Colour ringed birds

[TobyAW]

Saw a female Shelduck on the Tidal Pool sunday evening with yellow darvic and black KC. Details recieved this morning.

Hi Toby . Thanks again for letting me have details of this bird . Yellow kc was a new bird caught and ringed on the 29 Jan 2012 as a 5 f at seaton marshes Devon . This is the furthest north we have had one of our shelducks recorded s...o its a great record for the group . ( furthest south has been one to central France and Holland to the east ) since 2006 we have ringed 317 new shelduck on the axe estuary and have just recently started to colour ring them all with yellow darvics and black 2 letter codes . The strange bit is it was ringed at seaton marshes and got resighted at seaton carew 452 km NE maybe a home from home or can it read place names ! Neil

[IanF]

Black-tailed Godwit - Tidal Pool this morning.


Ring combination -

Left tibia – Large red above large dark green.

Right tibia – Large pale blue (possibly a very pale lime green) above a large white with a large black letter X.

Right tarsus – metal ring.


From the white ring with a black 'X' it can be traced to Iceland. Ringed between 1999-current

Details sent off.

[A McLee]

Outside our area a little.
Adult Herring Gull at Whitby on 17/07/12. Yellow / orange ring with black lettering 1716.

[IanF]

A ringing result rather than colour ringed.
On 28th April 2012 Dave Harrison came across the carcass of a ringed Fulmar on North Sands, Hartlepool. Ring No. 450756 Rigning scheme Reykjavik.

He's just received the results back.

It was ringed as a nestling on 1st August 1981 at Flatey, Breida Fjordur, Iceland making it around 31 years old when it died. The longevity record is 40yrs 10 months.

[IanF]

Colour ringed Curlew on Seaton Common this morning.

Left - tibia -RN - tarsus - W BTO metal ring
Right - tibia - GW   

RN GW which was ringed as an adult on 29th August 2000 at Seal Sands. This bird had was seen in December 2009 on Seaton Common, a site it has regularly frequented over high water in the past, where you recorded it in March 2008.  In autumn, the bird has been recorded at low tide feeding on Bran Sands and Seal Sands.  There has been no winter records of this bird away from Seaton Common to date.  Reported by you 24/02/2012.       

[IanF]

I just received a reply to this report. Ringed in Iceland 8th July 2005 as a breeding female.

Thank you for this sighting and apologies for the late reply.


RG-LX was ringed a breeding female in N Iceland
(topline is ringing informations)


RG-LX 08.07.05 Road 808 to Arskogssandur near junct Road 82, Eyjafjordur, N Iceland
RG-LX 29.10.05 Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany, NW France
RG-LX 31.10.05 Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany, NW France
RG-LX 11.11.05 Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany, NW France
RG-LX 12.11.05 Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany, NW France
RG-LX 19.11.05 Bénance, SARZEAU, Marobhihan, France NW France
RG-LX 03.12.05 Fournevay, Sarzeau, Morbihan, NW France
RG-LX 22.01.06 Pen en Toul, Larmor-Baden, Brittany, NW France
RG-LX 24.01.06 Pont, Noyalo, Brittany, NW France
RG-LX 19.02.06 Pont, Noyalo, Brittany, NW France
RG-LX 21.02.06 Cantizac, Sene, Birttany, NW France
RG-LX 21.02.06 Cantizac, Sene, Birttany, NW France
RG-LX 02.03.06 Golfe du Morbihan, Brittany, NW France
RG-LX 12.03.06 Pont, Noyalo, Brittany, NW France
RG-LX 13.03.06 Pont, Noyalo, Brittany, NW France
RG-LX 14.03.06 Pont, Noyalo, Brittany, NW France
RG-LX 16.03.06 Pont, Noyalo, Brittany, NW France
RG-LX 24.03.06 Pont, Noyalo, Brittany, NW France
RG-LX 20.08.06 Pont Caden, LE-TOUR-DU-PARC,  NW France
RG-LX 23.09.06 Le Duer, Sarzeau, Brittany, NW France
RG-LX 08.10.06 Pen en Toul, Larmor-Baden, Brittany, NW France
RG-LX 20.10.06 Bénance, SARZEAU, Morbihan, NW France
RG-LX 28.10.06 Bénance, SARZEAU, Morbihan, NW France
RG-LX 01.11.06 Bénance, SARZEAU, Marobhihan, France NW France
RG-LX 07.11.06 Kergeorget, Sarzeau, Morbihan, NW France
RG-LX 10.11.06 Kergeorget, Sarzeau, Morbihan, NW France
RG-LX 22.11.06 Bénance, SARZEAU, Marobhihan, France NW France
RG-LX 25.11.06 Kergeorget, Sarzeau, Morbihan, NW France
RG-LX 09.12.06 Kergeorget, Sarzeau, Morbihan, NW France
RG-LX 06.01.07 Bénance, SARZEAU, Marobhihan, France NW France
RG-LX 06.01.07 Kergeorget, Sarzeau, Morbihan, NW France
RG-LX 18.01.07 Kergeorget, Sarzeau, NW France
RG-LX 22.01.07 Kergeorget, Sarzeau, Morbihan, NW France
RG-LX 06.08.11 Tidal Pool, Greatham Creek, Teesmouth Nature Reserve, Cleveland, NE England
RG-LX 07.08.11 Teesmouth Nature Reserve, Cleveland, NE England
RG-LX 18.07.12 Tidal Pool, Greatham Creek, Billingham, Cleveland, NE England

Black-tailed Godwit - Tidal Pool this morning.


