Swale Wader Group

Kent based Wader ringing group under the BTO ringing scheme

[Swale Wader Group @SwaleWaders]

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.

[Swale Wader Group @SwaleWaders]

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

[Swale Wader Group @SwaleWaders]

News this week of a Dunlin ringed in the Swale in January 2020 as a adult, recaptured at Ottenby in July this year. The 62nd interchange of Dunlin between us and Otenby.
#waders #birds

[Elmley NNR @ElmleyNNR]

@SwaleWaders Lapwing see 03.09.23 roosting at low tide on Wellmarsh. LABflag/LBW. RAR/RBR

15.08.23 lapwing see on Wellmarsh feeding at high tide LABflag/LBW. RAB/RBR

[April Mayne @naturewithapril]

Had a great first session out wader ringing with @SwaleWaders last night 🪶

Looking forward to learning more about this amazing group of birds! 🐦

📷: Dunlin
Ringed under licence & inline with hpai precautions

[Swale Wader Group @SwaleWaders]

@naturewithapril @brianrwat Red in ringed by us and found elsewhere. Green is the ringing location of birds caught by us.
https://t.co/HWhFMiq7yr

[Swale Wader Group @SwaleWaders]

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

[Swale Wader Group @SwaleWaders]

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

[Swale Wader Group @SwaleWaders]

Members of SWG colour ringing wader chicks at @ElmleyNNR as part of study looking at survival and dispersal of Lapwing

[Swale Wader Group @SwaleWaders]

@h_Mathieson_ @GrahamFAppleton Hi Heather, at least one of those is ours :-). I look forward to seeing the record.

[Swale Wader Group @SwaleWaders]

@LG224053295 Is this still available?

[Swale Wader Group @SwaleWaders]

@LG224053295 Can you DM me please?

[Swale Wader Group @SwaleWaders]

@brianrwat Here is the map for this particular bird.

[Swale Wader Group @SwaleWaders]

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

[H Mathieson @h_Mathieson_]

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[Swale Wader Group @SwaleWaders]

@GrahamFAppleton @KazMccann @_JoseAAlves_ @JenGill3 @RyanABurrell @_BTO @Luscinia_joshua @WaderStudy @GlobalFlyway @CambsBirdClub interesting, thank you. I will drill into the data a bit more to see if we have colour ringed any Limosa then.

[Swale Wader Group @SwaleWaders]

@GrahamFAppleton @KazMccann @_JoseAAlves_ @JenGill3 @RyanABurrell @_BTO @Luscinia_joshua @WaderStudy @GlobalFlyway @CambsBirdClub One record we have shows the bird with us until Oct, then Portugal and back in the Netherlands by Apr. Back to us in August.

[Graham Appleton @GrahamFAppleton]

A cheap alternative to satellite tracking!
One Black-tailed Godwit's story, told using colour-ring observations:
https://t.co/zFKSZn0kav
Blog from 4 April 2018 🎂
Please keep sending in sightings 🙏
#waders #shorebirds #ornithology

[Swale Wader Group @SwaleWaders]

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