Swale Wader Group
@SwaleWaders
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Kent based Wader ringing group under the BTO ringing scheme
Sheppey
Joined March 2023
On Saturday night a large team of 11 braved the cold and went to Harty Marshes on Sheppey. We caught 35 Knot, 2 Bar Tailed Godwit and singles of Dunlin, Redshank and Barn Owl. The Redshank was colour ringed and one of the Knot was ringed by us in 2013 as an adult.
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The weather finally allowed us to get out for a session on Saturday evening. Seven of us took a catch of 24 birds including the 4th ever Brent Goose ringed by us (the first since 2004). We also retrapped a Dunlin ringed by us in 2012 and another had a Finnish ring on. #waders
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RT @ElmleyNNR: @SwaleWaders Lapwing see 03.09.23 roosting at low tide on Wellmarsh. LABflag/LBW. RAR/RBR. 15.08.23 lapwing see on Wellmarsh….
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RT @naturewithapril: Had a great first session out wader ringing with @SwaleWaders last night 🪶. Looking forward to learning more about thi….
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The only other time it was reported outside of the UK was Oct 2020 in the Netherlands, just a few days later it was back on the Swale. #waders #nature #conservation.
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On the 5th of June a Black Tailed Godwit ringed by us was seen at Lake Myvatn, Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla in Iceland. The bird was ringed in Septmber 2017 as an adult and has been seen 57 times since, always around the Thames, Medway and Swale estuaries. #waders #nature #conservation.
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Members of SWG colour ringing wader chicks at @ElmleyNNR as part of study looking at survival and dispersal of Lapwing
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We have just received a recovery report of a Redshank ringed on Sheppey as an adult in Oct 2011 and caught by ringers in Iceland in June 2020 - almost nine years later. #waders.
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RT @h_Mathieson_: Do you fancy putting your birding skills to good use and adopting a Breeding Bird Survey site in Kent? Head to https://t.….
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RT @GrahamFAppleton: A cheap alternative to satellite tracking!.One Black-tailed Godwit's story, told using colour-ring observations:.https….
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Colour ringing Black Tailed Godwits helps us build up a picture of their life, one bird ringed in 2015 and seen each year since is typical:.August to March: The Swale and Medway.April - July: Iceland.Hopefully it is already in Iceland. #waders.
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This Black Tailed Godwit was ringed in Kent in Nov 2016, seen in Kent in January 2017 but has only been seen in Essex since (2021,2022 and now 2023). last sighting was 2308 days after ringing, that is over six years.
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Ringed at Elmley in Oct 2016 this Oystercatcher was seen in Leidschendam in The Netherlands on 14th March 2023. 2341 days after being ringed.
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