The combinations of colour and metal rings mean  the following:

Colour rings on the right leg = national identification. 

Combination of colour rings on the left leg = individual/group combinations.

The following projects are currently run:

Belarus:

Project leader: Dr Alexander Kozulin,

APB-BirdLife Belarus,

 P.O.Box 306,  Minsk,

220050 Belarus .

tel.: + 375-17-2808093 ; fax + 375-17-2630613.

e-mail :

Combination of 1 c-ring and metal ring (on right tarsus) as national identification AND a combination of 2 c-rings (on left tarsus) as individual code OR 1 c-ring (on left tarsus) as individual code).

Poland:

a) Project leader: Prof. Dr. Andrzej Dyrcz,

Department of Avian Ecology,

University of Wroclaw,

Sienkiewicza 21, 50-335 Wroclaw, Poland.

e-mail:

note 1 : used colours are bright-blue, bright-green, dark blue, orange, red, white and yellow.

note 2: adult birds are ringed in the Biebrza marshes, NE Poland during 1995 and 1997, while during 1998 birds were ringed in the Chebm marshes, SE Poland .

b) Project leader: Grzegorz Kiljan,

Wyszynskiego 15/215, PL-72-600 Swinoujscie, Poland.

fax : +48-91-32.42.524.

e-mail:

note 1: during 1999 was used : 1 or 2 rings on left tarsus, 1 or 2 rings and metal ring on right tarsus ; used colours are : red, white, dark-blue, yellow, black, orange, dark-green, light-blue light-green ; exceptionally one put on metal ring on left tarsus.

note 2: during 1999-2002 was used : 3 rings on right tarsus and metal ring on left tarsus ; used colours are : dark-blue, black, red, dark-green, white, yellow, light-blue, light-green, orange ; exceptionally one put on metal ring on right tarsus.

note 3: during 2002 was used : 2 rings on left tarsus, dark-blue and metal ring on right tarsus ; used colours are : white, dark-blue, orange, red, black, dark-green, yellow.

Spain:

Project leader: Fernando Jubete,

Corro Postigo 1,

34337 Fuentes de Nava,

Palencia, Spain.

tel.: +979-84.23.98 , fax: +979-84.23.99.

e-mail :