Birding in Colour

The new European colour-ring Birding website is on-line under www.cr-birding.org

Before using the site, read carefully ‘How to use this website’ (to be found under ‘HOME’)

Colour-ring projects under are systematically (top-down in the list) transferred from the old to the new website.

Would you like to help with this tremendous job ? do please contact me
If a group (Latin name disappears) or a species (date under the species disappears) is fully transferred,

a link towards the new website is established.

New projects (since January 2011) are only mentioned on the new website.

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European colour-ring Birding © is created (September 1995) and maintained by Dirk Raes, during his free time.
As volunteer I hope to update twice monthly my website.

European colour-ring Birding © is a platform between the field-observer and the project-leader.

Therefore I can't provide any details or life-list of your sighting.

To get this information, you have to go through this website, find the project-leader and contact her/him.

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to the colouring projects

The projects.

This list is based on Palearctic Birds, a checklist of the Birds of Europe, North Africa and Asia from Mark Beaman.

Loons	Grebes	Albatrosses / Giant Petrel / Northern Gannet		Storm-petrels	Cormorants
Pelicans	Ardeidae Egrets	Ciconiidae Storks	Threskiornithidae Ibises / Spoonbills	Phoenicopteridae Flamingos	Anatidae Swans / Geese / Ducks
Accipitridae Raptors	Pandionidae Osprey	Falconidae Falcons	Phasianidae Quails	Rallidae Rails and Coots	Gruidae Cranes
Otididae Bustards	Haematopodidae Eur. Oystercatcher	Recurvirostridae Avocets	Burhinidae Stone-curlew	Dromadidae Crab-plover	Glareolidae Pratincoles
Charadriidae Plovers	Scolopacidae Waders	Stercorariidae Skuas	Laridae Gulls	Sternidae Terns	Alcidae Auks
Columbidae Doves	Cuculidae Cuckoos	Strigidae Owls	Coraciidae Rollers	Upupidae Hoopoes	Picidae Woodpeckers
Alaudidae Larks	Hirundinidae Swallows	Motacillidae Pipits / Wagtails	Bombycillidae Bohemian Waxwing	Cinclidae Dippers	Troglodytes Wrens
Prunellidae Accentors	Turdidae Thrushes Redstarts Whinchats	Sylviidae Warblers	Muscicapidae Flycatchers	Paridae Tits	Tichodromadidae Wallcreeper
Sittidae Eur. Nuthatch	Remizidae Eur. Pend.Tit	Laniidae Shrikes	Corvidae Crows	Sturnidae Starlings	Passeridae Sparrows
	Estrildidae Waxbills	Fringillidae Finches	Emberizidae Buntings

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Egrets - Ardeidae.

Great Bittern	Little Bittern	Black-crowned Night Heron
Squacco Heron	Cattle Egret	Little Egret
Great Egret	Grey Heron	Purple Heron 13pr. – 21.05.2010 -

Storks - Ciconiidae.

Black Stork 16pr. – 17.10.2010

White Stork 21pr. – 23.01.2011

Ibisses - Threskiornithidae

Glossy Ibis 6pr. –11.08.2010	Northern Bald Ibis 4pr. - 20.09.2008
Sacred Ibis 4pr. - 28.08.2007	Eurasian Spoonbill 8pr. – 11.12.2010

Flamingos - Phoenicopteridae

Chilean Flamingo

1pr. - 16.05.2008

Swans - Anatidae

Mute Swan 21pr. – 30.01.2011

Bewick Swan

Whooper Swan 10pr. – 20.01.2011

Black Swan 1pr. – 16.05.2008

Geese

Bean Goose 19pr. – 06.03.2010	Pink-footed Goose	Greater White-fronted Goose	Lesser White-fronted Goose 11pr. - 17.10.2010
Greylag Goose	Bar-headed Goose 3pr.- 06.01.2010	Snow Goose 10pr. - 16.05.2008	Emperor Goose 2pr. - 16.05.2008
Canada Goose 15pr. - 06.01.2010	Barnacle Goose 11pr. - 19.01.2011	Brent Goose 11pr. - 06.01.2010	Red-breasted Goose
Egyptian Goose	Ross Goose 1pr. – 16.05.2008	Goose : Domestic and Hybrid 2pr - 06.01.2010

