A ringed partridge or pheasant recovered in Corse-du-Sud only tells its story if the ring number is reported, and that takes a minute. Reports are useful to the ACCAs (approved communal hunting associations) and federations that organise releases; the public only ever sees totals per department. Corse-du-Sud is one of the two departments of the Corsica region, with Ajaccio as its prefecture.
Validating recoveries in Corse-du-Sud
The Corse-du-Sud hunters' federation (FDC 2A) tracks its rings on RingFollow and appears in the report form as “FDC 2A · Corse-du-Sud”. It reviews and validates every recovery reported here; GIBIS plays no part in it. Public statistics (recovery rate, dispersal of the birds) will appear here once 3 releases have been recorded; below that, a figure could point to a specific area.
Found a ring: what to do
- Photograph the ring, on the leg or once removed; if the number runs all the way round, take several shots.
- Say where the bird was taken: the municipality is used for validation and never appears in public.
- If the bird carries a wing tag rather than a leg ring, say so at the same step, together with the species.
- Send: with no signal, the report goes out on its own as soon as coverage returns.
Corse-du-Sud in figures
According to CORINE Land Cover, forests and semi-natural areas covered 86% of the department in 2018, agricultural areas 10%. The rest is mostly artificial surfaces (3%). With 168,306 inhabitants (INSEE, 2022 population count) on about 4,020 km², the density is roughly 42 inhabitants per km²; the department has 124 municipalities. With the share of forests and semi-natural areas at 86%, the department is in the top five of the 96 departments of metropolitan France. Besides Ajaccio, the prefecture, the department has one sub-prefecture: Sartène.
Sources: INSEE (official geographic code 2025, 2022 population counts), OFB / EEA (CORINE Land Cover 2018), geo.api.gouv.fr (areas).
What happens to the report
The report goes straight to the validation area of the Corse-du-Sud hunters' federation (FDC 2A). Only validated recoveries feed the totals: a pending report affects no figure. These figures remain private until the threshold of 3 releases is passed. No hunter, ACCA or municipality is ever named: only totals per department and points rounded to about 1 km.
Across the borders
Its only land neighbour is Haute-Corse to the north. Its neighbour belongs, like the department itself, to the Corsica region. Haute-Corse already tracks its rings on RingFollow.
- Haute-Corse (2B) on RingFollow
The regional picture
The other department of the region is Haute-Corse. Both departments in the region have their federation on RingFollow: Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse (see the Federations page).
Recoveries and reports in Corse-du-Sud
- So far, RingFollow has no validated recovery taken in Corse-du-Sud.
- No report linked to the department is awaiting validation.
- Nationwide, RingFollow records 85 ringed releases (3,592 birds) and 16 validated recoveries, across 5 participating federations.
The breeding side: gibis.fr
The ringed birds tracked here come from the GIBIS game farm in Chatte (Isère). For the pheasant strain, see PUR CHASSE® pheasants; for restocking in general, restocking game birds.
One ring, one data point
ACCAs and federations fund releases; rings are the only way to know what they yield in the field. Consolidated figures are public on the Statistics page, by department.
Frequently asked questions
Where do I report a pheasant ring found in Corse-du-Sud?
On bagues.gibis.fr, from a phone: a photo of the ring, the species and the municipality where the bird was taken are enough. No account is needed.
Should a ring engraved with an address, found in Corse-du-Sud, be reported here?
No. RingFollow only covers game-farm rings, which carry no address. Rings from scientific ringing schemes are reported to those schemes; this site's guide tells you more.
Which neighbouring departments track their rings on RingFollow?
Haute-Corse. Each has its own page on this site.
How long is a report from Corse-du-Sud kept?
Five hunting seasons, the duration of the restocking study. After that it is kept only in anonymised form, without contact details or licence number.
Who validates a recovery reported in Corse-du-Sud?
The Corse-du-Sud hunters' federation (FDC 2A), registered on RingFollow, validates the recoveries that concern it. GIBIS never validates a report.
All federations
The situation of every departmental federation, region by region, is on the Federations page.
To get an idea of a department page with its statistics, see the sample page (simulated data).