Different schemes have, historically, had different procedures for the central processing and storage of reports of birds which have been ringed and subsequently encountered again. The EURING Data Bank only holds data for birds which are regarded as 'reportable'. For example, some schemes have minimum distances, or times between ringing and finding before a live recapture of a bird will be handled centrally.
The conditions for being regarded as 'reportable' for each Ringing Scheme are shown below:
Code
|
Scheme
|
Recoveries reported
|
ABT | Albania | No data held. |
BGS | Bulgaria | All subsequent encounters of birds except for live reports on the same day and in the same place as ringing. |
BLB | Belgium | All ringed birds found or reported by someone other than the ringer. |
BYM | Belarus | 99% of data are first encounters. |
CIJ | Channel Islands | All dead recoveries. All live recaptures of birds found more than 5km from the place of ringing. |
CYC | Cyprus | All dead recoveries. All live recaptures of birds found more than 5km from the place of ringing. |
CZP | Czech Republic | All information available from all individuals ever reported, i.e. no restrictions according to distance, time elapsed, species, or any combinations of those features. |
DEH | Germany (Hiddensee) | All information available from all individuals ever reported, i.e. no restrictions according to distance, time elapsed, species, or any combinations of those features. |
DER | Germany (Radolfzell) | All reports of live birds more than 10 km from ringing place or more than 4 weeks after ringing. All dead recoveries. |
DEW | Germany (Helgoland) | All subsequent encounters of birds except for live reports on the same day and in the same place as ringing. |
DKC | Denmark (Copenhagen) | Older data: All dead recoveries. All live recaptures of birds found more than 50 km from the ringing place and more than 1 month after ringing. Recent data: All reports of birds already wearing a ring. |
DKK | Denmark (Kalo) |
Older data: All dead recoveries.All live recaptures of birds found more than 50km from ringing place and more than one month after ringing. Recent data: All reports of birds already wearing a ring. |
ESA | Spain (San Sebastian) |
All reports of birds already wearing a ring. |
ESI | Spain (Madrid) |
Recent data: all subsequent reports except for immediate same-day recaptures. Pre-2000 data: all dead recoveries, local captures more than 9 months after ringing and all non-local recaptures. |
ETM | Estonia | All dead recoveries. All live recaptures of birds found more than 10 km from the ringing place or more than 3 months after ringing. |
FRP | France |
All dead recoveries. All recaptures and resightings more than 10km from the ringing place. |
GBT | United Kingdom & Ireland |
All reports of birds already wearing a ring. |
GRA | Greece | All dead recoveries. All live recaptures more than 5 km from ringing place or more than 3 months after ringing. All resightings of colour-ringed birds, or reading of metal rings in the field, up to a maximum of 4 records per month. |
HES | Switzerland | All ringed birds found or reported by someone other than the ringer. Since 2008, all recoveries including local controls, except those on the same day and place. |
HGB | Hungary | All encounters of ringed birds, dead or alive, over 10km from the place of ringing. |
HRZ | Croatia | All dead recoveries. All reports of birds more than 10 km from ringing place or more than 30 days after ringing. |
IAB | Italy | All reports of birds already wearing a ring. |
ISR | Iceland | All dead recoveries. All reports of birds at least one day after ringing, except for some special cases (some colour-ringing and local movement projects including Whooper Swan, geese, some waders and gulls). |
KZA | Kazakhstan | No data held. |
LIK | Lithuania | All subsequent encounters of birds except for live reports on the same day and in the same place as ringing. |
LVR | Latvia | All dead recoveries. All reports of birds by somebody other than the ringer. All reports of birds more than 10 km from ringing place or more than 3 months after ringing. |
MKS | Macedonia | No data held. |
MLV | Malta | 84% of data are first encounters. No live resightings or dead recoveries. |
NLA | Netherlands | All reports of birds already wearing a ring. |
NOS | Norway | All reports of birds already wearing a ring. |
PLG | Poland | All reports of birds already wearing a ring. |
POL | Portugal | All subsequent encounters of birds except for live reports on the same day and in the same place as ringing. |
ROB | Romania | All dead recoveries. All reports of live birds from outside Romania. |
RSB | Republic of Serbia | All dead recoveries. All reports of birds more than 1week after ringing which have moved more than 10km from place of ringing. |
RUM | Russia | |
SFH | Finland | All reports of birds already wearing a ring. |
SKB | Slovakia | All subsequent captures or sightings of any ringed birds. |
SLL | Slovenia | All dead recoveries. All live reports of birds which have moved more than 10km from place of ringing. |
SVS | Sweden | All reports of all birds by someone other than the ringer. |
TUA | Turkey | Policy to be determined |
UKK | Ukraine |