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Sunday 18 August 2013

Black Tailed Godwit -Colour Ringed

At the end of  July Three Black Tailed Godwits  dropped onto the roadside flash at Blyth links one of which was colour ringed , the details are as follows: 
Ringed in Sept 2009 as an adult male. Short history below.

N
RGL GYG
18-Sep-09
Hazelwood Marshes NR, River Alde, Suffolk, E England
S
RGL GYG
19-Dec-09
Orfordness, Suffolk, E England
S
RGL GYG
28-Jun-10
Hagi, North Iceland
S
RGL GYG
30-Jul-13
Blyth Links, Northumberland, NE England


As you can see the history of this bird is brief  and has not been reported since 2010 , if you see a colour ringed bird why not try to record the details, sometimes it can be a challenge , bird in long grass , water, leg held up etc: but thats half the fun and the bonus is getting some information back on your sighting.


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