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Sanderling - colour ring sightings - April 2018

MisterT

Always Birding
The following are colour ringed Sanderling that have been recorded here on the Uists in April as they migrate north. They are all birds ringed as part of an ongoing study by Jeroen Reneerkens and the information shown is from the very user friendly website AnimalTrack As can be seen, most were first ringed at the same location in Iceland and the Finistere area in France is an important wintering/stop-over site for these individuals.
Always amazes me how some birds/colour combinations are seen more than others.
Even more so is the fact that 4 of the 6 birds were ringed on the same day and another just three days previous

Many thanks to Peter Grey for sharing his sightings


No1.JPG
2016-05-22 - capture - North Atlantic Ocean
2016-09-02 - observation - Treompan / Ploudalmezeau / BRETAGNE / FRANCE
2016-10-09 - observation - plage de Treompan, Ploudalmézeau, Finistère, FRANCE
2016-10-11 - observation - plage de Treompan, Ploudalmézeau, Finistère, FRANCE
2016-10-12 - observation - plage de Treompan, Ploudalmézeau, Finistère, FRANCE
2016-10-13 - observation - Treompan, Ploudalmézeau, Finistère, FRANCE
2016-10-28 - observation - plage de Treompan, Ploudalmézeau, Finistère, FRANCE
2016-11-03 - observation - Treompan, Ploudalmézeau, Finistère, FRANCE
2016-11-30 - observation - plage de Treompan, Ploudalmézeau, Finistère, FRANCE
2016-12-01 - observation - Treompan / Ploudalmezeau / BRETAGNE / FRANCE
2017-01-22 - observation - plage des trois moutons - Ploudalmézeau
2017-01-23 - observation - plage des trois moutons - Ploudalmézeau
2017-01-25 - observation - Treompan, Ploudalmézeau, Finistère, FRANCE
2017-02-10 - observation - plage de Treompan, Ploudalmézeau, Finistère, FRANCE
2017-02-14 - observation - Treompan / Ploudalmezeau / BRETAGNE / FRANCE
2017-02-22 - observation - plage de Treompan, Ploudalmézeau, Finistère, FRANCE
2017-03-14 - observation - plage de Treompan, Ploudalmézeau, Finistère, FRANCE
2017-03-25 - observation - plage de Treompan, Ploudalmézeau, Finistère, FRANCE
2017-04-08 - observation - plage de Treompan, Ploudalmézeau, Finistère, FRANCE
2017-08-07 - observation - Les 3 Moutons / Lampaul-Ploudalmézeau / Finistère / France
2017-09-21 - observation - plage des trois moutons - Ploudalmézeau
2017-09-23 - observation - plage des trois moutons - Ploudalmézeau
2017-09-28 - observation - plage de Treompan - Ploudalmezeau
2017-11-18 - observation - plage de Treompan, Ploudalmézeau, Finistère, FRANCE
2017-11-19 - observation - Plage des trois moutons
2017-12-19 - observation - Treompan, Ploudalmézeau, Finistère, FRANCE
2018-04-10 - observation - Le Lividic / Plouneour-Trez / Finistère / France
2018-04-14 - observation - Le Lividic / Plouneour-Trez / Finistère / France
2018-04-14 - observation - English Channel and Irish Sea
2018-05-07 - observation - Askernish beach, South Uist Western Isles Scotland


Capture2.JPG

2016-05-19 - capture - North Atlantic Ocean
2017-07-25 - observation - Le Lividic / Plouneour-Trez
2018-04-27 - observation - Askernish beach, South Uist Western Isles Scotland


no3.JPG
2016-05-22 - capture - North Atlantic Ocean
2016-08-02 - observation - Pointe de l'Herbaudière
2017-02-24 - observation - La Boursinière
2017-04-05 - observation - Pointe de l'Herbaudière
2018-04-27 - observation - Askernish beach, South Uist Western Isles Scotland


The following birds were all seen at Balranald/Air an Runair, North Uist

Sanderling G4WGBG Metal ring ISR 8109591
First captured: South West Iceland 22/05/2016 Coordinates 64.0430555, -22.713055
Note: observed subsequently on twelve occasions at, or near, Le Lividic, Finistere, France Coordinates 48.6693609361, -4.31217670441

Sanderling G4WRBB Metal ring ISR 8109585
First captured: South West Iceland 22/05/2016 Coordinates 64.0430555, -22.713055
Note: ringed on the same day and at the same place as the first bird. No subsequent observations reported until our sighting at Balranald on 27 April.

Sanderling G3YRYB Metal ring ISR 8108377
First captured: South west Iceland 17/05/2017 Coordinates 64.0441666, -22.713368
Note: observed subsequently on 28 occasions at, or near, Le Lividic, Finistere, France Coordinates 48.6690712622, -4.31171536446. Last observation at Le Lividic was 21 April 2018 - six days before our sighting at Balranald.

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Colour ringed Sanderling, Askernish beach
 
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