WI - Cormorant Research Group
Colour-ringing
updated on 21-11-2013

List of mysterious colour-ringed cormorants
Great cormorant (P. carbo) and Shag (P. aristotelis)

Based on a former Dirk Raes database,
request for information sent to the
cr-project coordinator or to the webmaster or posted to the colour-ring birding group

Country of re-sighthing
Belgium - Denmark - France  - Germany - Italy - Spain - Poland - The Netherlands  - UK


Belgium

Left tarsus Right tarsus Locality and date Observer Note Reporto to
        all solved -:)
no new data at the moment
 

Denmark

Left tarsus Right tarsus Locality and date Observer Note Reporto to
        all solved -:)
no new data at the moment
 

France

Left tarsus Right tarsus Locality and date Observer Note Reporto to
(not reported) Kembs 68/F - 47°41N 7°31E
16 Oct. 2003
E. Schmitt observed by telescope
posted on 06 Nov. 2003

this bird is not from Germany, Denmark or The Netherlands

webmaster

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France
October 2002
Alain Fossé
LPO Anjou Montreuil-Juigné
France
posted on Oct. 2002 webmaster
  Corsica, 1998     webmaster
  Rhine, Plobsheim, Bas-Rhin, east France, (48.25N, -7.44E)
28 January 1990
5 December 1992
Christian Dronneau
LPO Alsace
Strasbourg
  webmaster
  Lac de Maine
Maine-et-Loire, France
(47:28 N 0:35 W)
26th Nov 1998
Olivier Loir the colours of the ring & code were not recorded webmaster
  France 1995
France 1998
    webmaster

Germany

Left tarsus Right tarsus Locality and date Observer Note Photo Reporto to
        all solved -:)
no new data at the moment
   

Italy

If not otherway stated, please, report resightings to the Instituto Nationale Fauna Selvatica (INFS)

Left tarsus Right tarsus Locality and date Observer Note Reporto to
? 19980121, 19980213,
19980302, 19980304,
etc ...
  position of the ring not available or not reported webmaster
? 19950102   position of the ring not available or not reported webmaster
? 19960326   position of the ring not available or not reported webmaster
? 13 June 2001   position of the ring not available or not reported

Adult bird with very dark blue ring (looks almost black); colony on Vorsø, Denmark

webmaster
? 19950220   position of the ring not available or not reported

May be a Danish bird; colour ring should be BLACK instead of blue.
Any code letter_number_letter used for
Blue rings

webmaster
? 5 March 1995
2 and 4 March 1998
  position of the ring not available or not reported

May be a Danish bird; colour ring should be BLACK instead of blue. No letter_number_letter code used with Blue rings

webmaster
? 28 February 1997   position of the ring not available or not reported webmaster
? 14 January 1997   position of the ring not available or not reported webmaster
? 11 December 1994   position of the ring not available or not reported; perhaps ringed in Netherlands, but "1" has not been used webmaster
? 2 February 1995   position of the ring not available or not reported

perhaps ringed in Netherlands, but figure 1 not used

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? 26 January 1998   position of the ring not available or not reported webmaster
? 5 February 1998   position of the ring not available or not reported webmaster
? 14 January 1996   position of the ring not available or not reported webmaster
? 2 February 1998   position of the ring not available or not reported webmaster
? 4 October 1997   position of the ring not available or not reported webmaster
? 20/01/1989, 01/04/1989, etc.   position of the ring not available or not reported webmaster
? 12/12199, 18/03/1993   position of the ring not available or not reported webmaster
? 12/12/1992, 14/14/1992, etc.   position of the ring not available or not reported webmaster
? 16/01/2000   position of the ring not available or not reported webmaster
? 20/11/1991   position of the ring not available or not reported
ringed in Netherlands ? probably a bar was not recorded (S / J)
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Poland

Left tarsus Right tarsus Locality and date Observer Note Reporto to
metal ring ? ring: YELLOW

code: OHO

Poland,
19 August 2011
  webmaster

Spain

Left tarsus Right tarsus Locality and date Observer Note Reporto to

Ensenada de San Simón,
Arcade, Pontevedra
24-12-2011 

Encarna Gonzalez, Xurxo Piñeiro, Gustavo Ferreiro

unknonw code; wrong reading or project not recognised by the CRG

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none ?

Gran Canaria
between 29.1 and 8.2.2005; other observations in 2006

several observers

The bird was wearing only a colour-ringed at the right foot, a metal ring could not be seen. The ring at first seemed black but later resulted to be BLUE - see the picture webmaster


San Andres dam, N Spain
03.04.97
César Álvarez Laó left leg: RED ring with upper white band over YELLOW ring;
right leg: white (?) ring over
a
RED ring
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? La Granda dam, N Spain
18.10.97
César Álvarez Laó ORANGE ring with or without any code ? webmaster
Los Gavieros island, Coaña, N Spain
29.03.98,
Manuel Antonio
Fernández Pajuel
  webmaster
Navia estuary, N Spain
17.01.00
Manuel Antonio
Fernández Pajuel
  webmaster

The Netherlands

Colour ring Code reading from Locality and date Observer Note Reporto to

reading bottom-up

Netherlands

not reported

WHITE colour ring with black letters with a four digit black
inscription RTSB

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Left wing Right wing Locality and date Observer Note Reporto to
green red Schinkelbos
nature reserve
(Amsterdam)
29 January 2002
Dirk Kars
The Netherlands
The bird wore two wintags, one on each wing, with no inscription. No information on colour marking project involving the use of wingtags has so far been reported for the Great Cormorant. webmaster

UK

Left tarsus Right tarsus Locality and date Observer Note Reporto to
Priory Country Park, Bedford, UK
14/01/02
David Kramer colour-ring should be BROWN but any known project use this colour;
juvenile bird
stuart.newson@bto.org

Gartmorn Dam, nr Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
14/03/02, 26/03/02, 19/10/02, 16/11/02, 24/12/02

Andre Thiel

left or right tarsus position not reported

stuart.newson@bto.org