Swedish

Noun

A Eurasian tree sparrow ringed during ringing at Landsort performed by Landsort Bird Observatory during autumn migration.

ringmärkning c

1. ringing (a technique used in the study of wild birds)

   På ön Landsort i Stockholms skärgård har Landsorts fågelstation under flera decennier utfört ringmärkning av flyttande fåglar.

   On the island Landsort in the Stockholm archipelago, Landsort Bird Observatory has during many decades executed ringing of migrating birds.

   • 2005, Rekordmånga ringmärkningar i år, Sveriges television:

     Rekordmånga ringmärkningar i år.

     Record in ringings this year.

   • 2011, Ringmärkning - hur och varför?, Swedish Ornithological Society:

     Ottenby fågelstation startades 1946 och alltsedan dess har ringmärkningen varit grunden i verksamheten.

     Ottenby Bird Observatory was founded in 196 and ever since then, ringing has been the basis of the activity [of the observatory].

Declension

Related terms

• ringmärka
• ringmärkare
• ringmärkningsassistent

Usage notes

This term, "ringmärkning", is generally used for ringing of birds in general - as in "Ringmärkning har pågått här i sju år" ("Ringing has been going on here for seven years.") or in "Ringmäräkningen av fåglar inleddes under 1800-talet med enskilda forskares experiment." ("The ringing of birds started in the 19th century with the experiments of single scientists."). Thus, the plural form is very uncommon. However, the term can also be used (but is not as often used for) each ringing of every single bird - as in "Rekordmånga ringmärkningar i år" ("Record in number of ringings this year.").