SOME USEFUL LINKS 

For an introduction on colour-ringing techniques and information on projects in Europe navigate the Dirk Raes colour-ring birding site.

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 both bird biology and ecology, recognizing and addressing population and habitat conservation issue see the EURING brochure on Bird Ringing in Science and Environmental Management.

Excamples of ring types > http://web.tiscali.it/no-redirect-tiscali/sv2001/cormo_crings.htm

How to code read data / BTO  > How to code colour-marks.

bands  All About Bird Markers  by  Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

Ringing in Finland > Ringing Centre, Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoological Museum, P.O.Box 17, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland.  tel.: +358-9-19128847 or +358-9-19128848  fax.: +358-9-19128843  e-mail: elmu_ren@cc.helsinki.fi 

EURING

England BTO

USA Patuxent Wildlife Research Center

BTO > http://www.bto.org/index.htm

The Multilingual Birdsearch Engine > http://www.knutas.com/birdsearch/

SKOF-Birdlinks  ( a good one) > http://www.skof.se/lank/

Birdforum >> Bird Ringing and Banding > http://www.birdforum.net/archive/index.php/f-221

or  http://www.birdforum.net/

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For an introduction on colour-ringing techniques and information on projects in Europe navigate the Dirk Raes colour-ring birding site.

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 both bird biology and ecology, recognizing and addressing population and habitat conservation issue see the EURING brochure on Bird Ringing in Science and Environmental Management.

Cormorant colour-ring styles

Reporting Recovery of Marked Bird without a Metal Federal Band report page

 
If you have found a bird wearing a metal ring use the on-line reporting form   >>   http://www.bto.org/ringing/ringinfo/foundring.htm  


Birdinfo (names, subspecies..etc) >>http://worldbirdinfo.net