Swale Wader Group

 

We met at Harty on a dark cloudy night and caught 40 new birds and two retraps comprising:

  • 22 Redshank
  • 6 Black-tailed Godwit plus 1 retrap
  • 6 Bar-tailed Godwit plus 1 retrap
  • 5 Curlew
  • 1 Knot

6 Black-tailed Godwit and 10 Redshank were colour ringed.

The retrap Bar-tailed Godwit (DD84369) was first ringed at Shellness on 30/07/2007 and recorded as an adult female, retrapped at Harty in August 2009 and December 2016 before being caught on this session, so she is at least 19 years young.

Ringing Sessions