Ducks - Anatidae

Common Shelduck 12pr. – 21.11.2010	Mandarin Duck 5pr. – 11.12.2010	Wigeon 7pr. – 17.10.2010	Gadwall 8pr. – 17.10.2010	Common Teal 6pr. – 17.10.2010
Mallard 9pr. – 17.10.2010	Northern Pintail 5pr. – 17.10.2010	Garganey 2pr. – 17.10.2010	Northern Shoveler 3pr. – 17.10.2010	Marbled Duck 1pr. – 05.02.2004
Red-crested Pochard 2pr. – 24.05.2010	Common Pochard 5pr. – 31.01.2011	Ferruginous Duck 1pr. – 05.04.2009	Tufted Duck 6pr. 31.01.2011	Greater Scaup 1pr. – 05.04.2009
Eider 3pr. – 28.09.2009	Common Goldeneye 1pr. – 20.12.2004		White-headed Duck 2pr. – 28.12.2002	Ruddy Shelduck 5pr. – 05.04.2009

Raptors - Accipitridae

European Honey Buzzard 3pr.- 04.09.2008	Crested Honey Buzzard 1pr.- 27.10.2002		Black-winged Kite 3pr. – 10.02.2008
Black Kite 8pr. - 30.08.2009 -	Red Kite 17pr. - 06.03.2010-	White-tailed Eagle 9pr. – 29.03.2010 -	Lammergeier 2pr. – 26.12.2009 -
Egyptian Vulture 11r. – 13.06.2010 -	Eurasian Griffon Vulture 18pr. – 24.07.2010 -	Rüppell's Griffon Vulture 2pr. - 25.01.2009 -	Eurasian Black Vulture 8pr. - 11.07.2009 -
Western Marsh Harrier 18pr. - 06.03.2010 -	Hen Harrier	Montagu's Harrier 19pr. – 20.01.2011 -
Northern Goshawk 4pr. - 07.04.2005 -	Common Buzzard 17pr. – 17.12.2010 -	Long-legged Buzzard 2pr. – 13.06.2010	Imperial Eagle 5pr. - 21.07.2008 -

Booted Eagle 1pr. – 29.06.2008	Bonelli's Eagle 6pr. - 18.07.2008 -
Lesser Spotted Eagle 7pr. – 19.01.2011	Greater Spotted Eagle 3pr. – 19.01.2011	Short-toed Eagle 4pr – 24.05.2010

Osprey - Pandionidae

Osprey

15pr. – 25.12.2010

Falcons - Falconidae

Common Kestrel 28pr. – 19.01.2011	Red-footed Falcon 4pr. - 06.03.2010 -	Merlin 1pr. – 11.04.2005 –	Eleanora’s Falcon 1pr. – 07.02.2010
Saker Falcon 4pr. - 13.09.2009 -	Eurasian Hobby 4pr. – 07.06.2010 -	Peregrine Falcon 21pr. – 13.05.2010 -	Lesser Kestrel 5pr. – 18.11.2010 -

Partridges/ Quails - Phasianidae

Common Quail

1pr. – 11.01.2009

Rails/Coots - Rallidae

Water Rail 5pr. – 01.02.2011 -	Common Moorhen 10pr. -17.12.2010-	Purple Swamp-hen 2pr. - 01.01.2003 -	Eurasian Coot 13pr. – 11.01.2011	Red-knobbed Coot 2pr.- 15.11.2004 -
Little Crake 1pr.-01.02.2011

Cranes - Gruidae

Common Crane

Bustards – Otididae

Great Bustard 2pr. – 01.04.2005 -

Little Bustard 1pr. – 09.05.2009

Oystercatchers - Haemetopodidae

Eurasian Oystercatcher

20 pr. - 28.08.2010 -

Avocets - Recurvirostridae

Pied Avocet 22pr. – 11.12.2010 -

Black-winged Stilt 4 pr. - 02.12.2008 -

Crab-plover - Dromadidae

Crab-plover

2pr – 28.03.2009

Stone-Curlew - Burhinidae

Stone Curlew

5pr. - 19.07.2010

Pratincoles – Glareolidae

Collared Pratincole

2pr. – 17.07.2010

Plovers - Charadriidae

Little Ringed Plover 8pr. -19.01.2011-	Common Ringed Plover 15pr. – 28.08.2010 -	Kentish Plover 15pr. – 17.12.2010 -	Greater Sand Plover 1pr. - 01.01.2003 -
Eurasian Dotterel 3pr. – 30..12.2009 -	European Golden Plover 4pr. - 11.07.2010 -	Grey Plover 10pr. – 11.01.2011 -	Northern Lapwing 19pr. – 17.07.2010
Sociable Lapwing 1pr. – 17.09.2010

