WI - Cormorant Research Group Colour-ringing - European shag updated on 17-12-2024

European shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis
Colour-ringing Projects in Europe

ARRANGED BY COUNTRY

Bulgaria - Croatia - France - Greece - Italy - Norway - Portugal - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - United Kingdom

Bulgaria

Ring
colour		 Inscription
colour		 Style Ring type Note No.
ringed		 Years Project
leaders
Yellow Black 4 Colour and codes have been agreed with the Bulgarian Bird Ringing Scheme
Code are: B001-B050		   2019 ring.bgs@gmail.com

Croatia

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

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
Yellow Black
L/R tarsus R/L tarsus
2 Only 16 letters used: A B C D F H J L N P R S T V X Z 247 2004 Marine Leicher & Maxime Pineaux
Yellow Black
L/R tarsus R/L tarsus
3cb Only 16 letters used: A B C D F H J L N P R S T V X Z 3,744 2004-2013 Marine Leicher & Maxime Pineaux
Yellow Black
L/R tarsus R/L tarsus

3cb

Numbers used are: Numbers used on the bands are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9;
Only 16 letters used: A B C D F H J L N P R S T V X Z

2038

2013

Marine Leicher marine.leicher@bretagne-vivante.org
&
Maxime Pineaux maxime.pineaux@bretagne-vivante.org

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

The project started in Western France in spring 2004 .

Combination of colour and metal rings

Ring colours Style Leg No.
ringed		 Years Project
leaders



Ps/Ps/Ps
+
M/Ps		 ? ? ? J. Thibault

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
White Black 3cb project started in March 2007 - 2007 D. Portolou
Hellenic Ornithological Society

Italy

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

Norway

Ring
colour		 Inscription
colour		 Style Ring type Note No.
ringed		 Years Project
leaders
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

White

Black
L/R tarsus R/L tarsus

2

The project is carried out in Hornøya (Vardø, NE Norway) since 2004

?

2004-

Tone Reiertsen
tone.reiertsen@nina.no

Red

White

2

The project is carried out on Anda by NINA Institute

ca. 30 adults

2005-09

Christensen-Dalsgaard

Green

White


2

Mostly used at the colony Jarstein, Karmøy, Rogaland
observations can be reported at
https://www.ringmerking.no/cr

  

2014->

Karmøy Ringmerkingsgruppe
post@ringmerking.no
Yellow Black

2

Mostly used at the colony Jarstein, Karmøy, Rogaland
observations can be reported at
https://www.ringmerking.no/cr

  

2014->

Karmøy Ringmerkingsgruppe
post@ringmerking.no

White

Black
or

4

White rings with black inscription, starting with E followed by three letters / numbers. Alphanumeric codes codes Exxx or Ennn
ring reporting adress www.ringmerking.no, post@ringmerking.no

 

2022

Morten Helberg
morten.helberg@birdlife.no

 

Portugal

Ring
colour		 Inscription
colour		 Style Note No.
ringed		 Years Project
leaders
Green White
L/R tarsus R/L tarsus
project carried on in Berlengas island
Not used the letters: E, I, O and Q		   2015-2019 Pedro Geraldes

Slovenia

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

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		 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)
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)  
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)  
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 A1 to Z9

 72 2010-2020 ... D. Alvarez (b)  
White

Blue

Black		 Black

White

White
or

or
 2 + M L (even years)
R (odd years)		 1000 1993-1998 A. Velando (c)  
Green White

2 R 113 2007-2011 J. Hidalgo
Yellow Black 3 Yellow ring with code from 01X to 99X on the Left tarsus 45 2021-2022 ... Sergio París Gómez avesartabras@ceida.org
Oficina Anillamiento EBD anillamiento@ebd.csic.es
White Black 3 L / R (d) 2003 D. Oro
F. de Pablo		  
White Black 3   (e) 2014 Asociación de Naturalistas del Sureste (Murcia)
http://www.asociacionanse.org/		  

(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

 

Sweden

Ring
colour		 Inscription
colour		 Style Ring type Note No.
ringed		 Years Project
leaders		 Example
Orange Black
or
 2 Left 29
63

2013-2020

 2013
2014

325

 Matti Åhlund, matti.ahlund@telia.com
Tommy Järås, birdcenter@swipnet.se

United Kingdom

Ring
colour		 Inscription
colour		 Style Type Leg No.
ringed		 Years Note Project
leaders		 Example
Yellow Black 2 (a) L, R 50 1986-1996 Adult birds Mark Newell (CEH Edinburgh)
email to: shags@ceh.ac.uk		  
Blue White ? ? ? 2015 Project carried on Puffin Island N Wales
combination used
from AA to AY and from KA to KY		 
Stephen Dodd
sg.dodd@yahoo.com
Red White 3 ?   ? Adult birds Mark Newell (CEH Edinburgh)
email to: shags@ceh.ac.uk		  
Yellow Black 3 ?   ? -2009 Adult birds Mark Newell (CEH Edinburgh)
email to: shags@ceh.ac.uk		  
Various Various 3 L, R 2700 1995-1999 ... 2009 Nestlings Mark Newell (CEH Edinburgh)
email to: shags@ceh.ac.uk		  
Green White 3 R   2001 - 2009 Nestlings Mark Newell (CEH Edinburgh)
email to: shags@ceh.ac.uk

Green

White

3

L

  

2013->2024

2025->

codes from 300 to 700
and from 701 to 999

BTO Retrap Adult Survival Project
http://www.bto.org/ringing/ringinfo/ras/index.htm

Report sightings to:
Robin Ward rmward1963@btinternet.com or admin@tiarg.org

Robin Ward - Treshnish Isles Auk Ringing Group
http://www.hebrideantrust.org/treshnish.htm

  

dark Blue

or

Red

or

dark Green

White


or

or

3

(?)

(?)

... - 2009

Nestlings (b)

Mark Newell (CEH Edinburgh)
email to: shags@ceh.ac.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

Red

White

4

L

  

2010-

Ringed at: Shiant Islands

x = A, B, C, D, or F
* * are either letter or number
metal ring on the right leg

contact:
Jim Lennon jjlennon17@gmail.com

  

Red

White


or

4

L

  

2018-

Ringed at: Bardsey Island and Ynysoeodd Gwylan
X X are letters

contact:
Steven Stansfield warden@bbfo.org.uk

  

Red

White
or

4

L

  

2021-

Ringed at: Calf of Man Bird Observatory

xx are letters
metal ring on the right leg

contact:
Calf of Man Bird Warden
calfbirdwarden@mwt.im

  

Red

White


or

4

   L  

2018-

Ringed at: Irelands Eye and St Patricks Island, Dublin; Inishmurray, Sligo

x x are letters

contact:
Sean Kington medgullring@gmail.com

  

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, E, F, H, I, J, L, N, P, R, S, T, U, X, W, Z