A small intrepid team of 5 went ringing at Harty pools in perfect conditions - warm, calm, moonless with foggy patches. We had 6 nets up in the east pool and ended up with 36 birds of 7 species:
- 3 Grey Plover
- 1 Knot
- 15 Black-tailed Godwit
- 2 Bar-tailed Godwit
- 4 Whimbrel
- 4 Curlew, plus 2 retraps
- 5 Redshank
Of the two Curlew recaptures, one was an Elmley head-starter from this year's cohort (see here), and the other an adult ringed at Shellness as an age 4 female on 12/08/2007, meaning the bird is at least 18 years old.
We colour marked 13 of the 15 Black-tailed Godwit along with all 5 of the Redshank. Thanks to Terry, Ian, Paul and April for the great team work. We all went home happy at 4 am.