Waders - Scolopacidae

Great Knot 1pr. – 28.03.2009	Red Knot 6pr. – 30.12.2009 -	Sanderling	Little Stint 2 pr. – SEPT’ 10
Temminck's Stint 2 pr. - 19.04.2006 -	Curlew Sandpiper 6 pr. – SEPT. ’10 -	Purple Sandpiper	Dunlin 16pr. – 11.01.2011 -
Spoon-billed Sandpiper 1pr. - 24.08.2002 –	Broad billed Sandpiper 2pr. – 30.12.2009 -	Ruff	Black-tailed Godwit 21pr. – 30.12.2009 -
Bar-tailed Godwit 13pr. –11.01.2011 -	Common Snipe 4 pr. – DEC. ‘09 -	Great Snipe 1pr. - 24.08.2002 -	Whimbrel 6 pr. – SEPT ‘10-
Eurasian Curlew 17pr. –31.12.2010 –	Spotted Redshank 3pr. – 29.03.2010 -	Common Redshank 18pr. – 11.01.2011 -	Greenshank 10pr. – 30.12.2009 -
Green Sandpiper 2pr. – 30.12.2009 -	Wood Sandpiper 4pr. – 29.03.2010 -	Terek Sandpiper 3 pr. - NOV ‘09 -	Common Sandpiper 6pr. - 05.07.2010 -
Ruddy Turnstone	Grey Phalarope 1pr. – 30.11.2010

Skua's - Stercorariidae

Great Skua 9pr. - 11.08.2010 -

South Polar Skua ; Brown Skua 2pr. – 08.03.2009

Artic Skua 5pr. – 19.07.2010

Long-tailed Skua 3pr. – 13.06.2010

Gulls - Laridae

Pallas's Gull 3pr. - 26.08.2002 -	Mediterranean Gull	Little Gull 2pr.- 15.10.2010	Black-headed Gull
Slender-billed Gull 4pr. - 26.07.2009 -	Audouin's Gull 7pr. – 18.11.2010 -	Ring-billed Gull 2pr. – 17.10.2010 -	Eurasian Mew Gull Common Gull 34pr. – 11.01.2011
Lesser Black-backed Gull 91pr. – 23.01.2011	Herring Gull	Yellow-legged Gull 69 pr.- 31.12.2010	Glaucous Gull 6pr. - 02.02.2011 -
Greater Black-backed Gull 40 pr. – 23.01.2011	Black-legged Kittiwake 20pr. – 19.01.2011	Kelp Gull 1pr. - 26.08.2002 -	Ivory Gull 3pr. – 14.04.2008
Glaucous-winged Gull 1pr. – 21.01.2007	Iceland Gull 2pr. – 11.01.2011

Terns – Sternidae

Gull-billed Tern 5pr. - 11.08.2010 -	Caspian Tern 6pr. - 11.07.2010 -	Lesser Crested Tern 1pr. – 0603.2010	Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern 1pr. - 28.12.2002 -	Roseate Tern 1 pr. – DEC. ‘09	Common Tern 22pr. -27.11.2010-	Little Tern 10pr. – 31.12.2010 -
Whiskered Tern 3pr. – 19.01.2010 -	Black Tern 1pr. – 21.07.2009 –	Arctic Tern 1pr- 25.07.2009

Auks - Alcidae

Guillemot 9pr. –21.09-2010	Brünnich's Guillemot 3pr. – 02.02.2011	Razorbill 4pr. – 21.09.2010
Black Guillemot 2pr. – 11.01.2009	Atlantic Puffin 5pr. – 21.05.2010	Little Auk 2pr. – 02.02.2011

