Color Ring Scheme Ruff

All Ruffs have a metal ring, 4 color rings (2 per leg) and a colored flag (color rings and flag all without inscriptions). The colors are: yellow, blue, red and white. The metal ring is not a part of the code and the position thereof is therefore of no importance. The color rings are always applied to the tarsus (below the "knee"), but the flag can also be located on the tibia (above the "knee"). The position of the flag may change: above, between or between the color rings.

Pictures of ruffs from the RUG and other color ring schemes.

We hope that many people will report sightings of color ringed birds to us. Please use the contact address on the website and send us your sightings by email. That is for us the fastest and easiest way to contact observers about their sightings and report the life histories of the birds they observed. Besides the exact position of flag and rings, we also would like to know where (if possible coordinates) and when the bird was seen. Additional information on group size, behavior, habitat, and the number of birds that were checked for rings is most welcome!