Yet more Meds

Ad Med and Ad Little incoming tide this am

Unringed juv outfalls (thanks Malcolm)

Thanks to Richard for persevering in horrible conditions this morning with the attempted Med ring-reading
So far then:

R13E - returning French bird seen here in at least three late summers since 2011 - must have a decent life history now - white letters on green background

FS71953/R13E Nestling 15/06/2009 Oye Plage, Les Huttes d'Oye, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE  50,59N 2,03E Seen 20/09/2009 Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, FRANCE  50,42N 1,34E Seen 07/02/2010 Piriac-sur-Mer, Loire-Atlantique, FRANCE  47,23N 2,33W Seen 18/02/2010 Piriac-sur-Mer, Loire-Atlantique, FRANCE  47,23N 2,33W Seen 21/04/2010 Barbâtre, Polder de Sebastopol, Vendée, FRANCE  46,56N 2,09W Seen 27/04/2011 Barbâtre, Polder de Sebastopol, Vendée, FRANCE  46,56N 2,09W Seen 03/08/2011 Heysham outfalls Seen 21/07/2013 Heysham outfalls Seen 22/07/2013 Heysham outfalls Seen 31/12/2014 Noyalo, étang, Pont Grandic, Noyalo, Morbihan, FRANCE  47,37N 2,41W Seen 05/07/2015 Heysham outfalls Seen 23/07/2016 Heysham outfalls Seen 06/03/2017 Playa de El Rinconin, Gijón, Asturias, SPAIN  43,32N 5,38W Seen 28/07/2018 Heysham outfalls
ANLT - white letters on green background.  Another returning bird which has been re-ringed on the nest (German) 5405056/AKRS then replaced with ANLT from 22.05.2016 Nestling M 16.06.2012  Pionierinsel Lühe, Steinkirchen, Stade, Niedersachsen, GERMANY 53 34N 9 36E Seen 08.07.2013  Heysham outfalls Seen 13.07.2013  Heysham outfalls Seen 21.07.2013  Heysham outfalls Seen 14.05.2016  Pionierinsel Lühe, Steinkirchen, Stade, Niedersachsen, GERMANY 53 34N 9 36E Caught/nest 22.05.2016 Pionierinsel Lühe, Steinkirchen, Stade, Niedersachsen, GERMANY 53 34N 9 36E Seen 31.03.2017 Pionierinsel Lühe, Steinkirchen, Stade, Niedersachsen, GERMANY 53 34N 9 36E Seen 30.08.2017 Heysham outfalls Seen 28.07.2018 Heysham outfalls PKR4 - white letters on red background - Polish - no info yet Please do have a go at ring reading if you are down there - at least one more adult, one 3CY and two juvs seen in recent days which have not been read.   Low or early incoming tide probably best Reed Warbler - just received info of a Reed Warbler caught on 4/5/18 when there was a massive fall of migratory warblers, including two Belgian, one French and one British Sedge Warbler controls  (on a CES!).  This Reed Warbler has just recently been caught on territory at Lough Neagh, Northern Ireland where they are still pretty scarce and relatively recent colonists.   One previous example of a spring-ringed bird subsequently breeding elsewhere in the same season was just across the Bay at Barrow!! Richard's Donaghey's email this am: "I'm sure your guys will have picked up on this but we are very pleased to have our first Reed Warbler recovery. We only began ringing along the west shore of Lough Neagh last year with two visits and we were very pleased to ring c120 Sedge Warblers and an amazing 30 Reed Warblers, which from your time in NI, you'll know this is a massive total! We were very surprised that that we didn't get a single control from c150 acros, even on the way back north this spring. On the first visit this year that changed when we caught your Middleton Reed Warbler and  French Sedge Warbler, hopefully more to come" Little Gull - ad around Shag - wooden jetty Whimbrel - saltmarsh