Doves – Columbidae

Eurasian Collared Dove 2pr. – 04.11.2007

European Turtle Dove

Cuckoos – Cuculidae

Great Spotted Cuckoo 1pr. – 21.01.2007

Common Cuckoo 1pr. – 21.01.2007

Owls – Strigidae

Lond-eared Owl 1pr – 10.10.2009

Ural Owl 1 pr. – 03.10.2009

Rollers - Coraciidae

European Roller

4 pr. – 28.08.2007 -

Hoopoes – Upupidae

Eurasian Hoopoe

3 pr. – 13.09.2009

Woodpeckers - Picidae

European Green Woodpecker 1pr. - 25.01.2003 -	Black Woodpecker 1pr. – 08.03.2009	Great Spotted Woodpecker 4pr. – 28.08.2010 -
Syrian Woodpecker 1pr. - 08.10.2003 -	Middle Spotted Woodpecker 2pr. - 29.03.2006 -	Three-toed Woodpecker 1pr. - 31.01.2003 -

Larks – Alaudidae

Dupont’ Lark 1pr. - 10.07.2007	Greater Short-toed Lark 1pr. - 10.07.2007	Lesser Short-toed Lark 2pr. - 10.07.2007	Crested Lark 2pr – 01.02.2011
Thekla Lark 2pr. - 10.07.2007	Wood Lark 7pr. - 28.08.2010	Eurasian Skylark 4pr. - 27.09.2009	Horned Lark 4pr. - 13.01.2005

Swallows - Hirundinidae

Barn Swallow 7pr. – 16.09.2010 -

Red-rumped Swallow 1pr. - 17.09.2002 -

Pipits and Wagtails - Motacillidae

Meadow Pipit 2pr. – 29.09.2010 -	Tree Pipit 3pr. – 14.07.2010 -	Rock Pipit	Water Pipit 7pr. - 24.07.2010 -
Tawny Pipit 4pr. – 28.08.2010	Berthelot’s Pipit 1pr. – 10.07.2007
Yellow Wagtail 1pr. – 23.08.2009	Citrine Wagtail 2pr. – 28.08.2010	White Wagtail 13pr. – 05.11.2010	Grey Wagtail 4pr. – 07.11.2009

Waxwings - Bombycillidae

Bohemian Waxwing

1pr. – 25.12.2010 -

Dippers - Cinclidae

White-throated Dipper

9pr. - 11.12.2010 -

Wrens - Troglodytes

(Winter) Wren

1pr. – 31.12.2006

Accentors - Prunellidae

Dunnock 2 pr. – 15.09.2010

Alpine Accentor 6pr. – 21.12.2008

Turdidae

Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin 2pr. - 14.04.2008 -	European Robin 7pr. – 11.01.2011 -	Common Nightingale 2pr. - 24.12.2006 -	Bluethroat 5pr.- 21.12.2008 -
Black Redstart 5pr. – 25.07.2009 -	Common Redstart 2pr. – 25.07.2009 -	Whinchat 7pr. – 09.04.2004 -	Northern Wheatear 16pr. – 11.12.2010
Isabelline Wheatear 1 pr. – 14.03.2010	Black-eared Wheatear 1 pr. – 14.03.2010
Cyprus Wheatear 1pr. - 03.01.2003 -	Finsch's Wheatear 1pr. - 03.01.2003 -	Ring Ouzel 2pr. - 13.06.2010 -	Common Stonechat 10+1pr. – 25.07.2009
Common Blackbird 13pr. – 19.01.2011 -	Song Thrush 3pr. - 17.01.2009 -	Mistle Thrush 1pr. - 17.01.09 -	Redwing 1pr. – 20.03.2007

Warblers - Sylviidae

Cetti's Warbler 4 pr. – DEC ‘09	Common Grasshopper Warbler 2 pr. – JAN ‘10	River Warbler 1 pr. – DEC ‘09	Savi’s Warbler 2 pr. – DEC ‘09	Moustached Warbler 2 pr. – DEC ‘09
Aquatic Warbler 5pr. – 25.07.2009 -	Sedge Warbler 1 pr. – DEC ‘09	Paddyfield Warbler 1pr. - 12.05.2003 -	Marsh Warbler 3pr. – 25.07.2009 -	European Reed Warbler 4 pr. – MAY ‘10
Great Reed Warbler 10pr. – 21.05.2010	Icterine Warbler 2pr. – 01.04.2007	Melodious Warbler 1pr. – 19.04.2008	Spectacled Warbler 1pr. – 23.12.2007
Sardinian Warbler 1pr. – 08.01.2004 -	Cyprus Warbler 1pr. – 08.01.2004	Barred Warbler 1pr. – 10.08.2008	Lesser Whitethroat 2pr. – 11.04.200	Common Whitethroat 2pr. – 11.04.2005
Garden Warbler 1pr. – 23.08.2009	Blackcap 8pr. – 19.01.2011	Wood Warbler 1pr. – 13.09.2009	Chiffchaff 4pr. 23.082009 -	Willow Warbler 5pr. 23.08.2009
Dartford Warbler 1pr. – 13.06.2010	Goldcrest 1pr. – 14.07.2010

