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Ringed Duck

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  • 22-05-2011 5:41pm
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    convert
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,338 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    A fox has just killed one of the resident duck living on the stream near our house. The duck (a male) has 3 individual red and green rings on his legs, one of which has a number on it.

    Is it possible to know from the first three letters on the ring if the duck was from a farm or if it had been tagged by a group to record its progress (something similar to the first lot of numbers of a cattle tag representing the herd it initially came from)?

    And if the latter, should I contact them to let them know what happened?


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    Half-cocked
    Registered Users Posts: 4,319 ✭✭✭Half-cocked


    Sounds like a gunclub released bird, but try reporting to the BTO anyway.

    http://www.bto.org/

    There is a report a ringed bird link on their homepage.


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    convert
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 9,338 Mod ✭✭✭✭convert


    Ok,thanks.


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