Friday, July 17, 2015

a few colour ringed Black-tailed Godwits

I have recorded nearly 350 different colour-ringed Icelandic Black-tails on the Humber since 1995 but not a single nominate bird -- colour ring combinations and types of ring vary and you need to see both tibia and sometimes the tarsus as well to get a full combination -- some whites and yellows can be iron oxide stained in Iceland and appear orange in a quick look -- flags like the white one below can be missed if the flag is at 180 degrees to the scope -- the pale green is referred to as Lime --all these from Wednesday this week at North Killingholme Haven

Thanks to Pete Potts and Jenny Gill for these very speedy recovery details --

As shown by these recovery details the Humber is used by Black-tails that winter, stage, summer in Iceland, Netherlands, various areas of UK and Ireland, France, Portugal and Spain -- people who destroy staging areas in the South China Sea will bring several waders to extinction in the next 50 years but you would have thought that knowing the importance of staging and moulting areas in Britain then the sites with maximum legal protection would remain inviolate but NO --



GOR RNR 25/10/14 Harty, The Swale, Kent, SE England
GOR RNR 26-Oct-14 Oare Marshes Nature Reserve, Kent, SE England
GOR RNR 07-Nov-14 Oare Marshes Nature Reserve, Kent, SE England
GOR RNR 13-Nov-14 Oare Marshes Nature Reserve, Kent, SE England
GOR RNR 22-Apr-15 Oare Marshes Nature Reserve, Kent, SE England
GOR RNR 23-Apr-15 Oare Marshes Nature Reserve, Kent, SE England
GOR RNR 26-Apr-15 Oare Marshes Nature Reserve, Kent, SE England
GOR RNR 27-Apr-15 Oare Marshes Nature Reserve, Kent, SE England
GOR RNR 29-Apr-15 Oare Marshes Nature Reserve, Kent, SE England
GOR RNR 30-Apr-15 Oare Marshes Nature Reserve, Kent, SE England
GOR RNR 14-Jul-15 North Killingholm Haven, Immingham, Humber, N Licolnchire, E England
GG-GW
07.11.10Humber estuary, Lincolnshire, E England
06.12.10Humber estuary, Lincolnshire, E England
16.02.11Humber estuary, Lincolnshire, E England
08.03.11Humber estuary, Lincolnshire, E England
16.08.11Humber estuary, Lincolnshire, E England
05.10.11Humber estuary, Lincolnshire, E England
10.03.12Seaforth, Merseyside, NW England
09.09.12Humber estuary, Lincolnshire, E England
12.10.12Humber estuary, Lincolnshire, E England
25.07.13Humber estuary, Lincolnshire, E England
25.04.14Flói, Árnessýsla, S Iceland
06.08.14Humber estuary, Lincolnshire, E England
11.01.15Stour estuary, Essex, E England
12.02.15Ouse Washes, Cambridgeshire, E England
14.07.15Humber estuary, Lincolnshire, E England



R+LN 05-Sep-10 Farlington Marshes LNR, Langstone Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire, S England
R+LN 10-Jan-11 Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire, S England
R+LN 02-Oct-11 Freiston Shore RSPB reserve, The Wash, Lincolnshire, E England
R+LN 04-Nov-11 Ardevon / Pontorson (50-Manche) near the Mont Saint Michel, Normandy, NW France
R+LN 05-Nov-11 Ardevon / Pontorson (50-Manche) near the Mont Saint Michel, Normandy, NW France
R+LN 06-Nov-11 Ardevon / Pontorson (50-Manche) near the Mont Saint Michel, Normandy, NW France
R+LN 07-Nov-11 Ardevon / Pontorson (50-Manche) near the Mont Saint Michel, Normandy, NW France
R+LN 08-Nov-11 Ardevon / Pontorson (50-Manche) near the Mont Saint Michel, Normandy, NW France
R+LN 09-Nov-11 Ardevon / Pontorson (50-Manche) near the Mont Saint Michel, Normandy, NW France
R+LN 10-Nov-11 Ardevon / Pontorson (50-Manche) near the Mont Saint Michel, Normandy, NW France
R+LN 20-Feb-13 River IJssel, Aersoltweerde, Hattem, Gelderland, The Netherlands
R+LN 10-Mar-13 Uitgeesterbroekpolder, Uitgeest, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
R+LN 29-Apr-13 Carbarns Pool, Barons Haugh, North Lanarkshire, Scotland
R+LN 11-Sep-13 Frampton Marsh RSPB reserve, The Wash, Lincolnshire, E England
R+LN 29-Jul-14 Frampton Marsh RSPB reserve, The Wash, Lincolnshire, E England
R+LN 08-Aug-14 Frampton Marsh RSPB reserve, The Wash, Lincolnshire, E England
R+LN 08-Mar-15 Landje van Geijsel, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, The Netherlands
R+LN 14-Jul-15 North Killingholme Haven, The Humber, Immingham, N Lincolnshire, E England







WOY YRY 09-Feb-13 Seaton Marshes LNR, Axe Estuary, E Devon, SW England
WOY YRY 21-Feb-13 Seaton Marshes LNR, Axe Estuary, E Devon, SW England
WOY YRY 12-May-13 Kingsmill Lake, Saltash, Tamar, Cornwall, SW England
WOY YRY 20-Mar-14 Skrins, Friesland, The Netherlands
WOY YRY 25-Mar-14 Skrins, Friesland, The Netherlands
WOY YRY 14-Mar-15 Harlingen, west of Leeuwarden, Friesland, The Netherlands
WOY YRY 16-Mar-15 Harlingen, west of Leeuwarden, Friesland, The Netherlands
WOY YRY 14-Jul-15 North Killingholme Haven, Immingham, Humber Estuary, North lincs., E England

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