Coloured ring on the leg, number clearly legible: if you have recovered a farm-reared bird in Paris, here is where to report it and what happens to the information. Reports are useful to the ACCAs (approved communal hunting associations) and federations that organise releases; the public only ever sees totals per department. Paris is one of the eight departments of the Île-de-France region, with Paris as its prefecture.
The federation and RingFollow
The hunters' federation responsible for Paris is not among the federations registered on RingFollow. Reporting remains possible and useful: the recovery is recorded, then reviewed by a federation; GIBIS plays no part in the validation. If the bird comes from a release in a department whose federation is registered, that federation validates the recovery; otherwise the report stays on file for Paris.
Reporting in four steps
- Open bagues.gibis.fr on your phone and photograph the ring close up, in good light.
- Say where the bird was taken: the municipality is used for validation and never appears in public.
- State the species, grey partridge or hare for example, and if you know them, the sex and circumstances of the recovery.
- Send the report; name, phone and e-mail are optional, but an e-mail address gets you an acknowledgement.
The Île-de-France region and RingFollow
The other departments of the region are Yvelines, Val-d'Oise, Seine-Saint-Denis, Seine-et-Marne, Essonne, Val-de-Marne and Hauts-de-Seine. None of the eight departments in the region has a federation tracking its rings on RingFollow at present (see the regional overview). The share of artificial surfaces (98%) is higher here than in any other department of the Île-de-France region.
Why report a recovery
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.
Neighbouring departments
Three departments border it: Hauts-de-Seine to the west, Seine-Saint-Denis to the north-east and Val-de-Marne to the south-east. All its neighbours belong, like the department itself, to the Île-de-France region. Among its neighbours, the share of artificial surfaces ranges from 83% (Val-de-Marne) to 94% (Seine-Saint-Denis), against 98% here (CORINE Land Cover 2018). None of these neighbours tracks its rings on RingFollow; the nearest registered federation is in Ain, about 380 km to the south-east (centre to centre).
What happens to the report
The report is recorded as soon as it arrives, with the photo and the municipality given. Next comes the matching: does the ring belong to a recorded release? If so, and if that department's federation is registered, it reviews the recovery. Without a match, the report stays on file for Paris, unpublished, until a federation can validate it. No hunter, ACCA or municipality is ever named: only totals per department and points rounded to about 1 km.
The department at a glance
The European CORINE Land Cover inventory (2018) puts artificial surfaces at 98% of the area and water bodies at 2%. With 2,103,778 inhabitants (INSEE, 2022 population count) on about 105 km², the density is roughly 20,036 inhabitants per km²; the department has 1 municipality. With the share of agricultural areas at 0%, the department is in the bottom five of the 96 departments of metropolitan France.
Sources: INSEE (official geographic code 2025, 2022 population counts), OFB / EEA (CORINE Land Cover 2018), geo.api.gouv.fr (areas).
Breeding and restocking
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.
RingFollow figures for Paris
- So far, RingFollow has no validated recovery taken in Paris.
- The validation queue for Paris is empty.
- Nationwide, RingFollow records 85 ringed releases (3,592 birds) and 16 validated recoveries, across 5 participating federations.
Your questions about Paris
How do I recognise a Gibis ring found in Paris?
A coloured, numbered leg ring, or a numbered coloured plastic wing tag, with no address. A ring engraved with an address belongs to another scheme: the guide explains where to report it.
Why are there no statistics for Paris?
A department's statistics are only published if its federation tracks its rings on RingFollow and at least 3 releases are recorded there. The hunters' federation responsible for Paris does not use RingFollow at present.
How do I report a ringed partridge taken in Paris?
Just as for a pheasant: photo of the ring, number checked, species “red-legged partridge” or “grey partridge”, and the municipality. Nothing differs in Paris.
Does GIBIS validate reports from Paris?
No, never. Recoveries are validated by the federation of the department where the bird was released, if it is registered on RingFollow.
Will my name appear on the Paris page?
No. Public pages only show totals per department, never a count below 3; no hunter, ACCA or municipality is ever named.
For federations
Hunter or ACCA official in Paris? You can raise it with your federation. All federations and their situation: Federations.
Few figures for Paris so far? See what a well-filled department page looks like (example with simulated data).