Last night Jane and I had a trip to the coast south of Aberystwyth in search of Whimbrel. It is still a bit early in the season yet, with birds only recently recorded moving through, but we did manage to catch 4 out of 4 so no complaints!
We have colour-ringed over 80 Whimbrel now since spring 2010 but apart from one seen by Marc Hughes a few kilometres inland of where it was ringed there have been a very disappointing number of re-sightings so far. Any Icelandic or Gambian birders reading this, come on - pull your fingers out!!
Colour ringed Whimbrel at the Gann estuary Pembrokeshire GREEN left leg above the knee Yellow C58 right leg above knee also .Today around 5.30pm. May have been here a few days - part of a 21 number flock
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