing) and white wingtag (on right wing) with balck two  alpha-numeric code (number or letter).

note 2 : white ring with black code (3 alphanumeric code) and metal ring.

note 3 : marked individuals are pulli.

Wingtag (on both wings) with a symbol triangle.

note 1 : combination of colours in wingtag and symbols.

White ring with a black three alpha-numeric code and metal ring.

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Orange ring with a black two numeric code. 

note 1 : take care Montagu's Harrier ringed in Poland holds alos an orange ring but with a two or three alpha-numeric code.

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Wingtag with a one alpha or numeric code.

note 1 : code can be also a two alpha / two numeric / two alpha-numeric.

note 2 : the project with the metal rings runs since 1999 (starting with 1 pair and now 170 pairs in Northwest Bavaria, Germany) and since the summer 2001 birds are wing-tagged.

note 3 : wingtags have been used as follows :

2001 and 2002 yellow tag with black inscription (hand written)
2003 and 2006 light-blue tag with black inscription (hand written)
2005 red tag with white inscription (printed)
2006 light green tag with white inscription (printed)
2007 white tag with Bordeaux-red inscription (printed)
2008 dark blue tag with white inscription (printed)
2009 black tag with white inscription (printed)
2010 pink tag with white inscription (printed)
2011 yellow tag(with blue inscription (printed)
2012 light-blue tag with black inscription (printed)
2013 & 2014 light-red tag with yellow inscription (Printed)

note 4 : by mid-July some 1400 birds have been tagged and recoveries are from Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Spain, Czech-Republic, Italy, Switzerland, Algeria, Morocco Senegal and Nigeria.

Wingtag with a two alpha-numeric code.

note 1 : code can be also a two alpha / two numeric / two alpha-numeric.

note 2 : the project with the metal rings runs since 1999 (starting with 1 pair and now 170 pairs in Northwest Bavaria, Germany) and since the summer 2001 birds are wing-tagged.

note 3 : wingtags have been used as follows :

2001 and 2002 yellow tag with black inscription (hand written)
2003 and 2006 light-blue tag with black inscription (hand written)
2005 red tag with white inscription (printed)
2006 light green tag with white inscription (printed)
2007 white tag with Bordeaux-red inscription (printed)
2008 dark blue tag with white inscription (printed)
2009 black tag with white inscription (printed)
2010 pink tag with white inscription (printed)
2011 yellow tag(with blue inscription (printed)
2012 light-blue tag with black inscription (printed)
2013 & 2014 light-red tag with yellow inscription (Printed)

note 4 : by mid-July some 1400 birds have been tagged and recoveries are from Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Spain, Czech-Republic, Italy, Switzerland, Algeria, Morocco Senegal and Nigeria.

White ring with dark-blue two alpha-numeric code (on one leg) and metal ring (on the other leg).

note 1 : the project was started in 2006, mainly in the Hellwegbörde in central Westphalia, NW Germany.

note 2 : note 2 : numbered c-rings 01 to 99 were used from 2006 through 2012 ; from 2013 onwards codes with one letter and one number will be used (A0, A1...A9, B0, B1...B9, C0, C1...)

note 3 : to read the ring, turn your head 90degree.

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

note 1 : birds were ringed in Lower Saxony, Schleswig Holstein, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt (Germany) since 2004.

note 2 : From 2016 onwards the two letters/numbers of the code are separated by a white line (e.g. A|A).

note 3: From 2016 onwards, birds were ringed in Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (Germany).

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

note 1 : Birds were ringed in Lower Saxony, Germany since 2002.

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

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Silver/Grey ring with a black 2 alpha-code. 

note 1 : birds ringed during 2011 in the Czech Republic.

note 2 : information websites : www.tyto.cz and http://www.czechringing.com/

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