Aims of colour-ringing
Colour-ringing, or
generally speaking colour-marking, is a valuable research
tool for a variety of bird studies.
Short term research, such
as detailed behavioural investigations of activities and
interactions of a particular set of birds in a restricted
area, or long-term research on demography and population
dynamics, movements between breeding and wintering areas,
phenology and migration strategies may be greatly
improved by colour-ringing.
The use of colour marks,
which are visible and legible at distance, dispense with
the need to recapture birds to read the ring inscription
as is typical of conventional metal rings.
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Some
examples from pictures taken in the field |
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| Cormorants |
| Colour-ringing projects |
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Webmaster: Stefano Volponi
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Last updated: 16-05-2023 |
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More details on colour-ringing
For an
introduction on colour-ringing techniques and information
on projects in Europe navigate the Dirk Raes colour-ring birding new site (old version is here).
For more
information on what is scientific bird ringing, what are
methods of bird ringing and what is the role of bird
ringing for understanding bird biology and ecology, as
well as recognizing and addressing population and habitat
conservation issues see the EURING brochure on Bird Ringing in Science and
Environmental Management.
For examples
and information on colour ring coding:
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| Important Remark on
Colour-ringing in Europe |
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recoveries
of metal ringed birds MUST be
reported to the finder's national ringing centre
or to the address on the ring (see European Ringing Schemes at the EURING website); |
If not otherwise
stated, ALL recoveries of birds
wearing color-rings as well as ALL
colour-ring
readings must be reported to the finder's
national ringing scheme.
- For birds recovered or seen in the following
countries all data MUST be reported to the national
ringing centre, respectively at the Helgoland Ringing Office for Germany,
Vogeltrekstation Arnhem for Netherlands,
the National Ringing Scheme at the ISPRA
(the former Istituto Nazionale Fauna Selvatica)
for Italy. This is a legal
requirement and condition of being issued with a
license to colour-ring birds. - In some countries data on
colour-ringed birds should be instead
reported to the national colour-ring
coordinators: for Denmark Jacob
Sterup / for France L. Marion / for Belgium Jérémy Simar jeremy.simar@spw.wallonie.be
/ for
Finland the Ringing
Centre / for United Kingdom see
addresses under project list
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In order to avoid
overlapping of colour ringing project - well
before starting a colour-ringing
project - all ringers MUST
contact their national ringing
centre
and the cormorant
colour-ring coordinator/s
Coordinators for all European
colour-ring projects are:
- Stef van Rijn Institute for Inland Water
Management and Wastewater Treatment (RIZA), P.O.
box 17, NL-8200 AA Lelystad, THE NETHERLANDS;
- Stefano Volponi Wetlands International
Cormorant Research Group, ITALY |
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