Hi all
I am not a ringer, but my interest in ringed birds is influenced by my fascination in finding them and reading the rings, be they darvic’s, colour ring combinations and also have had much success with field reads of metal rings at my local patch at Dawlish Warren, Devon most noteably with Oystercatchers.
I recently secured a partial read on a metal ringed Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula), gaining a positive read on the last five digits and believe the first digit to be either a 3 or 5?. I’m left somewhat frustrated by this, especially as I know it wasn’t a British ring. In addition to this I recorded which leg it was administered too (right) plus the style of ring used, by which I mean the coded numbers were at the top of the ring (as opposed to the bottom on a British and many other countries).
does anybody out there have any knowledge on which country this may come from based on my description?
Lee
I am not a ringer, but my interest in ringed birds is influenced by my fascination in finding them and reading the rings, be they darvic’s, colour ring combinations and also have had much success with field reads of metal rings at my local patch at Dawlish Warren, Devon most noteably with Oystercatchers.
I recently secured a partial read on a metal ringed Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula), gaining a positive read on the last five digits and believe the first digit to be either a 3 or 5?. I’m left somewhat frustrated by this, especially as I know it wasn’t a British ring. In addition to this I recorded which leg it was administered too (right) plus the style of ring used, by which I mean the coded numbers were at the top of the ring (as opposed to the bottom on a British and many other countries).
does anybody out there have any knowledge on which country this may come from based on my description?
Lee
