COLOUR RING SIGHTING INFORMATION

We are often asked if we can help find the origins of colour ringed waders. Sometimes it is easy other times it is not. You will find below a plethora of colour ring/band websites Have a look at one that pertains to the region in which you have found the bird and then try to find the most user friendly and useful site for that region.

Europe / Africa

Euring:

European Colour Ring Birding:

Photo Guide to Colour Ringed Birds:

International Wader Study Group:

Black-tailed Godwits' Colour Ring Schemes:

Wash Wader Ringing Group:

North / South America

Western Atlantic Shorebird Association

US Geological Survey:

Manomet:

Banding and Resightings:

Pan American Shorebird Program Shorebird Marking Protocol:

Asia / Australasia

Shorebirds in East Asian-Australasian Flyway:

Taiwan Wader Study Group:

Hong Kong Bird Watching Society:

Birds New Zealand:

Australian Wader Study Group:

Global Flyway Network:

Asia Pacific Shorebird Network:

Mai Po WWF Wildlife Fact Sheet:

Yamashina Institute for Ornithology (Japan): 

Tokyo, Japan.