European shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Colour-ringing Projects in Europe

ARRANGED BY COUNTRY

Croatia - France - Greece - Italy - Slovenia - Spain - Norway - United Kingdom

Croatia

Ring colour	Inscription colour	Style	Ring type	Note	No. ringed	Years	Project leaders	Ringing scheme	Example
Orange	Black		3	colour ring on R L leg Codes already used: A00 ... U99	1,060	2005-2011	Jelena Kralj Zagreb Ringing Scheme	Croatia

The colour-ringing of Shags started in Croatia in 2005. In 2005 and 2006 it was conducted by the Italian ringer Barbara Cimador, after which was continued by Croatian ringers.

France

Ring colour	Inscription colour	Style	Ring type	Note	No. ringed	Years	Project leaders	Ringing scheme	Example
Yellow	Black	L/R tarsus R/L tarsus	2	Only 16 letters will be used (A B C D F H J L N P R S T V X Z)	?	2004	C. Barbraud	France
Yellow	Black	L/R tarsus R/L tarsus	3cb	Only 16 letters will be used (A B C D F H J L N P R S T V X Z)	?	2004	C. Barbraud	France
Black	Yellow		3	100 birds ringed in South Normandy with code A00-A99; in the next years codes B00-b99 and C00-C99, etc. will be used	100	2011	Fabrice Gallien & Matthieu Lorthiois	France

The project started in Western France in spring 2004 .

Combination of colour and metal rings

Ring colours		Style			Leg	No. ringed	Years	Project leaders	Ringing scheme
				Ps/Ps/Ps + M/Ps	?	?	?	J. Thibault	France

Project on Mediterranean shag (P. aristotelis desmaresti).
The project was stopped several years ago.

Greece

Ring colour	Inscription colour	Style	Ring type	Note	No. ringed	Years	Project leaders	Ringing scheme
White	Black		3cb	project starts in March 2007	-	2007	D. Portolou Hellenic Ornithological Society	Greece

Italy

Ring colour	Inscription colour	Style	Ring type	Note	No. ringed	Years	Project leaders	Ringing scheme	Example
Yellow	Black		3	15 letters used (A B C D F H J L N P R S T V Z)	-	2005	N. Baccetti	Italy

Norway

Ring colour	Inscription colour	Style	Ring type	Note	No. ringed	Years	Project leaders	Ringing scheme	Example
Yellow	Black	L/R tarsus R/L tarsus	2	Yellow ring with two letters (not specified left / right leg, neither code inscription). The project started in 2002 and intends to monitor survival of the breeding population at the Røst islands, Lofoten, Norway	?	2002	Tycho Anker-Nilssen	Norway
White	Black	L/R tarsus R/L tarsus	2	The project is carried out in Hornøya (Vardø, NE Norway) since 2004	?	2004-	Robert T. Barrett	Norway
Red	White		2	The project is carried out on Anda by NINA Institute	ca. 30 adults	2005-09	Christensen-Dalsgaard	Norway

Slovenia

Ring colour	Inscription colour	Style	Ring type	Note	No. ringed	Years	Project leaders	Ringing scheme	Example
Orange	Black		3	Colour and codes have been agreed with the Zagreb Ringing Centre		2012		Slovenia

The colour-ringing of Shags started in Croatia in 2005. In 2005 and 2006 it was conducted by the Italian ringer Barbara Cimador, after which was continued by Croatian ringers.

Spain

Ring colour	Inscription colour	Style	Ring type	Note	No. ringed	Years	Project leaders	Ringing scheme	Example
Red	White	L/R tarsus R/L tarsus	2 + M/Ps (or M) (a)	Colour ring with code on: Left tarsus in odd years Right tarsus in even years code from 1A to 9Z	200	1998-2005	D. Alvarez (b)	Spain
Red	White	L/R tarsus R/L tarsus	2 + M/Ps (or M) (a)	Colour ring with code on: Left tarsus in odd years Right tarsus in even years code from AA to ZZ	200	1998-2005	D. Alvarez (b)	Spain
Red	White	L/R tarsus R/L tarsus	2 + M/Ps (or M) (a)	Colour ring with code on: Left tarsus in odd years Right tarsus in even years code from 11 to 99	72	2007-2009	D. Alvarez (b)	Spain
White Blue Black	Black White White	or or	2 + M	L (even years) R (odd years)	1000	1993-1998	A. Velando (c)	Spain
Green	White		2	R	113	2007-2011	J. Hidalgo	Spain
White	Black		3	L / R	(d)	2003	D. Oro F. de Pablo	Spain

(a) An additional white, red or yellow ring (without code) may be added at the metal ring.
(b) Birds ringed in colonies in Asturias (Cantabric Sea, N Spain). Overall, 250 birds ringed in 1998-2003
(c) Birds ringed in colonies in Atlantic sector of Galician coast (Spain)
(d) The cr-project is going to begin in the Baleary from the spring 2003

United Kingdom

Ring colour	Inscription colour	Style	Type	Leg	No. ringed	Years	Note	Project leaders	Ringing scheme	Example
Yellow	Black		2 (a)	L, R	50	1986-1996	Adult birds	M. Newell	UK
Red	White		3	?		?	Adult birds	M. Newell	UK
Yellow	Black		3	?		? -2009	Adult birds	M. Newell	UK
Various	Various		3	L, R	2700	1995-1999 ... 2009	Nestlings	M. Newell	UK
Green	White		3	R		2001 - 2009	Nestlings	M. Newell	UK
Green	White		3	L		2013	codes from 300 to 499 BTO Retrap Adult Survival Project http://www.bto.org/ringing/ringinfo/ras/index.htm Report sightings to: Robin Ward robin.ward2@virginmedia.com or admin@tiarg.org	Robin Ward - Treshnish Isles Auk Ringing Group http://www.hebrideantrust.org/treshnish.htm	UK
dark Blue or Red or dark Green	White	or or	3	(?)	(?)	... - 2009	Nestlings (b)	M. Newell	UK
Lime (pale green)	Black		3	L, R	200	2006-2012	Colony at: Lunga, Treshnish Isles, SW Scotland Ringed: Nestlings and Adults Codes: from 100 to 299 BTO Retrap Adult Survival Project http://www.bto.org/ringing/ringinfo/ras/index.htm Report sightings to: Robin Ward robin.ward2@virginmedia.com or admin@tiarg.org	Robin Ward - Treshnish Isles Auk Ringing Group http://www.hebrideantrust.org/treshnish.htm	UK
Red	White		4	L		2010-	Colony at: Shiant Islands (metal ring on the right leg)	contact: BTO Demography Team: colourringing@bto.org	UK

Isle of May, Firth of Forth, and other sites along the East cost of Scotland.
(a) Letters are read down the legs.
(b) The letters used are A,B,C,D,F,H,I,J,L,N,P,S,T,U,X