Southern Colour Ringing Group

For Brent Geese, the Southern Colour Ringing Group uses green rings with a two-letter white code. To report a sighting of one of these birds please complete and submit this form. For other colours or codes, please check the European Colour-ring Birding website to locate the project contact or submit your sighting through the EURING website.

For Gadwall, the Southern Colour Ringing Group uses black rings with a two-letter white code. To report a sighting of one of these birds please complete and submit this form. For other colours or codes, please check the European Colour-ring Birding website to locate the project contact or submit your sighting through the EURING website.

For Shoveler, the Southern Colour Ringing Group uses black rings with a two-letter white code. To report a sighting of one of these birds please complete and submit this form. For other colours or codes, please check the European Colour-ring Birding website to locate the project contact or submit your sighting through the EURING website.

For Grey Herons, the Southern Colour Ringing Group uses white rings with a three-character alphanumeric black code. To report a sighting of one of these birds please complete and submit this form. For other colours or codes, please check the European Colour-ring Birding website to locate the project contact or submit your sighting through the EURING website.

For Little Egrets, the Southern Colour Ringing Group uses orange rings on the left leg and black or green rings on the right leg, each with a single alphanumeric code. To report a sighting of one of these birds please complete and submit this form. For other colours or codes, please check the European Colour-ring Birding website to locate the project contact or submit your sighting through the EURING website.

For Red Kites, the Southern Colour Ringing Group uses coloured wing-tags. To report a sighting of one of these birds please complete and submit this form. For other colours or codes, please check the European Colour-ring Birding website to locate the project contact or submit your sighting through the EURING website.

For Buzzards, the Southern Colour Ringing Group uses coloured wing-tags. To report a sighting of one of these birds please complete and submit this form. For other colours or codes, please check the European Colour-ring Birding website to locate the project contact or submit your sighting through the EURING website.

For Common Gulls, the North Thames Gull Group uses orange rings with black code starting with '2' followed by three letters. To report a sighting of one of these birds please complete and submit this form. For other colours or codes, please check theEuropean Colour-ring Birding website to locate the project contact or locate the project contact on the chart on the EURING website.

For Black-headed Gulls, the North Thames Gull Group and the Southern Colour Ringing Group use yellow rings with black code starting with '2' followed by three letters (e.g. 2AAA) or '2' followed by a letter and two numbers (e.g. 2A01). To report a sighting of one of these birds please complete and submit this form. For other colours or codes, please check the European Colour-ring Birding website to locate the project contact or locate the project contact on the chart on the EURING website.

For Mediterranean Gulls, the North Thames Gull Group has used yellow rings with black codes 2E30 to 2E39, 2E50 to 2E59 and 2H70 to 2H79. To report a sighting of one of these birds please complete and submit this form. For other colours or codes, please check the European Colour-ring Birding website to locate the project contact or submit your sighting through the EURING website.

For large gulls (Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Yellow-legged Gull and Caspian Gull) the North Thames Gull Group used orange rings with a black inscription comprising a letter followed by two letters or numbers followed by 'T' or 'Z' (e.g. AA1T, A1AT or AA1Z). To report a sighting of one of these birds please complete and submit this form. For other colours or codes, please check the European Colour-ring Birding website to locate the project contact or submit your sighting through the EURING website.

For Common Terns, the Southern Colour Ringing Group uses yellow rings with a black inscription comprising a C followed by one number and one letter or one letter and one number (e.g. CA1, CA2 or C1A, C2A, etc.). The colour ring is fitted to the left leg and metal ring fitted on the right leg. To report a sighting of one of these birds please complete and submit this form. For other colours or codes, please check the European Colour-ring Birding website to locate the project contact or submit your sighting through the EURING website.

For Jackdaws, the Southern Colour Ringing Group used orange rings with a black inscription comprising a three letters or numbers. To report a sighting of one of these birds please complete and submit this form. For other colours or codes, please check the European Colour-ring Birding website to locate the project contact or submit your sighting through the EURING website.

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