Colour ringed birds

[IanF]

Sanderling on Coatham beach today.

Have you reported this bird to the BTO?

Looks like there are 2-3 schemes it could come from with having the green flag. Maybe Netherlands or Norway. I've not seen any colour ringed ones yet this Autumn though there were three large metal ringed Sanderling at Newburn Bridge this afternoon - plus ringed Redshank x2, Knot x1, Ringed Plover x2. Plus a few Oystercatchers with rings - can't read them of course.


As an aside it may be of interest to others as well that a colour ringed Little Stint was seen on Tidal Pool in September by two club members. The combination shows it's from Norway, probably Spitsbergen. They couldn't read the letter code. Two others from Norway were also recorded on the east coast well south of us.

[IanF]

A colour ringed Curlew was on the Headland this afternoon on the rocks below Albion Terrace.

I believe it's one of 46 ringed in July 2012 on Seal Sands.

A couple of other new ones have turned up on Seaton Common over the last week as well. All locally ringed - details to follow.


A Norwegian metal ringed Black-headed Gull has been in the pump station car park at Seaton Carew the last few days. I think Dave Harrison may have some of the details. It was there again today but only partially readable --5512--

[JLC]

 Sanderling Coatham.
Thanks Ian. Yes, now reported to BTO. I will post any information received.

[Simon Elliott]

Hi Ian,

The curlew is the same bird I saw at the Headland posted earlier in this thread. I've developed the photos now and reported to the BTO as suggested.

Cheers

Simon

[JLC]

Sanderling Coatham

I have had information from Jeroen Reneerkens of the IWSG about the colour ringed sanderling seen at Coatham on 10/10/12
The bird was ringed in Iceland on 22/05/11
It had previously been observed at Marske, 5 times between March and August this year.

[IanF]

A few results from the colour ringed Curlew that have been on Seaton Common over the last few weeks -

The original ringing details of the individual birds, all captured at Seal Sands are as follows:

OY NY sighted Seaton Common 11/10/2012 was ringed as a juvenile on 7th September 1991
RY GR sighted Seaton Common 15/10/2012 was ringed as an adult on 6th March 1992
RW RW sighted Seaton Common 11/10/2012 was ringed as adult on 22nd July 1994
WR WR sighted Seaton Common 11/10/2012 was ringed as an adult on 21st July 1997
RN GW sighted Seaton Common 05/10/2012 was ringed as an adult on 29th August 2000
GY WN sighted Seaton Common 11/10/2012 was ringed as adult on 16th July 2001
RG GN sighted Seaton Common 12/10/2012 was ringed as an adult on 21st July 2012
NY GN sighted Hartlepool Headland 12/10/2012 was ringed as an adult on 21st July 2012

Further  information on their subsequent re-sightings to follow shortly.   

Your re-sighting and photo confirmation of RW RW is particularly exciting as it was seen earlier this year at Nosterfield, North Yorkshire, having not been seen since it was originally ringed!

[Eddie H]

Where abouts on the BTO site do report ringed birds, I've scoured the site and have came up blank.

  Want to report the Ringed Shag I photographed earlier this week.

Cheers Eddie

[IanF]

Here's the page to complete for Shags/Cormorants - http://blx1.bto.org/euring/lang/pages/colourform.jsp?coord=stuart.newson@bto.org

Just fill in all the appropriate boxes.

[IanF]

Two colour ringed Purple Sandpipers on Heugh Breakwater this morning. Both birds previous visitors in 2011.

One with green flag CAT

Purple Sandpiper -

Ring no : Stavanger 8B09900
Flag CAT ( Left tarsus : metal. Left tibia : orange colour ring.  Right tibia: lime flag engraved with three black letters CAT.)
Age/sex/biometrics: F2K+ (female, hatched 2009 or before)
Ringing date: 07.06.2010, 16 hrs.
Ringing place: Longyearbyen (78.13.13N-15.40.06E)  Svalbard / Spitzbergen
Ringers: Ole Edvard Torland and  Kjell Mork Soot

Second one, couldn't read the flag but full metal ring read from photos - 8B10179

Purple Sandpiper -

Ring no : Stavanger 8B10179.
Flag  lime EJT ( Left tarsus : metal. Left tibia : orange colour ring.  Right tibia: lime flag engraved with three black letters EJT.)
Age/sex: 2K+  male/ 2cy+ male (hatched 2009 or before). Wing 126mm. Weight 63,1g.  Bill 28,9 mm.
Ringing date: 13.06.2010, 21 hrs.  Observed same place 05.09.2010, 18 hrs (Kjell Mork Soot))
Ringing place: Longyearbyen (78.13.13N-15.40.06E)  Svalbard / Spitzbergen
Ringer: Ole Edgar Torland

[Eddie H]

Shag with rings reported to BTO

[Eddie H]

Photographed a Rock Pipit over the weekend, on the wall of the Heugh.

It has a silver ring on it lower right leg. No number eligible.

[Eddie H]

Details of the Shag with white ring with lettering FTC ........

  From May Island, Firth of Forth. Ringed as chicks on 05/06/12, in a brood of 2. 

[IanF]

Colour ringed Black-headed Gull - red ring with white lettering 3 . 7 - present at Seaton Carew in December 2011 was back in the pump station car park yesterday. Seen by Dave Harrison.

Ringed 30/11/2009 in Amsterdam.

[Richard Green]

Just reporting in this thread

5 juvenile Mute Swans and 2 adult Mute Swans on Locke Park boating lake, One of the adults Red ringed Y652.

[Ray. Scott]

Photographed this purple sandpiper yesterday at Hartlepool Headland.