Ring combination -

Left tibia – Large red above large dark green.

Right tibia – Large pale blue (possibly a very pale lime green) above a large white with a large black letter X.

Right tarsus – metal ring.


From the white ring with a black 'X' it can be traced to Iceland. Ringed between 1999-current

Details sent off.

[AKinghorn]

Interestingly I today received news of a Black-tailed Godwit I had at Saltholme back in 2009:

O//Bm
GG//
22/08/2009
Wigeon Hide, Montrose Basin, NE Scotland
NO6757
EL97261
Juvenile. Ringed today

O//Bm
GG//
13/09/2009
Rossie Spit, Montrose Basin
NO7056
RD
Sighting

O//Bm
GG//
04/11/2009
Westerton, c15km west of Montrose Basin
NO5451
Chris McGuigan
Sighting. Only single green ring reported

O//Bm
GG//
28/11/2009
RSPB Saltholme Bird Reserve, County Durham
NZ504229
Andrew Kinghorn
Sighting. Only single green ring reported

O//Bm
GG//
04/08/2012
Snettisham, Wash, Norfolk
Nick Moran
Sighting

[IanF]

Another colour ringed Black-tailed Godwit was on the bottom tank this morning seen from the Phil Stead Hide. I've not tracked it down yet, though it's been reported to the BTO.

[IanF]

Another colour ringed Black-tailed Godwit was on the bottom tank this morning seen from the Phil Stead Hide. I've not tracked it down yet, though it's been reported to the BTO.

A preliminary update from the IWSG is that it was ringed at Montrose, Scotland. Full details to follow.

[IanF]

Another colour ringed Black-tailed Godwit was on the bottom tank this morning seen from the Phil Stead Hide. I've not tracked it down yet, though it's been reported to the BTO.

I've just received full details from the ringer. It was ringed only two weeks ago!

B//Bm GO//
23/08/2012
Ythan Estuary, NE Scotland (at mouth on beach)
 
EX57388
Juvenile. Ringed today. Photographs

28/08/2012
Machar Pool, Ythan Estuary
 
Moray Souter
Resighting

04/09/2012
RSPB Saltholme, Billingham, Cleveland.UK.
NZ5228
Ian Forrest
Resighting. PHOTOGRAPHS

[IanF]

A single colour ringed Curlew on Seaton Common this morning.

Ringed Seal Sands on 7th September 1991 as a juvenile bird (BTO ring no. FC48911).

The bird remained using Seal Sands & Seaton Common throughout the winter and when over-summering and moulting during 1992 as a first summer.  Sightings would suggest it emigrated in it's second summer sometime after 22nd March 1993, returning by 5th July.  Thereafter it was generally recorded on Seal Sands during the late summer/autumn (July - August) and then again late winter (January – March, once in April; 11th in 1995).  Since our team was disbanded at the University in late 2001, the few observations made were by the two of us, largely of the bird foraging on Seaton Common in autumn and winter.  You were last to report the bird, on Seaton Common on 22nd March 2008. Then again on 27/02/2012, 13/04/2012 and now 27/09/2012.

[IanF]

Two other colour ringed Curlew were present on 28/09/2012

RN GW - ringed 29/08/2000 on Seal Sands and a regular each winter.

RG GN - ringed 21/07/2012 on Seal Sands - one of 36 Curlew ringed that day.

OY NY was present as well.

[Simon Elliott]

Hi,

I photographed a colour-ringed curlew at Parton Rocks yesterday (6.10.12). The colours were:

Right leg: light blue or light green over black above the 'knee'
Left leg: Black over yellow above the 'knee', white below, with an additional metal ring around 'ankle'

Sorry I'm unable to process the photos at the moment, and the files are too large to post un-processed. Is this a regular?

Regards

Simon Elliott

[IanF]

You get quite a few Curlew on Parton Rocks and in the harbour. I was over there today and saw a few but no colour ringed ones. The large white ring below the knee on the left leg shows it was ringed on Seal Sands.

It's not a combination I've come across before so it's well worth reporting to the BTO or to Robin Ward - email details on the cr-birding web site.

[JLC]

Sanderling on Coatham beach today.