two winters, this was done in co-operation with members of the bird 
group in the Society for the Protection of Wildlife (DHKD) in Istanbul. 
From 1991 onwards, IWRB's financial support will stop. DHKD will 
start a monitoring program on a number of the most important sites. 
Not all wetlands counted previously can be included, and geese will 
probably not be counted at all. If you are planning to visit Turkey in 
January 1991 and you are willing to count one (or more) wetlands, 
please contact the national co-ordinator: Lieuwe J Dijksen, Fonteinsweg 
9, NL-1797 RK Den Hoom Texel, The Netherlands. 
Hotamis Marshes 
Guy Kirwan is in the process of collating information on the Hotamis 
Marshes of southern Turkey and would be pleased to receive any 
previously unsubmitted records from this area. Please send any rec- 
ords to Guy Kirwan, c/o OSME. 
Sightings of ringed Flamingos 
Since 1977, over 12,000 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus ruber chicks 
have been ringed on the western Mediterranean, with coded plastic 
legbands. These have been engraved in black with alpha-numerical 
codes of three or four digits. French rings (yellow or white) from the 
Camargue are placed on the right tibia, and Spanish (orange) from 
Fuente de Piedra (Malaga) on the left tibia. The black line engraved 
between the first two digits of the Spanish rings must be recorded to 
avoid confusion with some codes. These birds may be encountered in 
all Mediterranean countries, in western Asia and in West Africa. All 
sightings will be acknowledged with the bird's life history. Please send 
details to: Alan R Johnson, Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat, Le 
Sambuc, 13200 Aries, France; or Juan Calderon, Estacion biologica de 
Donana, Pabellon del Peru, Avenida Maria Luisa s/n, 41013 Sevilla, 
Spain. 
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