Flycatchers - Muscicapidae

Spotted Flycatcher 1pr. - 01.04.2004 -

European Pied Flycatcher 4pr. (+2pr.) - 11.04.2005 -

Timalias – Timaliidae.

Bearded Reedling/Tit 5pr. - 17.02.2006 -

Long-tailed Tit 3pr. - 24.11.2010 -

Red-billed Leiothrix 1pr. - 09.10.2006 -

Tits – Paridae

Marsh Tit 5pr. - 13.09.2009 -	Willow Tit 2pr. - 13.09.2009 -	Crested Tit 1pr. - 20.02.2004 -
Coal Tit 5pr. – 11.12.2010 -	Blue Tit 9pr. - 11.12.2010 -	Great Tit 11pr. - 11.12.2010 -

Eurasian Nuthatch – Sittidae.

Eurasian Nuthatch

3pr. – 14.07.2010

Wallcreeper – Tichodromadidae.

Wallcreeper

2pr. – 19.07.2010

Penduline Tit - Remizdae

Eurasian Penduline Tit

5pr. – 21.05.2010

Shrikes - Laniidae

Red-backed Shrike 6pr. – 23.10.2010

Lesser Grey Shrike 1pr. – 20.12.2004

Great Grey Shrike 3pr. – 12.06.2007

Southern Grey Shrike 4 pr. – 13.09.2009

Woodchat Shrike 4pr. – 15.09.2010

Crows - Corvidae

Common Magpie 5pr. - 23.03.2003 -	Spotted Nutcracker 1pr. - 28.12.2002 -	Alpine Chough 3pr. - 21.12.2008 -	Red-billed Chough 2pr. – 25.12.2010	Western Jackdaw 18pr. – 28.07.2010 -
Rook 11r. – 24.07.2010 -	Carrion Crow 5pr. - 31.12.2010 -	Hooded Crow 5pr. - 31.01.2011 -	Common Raven 13pr. - 28.08.2010 -	Siberean Jay 1pr. – 07.02.2008
Fan-tailed Raven 1pr. – 13.06.2010	Brown-necked Raven 1pr. – 13.06.2010

Starling - Sturnidae

Common Starling

10pr. - 13.06.2010 -

Sparrow - Passeridae

House Sparrow 14pr. – 19.01.2011

Eurasian Tree Sparrow 10r. – 18.10.2010

Eurasian Snowfinch 4pr. – 28.12.2009

Waxbill – Estrildidae

Common Waxbill 1pr. – 16.07.2004

Black-rumped Waxbill 1pr. – 17.02.2005

Finches - Fringillidae

Common Chaffinch 6pr. – 11.12.2010	Twite 8pr. - 24.11.2010 -	Common Rosefinch 3pr. - 01.03.2003 -	European Serin 1pr. - 19.11.2002 -	Syrian Serin 1pr. - 19.11.2002
Citril Finch 1pr. - 19.11.2002 -	European Greenfinch 8pr. – 24.11.2010-	European Goldfinch 4pr. - 14.07.2010 -	Crossbill 1pr. - 23.12.2007 -	Trumpeter Finch 1pr. – 10.07.2007
Common Linnet 6pr. – 29.09.2010	Rock Sparrow 1pr. - 19.11.2002 -	Common Bullfinch 1pr. - 31.03.2002 -	Hawfinch 1pr. – 11.04.2005 -	Blue Chaffinch 2pr. – 04.12.2008

Buntings - Emberizidae

Snow Bunting 7pr. - 14.12.2009 -	Yellowhammer 6pr. – 11.12.2010	Rock Bunting 2pr. - 01.06.2007 -	Ortolan Bunting 2 pr - 21.05.2010 -
Common Reed Bunting 9pr. - 13.06.2010 -	Black-headed Bunting 1pr.- 17.09.2002 -	Corn Bunting 2pr. - 01.04.2007 -

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