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Tufted Duck

Colour Ringing of Tufted Ducks commenced in 2003. By Sept 2006 we trapped 350 Tufted Ducks and ringed 200.Yellow on the left leg above metal BTO ring denotes Radipole Lake scheme.

Colour ring 2006

Colour ring 2006

Adult  retrapped Radipole lake

Adult retrapped Radipole lake

JM van M Tufty Huizen aug 2008

JM van M Tufty Huizen aug 2008

Right leg Orange 2003
Pale Blue 2004
Light Green 2005
White 2006

Adult Male shown to left first ringed Radipole 2001.
Retrapped in 2002, 2005, & 2006.

Sightings received from:
Abbotsbury Swannery Dorset.
Barrow Gurney Reservoir Somerset.
Chew Valley Lake Somerset.
Cliffe pools RSPB Kent.
Huizen Harbour Netherlands.
Key Haven Hampshire.
Walton on Thames.
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.
Wellingborough 2/12/2006.
Rutland Water 18/04/2007.
Huizen Harbour, Netherlands 21/08 to 3/09/2008 Yellow ring.
Photo and sightings supplied by J M van Muiswinikel.

From Jan 2007 the yellow above metal on left leg was changed to orange.
Colours used on right leg are.
Yellow 2007 Dark Blue 2008.
10/05/04 recoveries from Komi Assr USSR 3684Kms,and 01/05/05 Nenets, N.O. USSR 3629kms.
21/10/2006 Lake Babite, Riga, Latvia.
16/01/2007 Fontaine sur Somme, France. 319kms
25/08/2007 Pereslavskoe, Zelenogradskiy District, Kaliningrad, USSR.
11/07/2008   Bishops Sutton  (found Dead) New Alresford, Hampshire, England.
21/08/2008 Vogeleilanden  (colour ring sighting) Huizen, Netherlands.
15/05/2009 Skalyap  ( Shot) Troitsko-Pecherskiy, Komi Assr, USSR.
19/05/2009 Ertom Udorskiy  (shot) Komi Assr, USSR.