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Each ring's unique number is logged along with the bird's species, age, sex where determinable, location, and date, creating a permanent record that is added to national and international ringing databases.",[15,27,28],{},"The value of ringing comes from what happens after release: if the same bird is later recaptured, found dead, or read in the field with a high-powered scope, that second record can be matched to the first, revealing exactly how far and in which direction the individual moved, how long it survived, and — over repeated recaptures of the same bird across years — whether it returns reliably to the same breeding or wintering site. 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Ringing recoveries were essential in establishing the specific wintering grounds used by many European breeding species, including exactly where individual populations of species like swallows and warblers spend the northern winter in Africa.",[15,43,44],{},"Because a ring alone carries no information beyond its number, ringing depends entirely on someone finding, recapturing, or reading a previously ringed bird and reporting it — making public awareness of ringing schemes, and instructions for what to do if a ringed bird is found, part of what keeps the whole system generating useful data.",{"title":46,"searchDepth":47,"depth":47,"links":48},"",2,[49,50],{"id":12,"depth":47,"text":13},{"id":31,"depth":47,"text":32},"\u002Fimages\u002Fslovar\u002Fkolcevanie-ptic.png","Bird ringing (banding) attaches a small, uniquely numbered metal or plastic ring to a bird's leg, allowing individuals to be tracked across recaptures and sightings.","md",[55,58],{"q":56,"a":57},"Does the ring harm or 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