This bird was seen at the RSPB Burton Mere reserve in Cheshire on 13th July 2014. It has only been reported twice since it was ringed as a chick in southern Iceland in 2011. The delay in returning the data was caused by uncertainty as to whether the lower ring on the left leg was yellow or orange. It certainly looked yellow to me in the field (and in the photographs) but the ringer states that it is, in fact, orange. In the first shot, it is unclear which leg is left and which is right, so it's always worth taking a few - however poor in quality - to confirm ring colours and locations.
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| Which Leg is Which? |
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| Ah! It's Red, Orange - Red, White flag: RO-RWf |
History so far:
Ringed as chick
RO-RWflag 07.07.11 Kaldadarnes, Árnessýsla, S Iceland
RO-RWflag 20.02.13 Port des Barques, Estuaire Charente,
Charente-Maritime, W France
RO-RWflag 13.07.14 Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB, Burton,
Wirral, Cheshire, NW England
And thanks again Dr Jennifer Gill at UEA and to Böðvar Þórisson in Iceland - that's two of "his" birds found in just a few weeks - on opposite sides of the country.
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