Teesmouth Bird Club

Curlews OYNY and RNGW Seaton
Common yesterday afternoon.

Common Tern 9.81 white on black - This is ST61389 ringed as a chick on 7 August 2019 at the Visitor Centre rafts RSPB Saltholme.

Common Tern STO9538 feeding young at Holme fleet 30/6.

"which was ringed on 10 July 2012 At the Saline Lagoon near
Seal Sands.     It hasn't been seen since"

EJT spotted again this pm with around 20 other purps

Curlews this pm N Gare Rd - RN GW and RG GN

photo

Curlew OW GY this morning N Gare Rd - don't think I've seen this one before

Just checking photos and good to see Curlew 0Y NY seaton common - n Gare road yesterday morning

Curlew RN GW present N Gare road midday today 27/12

Herring gull - black on yellow - YG83- Parton Rocks - headland Hartlepool-  13/10/17 noon     

Thank you for reporting your sighting of a colour ringed Gull.
It's a bird which was colour-ringed ringed at Harewood Whin landfill site, to the west of York, (53.960 -1.177). The bird was caught using a Cannon Net and is one of around 2500 Gulls which have been caught and colour ringed to date.

Harewood Whin is one of the decreasing number of Landfill sites in the UK where it is possible to operate for the catching and ringing of gulls. Whilst with us the gulls feed on the Landfill site during the day and roost on the floods in Lower Derwent Valley National Nature Reserve or on the Humber Estuary.

The bird was rung on 30th June 2017 and yours is the first sighting since it was rung

Jacksons Landing last night - herring gull Y792

It?s a bird which was colour-ringed ringed at Harewood Whin landfill site, to the west of York, (53.960 -1.177). The bird was caught using a Cannon Net and is one of around 1750 Gulls which have been caught and colour ringed to date.
Harewood Whin is one of the decreasing number of Landfill sites in the UK where it is possible to operate for the catching and ringing of gulls. Whilst with us the gulls feed on the Landfill site during the day and roost on the floods in Lower Derwent Valley National Nature Reserve or on the Humber Estuary.
The bird was rung on 4th November 2016 and yours is the first sighting since it was rung

EJT present again this morning 06:30 Block Sands, Headland, Hartlepool

Has a metal ring now left leg but never noticed that until home so can't read it.

Quote from: fosterc on May 05, 2016, 07:51:38 PM

Quote from: IanF on November 23, 2015, 11:01:06 AM
Two colour ringed Purple Sandpipers yesterday morning at Hartlepool Headland. Both seen locally previous winters.

EUH & EJT

QuoteRing 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/biometrics: F2K+ (female, hatched 2009 or before)
Ringing date: 13.06.2010, 21 hrs.
Ringing place: Longyearbyen (78.13.13N-15.40.06E)  Svalbard / Spitsbergen
Remarks: Observed Longyearbyen 05.09.2010 (Kjell Mork Soot).
Ringer: Ole Edvard Torland

Last finding date: 22.11.2015
Observed : The Headland, Hartlepool (54.41N-01.12W) Durham, England
Observer :  Ian Forrest
Distance: 2695  km  SSW. Direction:  204 deg.
Time:  5-5-9. (5 years- 5 months- 9 days).

Remarks:  Observed  The Headland:
22.03.2011 : Allan Snape
20.11.2011: Ian Forrest
27.11.2011: Russel Neave
18.02.2012 : James Kennerley
21.10.2012 : Ian Forrest
30.10.2013: James Kennerley
04.11.2013: Sharon Niks (photodocumented)
29.11.2013:Ian Forrest (photodocumented)
10.03.2015: Steve Percival (photodocumented).
03.04.2015: Allan Snape, Tees Ringing Group
22.11.2015: Ian Forrest (photodocumented).  Around 40 Purps feeding along the shore. Three birds had colour rings from Svalbard.

QuoteRing no : Stavanger 8B11863.
Flag EUH ( Left tarsus : metal. Left tibia : orange colour ring.  Right tibia: (dark) green flag engraved with three white letters EUH.)
Age/sex/biometrics: F1K , female hatched 2011.Wing 133 mm.Weight 67,6g. Bill 30,6 mm.
Ringing date: 02.09.2011, 23 hrs.
Ringing place: Longyearbyen (78.13.13N-15.40.06E)  Svalbard / Spitsbergen
Ringer: Kjell Mork Soot

Last finding date: 22.11.2015
Observed : The Headland, Hartlepool (54.41N-01.12W) Cleveland, England
Observer : Ian Forrest
Distance: 2695  km  SSW. Direction:  204 deg.
Time: 4-2-20 (4 years-2 months- 20 days)

Remarks /earlier observations the Headland, Hartlepool:   
06.11.2011: Photodocumented by Derek Clayton 
03.12.2011: Observed by Eric James and Mike Gee .
16.12.2011: Distinct photo of the flag and code (Ian Forrest).
17.02.2013: Observed by John Bridges.
01.03.2013: Distinct photo of the flag and code (Ian Forrest). Feeding along the shoreline with three other unringed Purps.
29.11.2013: Distinct photo of the flag and code (Ian Forrest). Feeding along the shoreline with 72 other Purps, also lime EJT.
03.04.2015: Sight record by a ringer, Alan Snape.
22.11.2015: Photodocumented by Ian Forrest. Around 40 Purps feeding along the shore. Three of them had colour rings from Svalbard.

Also a colour ringed Shag though only  partial reading. Green darvic white lettering starting with L.

Spotted again 13:45 today, block sands. EJT.

Don't know how to report it, website is in Norwegian.

Quote from: IanF on December 19, 2016, 08:59:19 AM
I've seen around a dozen different birds returned so far this winter. OY NY remains the oldest.  There are a couple more older birds ringed in the early 90's and 2000's.
I keep the coordinator updated.

On 16/12/2016 I saw/photo'd -

OY NY
RN GW
RG GN
LW GN
WR WR
YN GN
GY WN

Sometimes there's only the odd one or two in view from the road, other times up to a dozen. They feed around the golf course as well.

I've seen two different birds on Cowpen Marsh. Usually a few turn up on Seal Sands and at RSPB Saltholme but I've not seen any colour ringed birds amongst the hundreds of Curlew there.

Few more  Curlew this morning.

W (hint of red above it, not sure if it is inside of the ring though)above and below knee, metal ring left leg. OY right.

RN above, W below, GW

OY above, W and metal below, NY

Quote from: IanF on October 02, 2016, 09:26:59 PM
It was nice to see this regular wintering Curlew back on Seaton Common this morning. I think it's the oldest bird we still have around.

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

Just running through group photos on memory card and OY NY was back on Seaton Common on 16.12 @15:00

3 blokes there today, setting fires with petrol, unsure if they were there officially or not.  freezing and a bit away so not sure if quality good enough.