Ring's & Things.

Audouin's Gull. Cheryl Woodruff. 

On 19 August at Cala Bona, Mallorca, Cheryl W had the good fortune to find an Audouin's Gull. Although nothing particularly amazing about finding this Mediterranean endemic, but the bonus was that it was a ringed bird.

Submitting the record to Anillamiento I recieved the data for this 12 year old Audouin's Gull, ringed in Tarragona in 2005, although the bird hasn't generated a long history, for Cheryl W this was an excellent find.

Fecha observaci?n	19/08/2017
	C?digo anilla	ANAJ
	Material	PVC
	Especies	Larus audouinii
	Clase de marcaje	Anilla
	Color de la anilla	Blanco
	Color de la inscripci?n	Negro
	Coordenadas de localizaci?n	39 36 51 N , 3 23 17 E
	Lugar	Mallorca, Cala Bona
	Comentarios	Observer: Cheryl Woodruff

25/05/2005 PUNTA DE LA BANYA, SANT CARLES DE LA RÀPITA (TARRAGONA) 40º33' N / 0º38' E Daniel Oro

08/08/2010 S´AVALL, SES SALINES (MALLORCA) 39º19' N / 2º59' E Jordi Muntaner

14/08/2010 S´AVALL, SES SALINES (MALLORCA) 39º19' N / 2º59' E Jordi Muntaner

19/08/2017 CALA BONA (MALLORCA) 39º36' N / 3º23' E Cheryl Woodruff 

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Black-tailed Godwit Brian Rafferty   

On 2 August a marked Black-tailed Godwit was found at Bank End. This is a 21 year old BTG, ringed in 1996 at Terrington, The Wash Estuary, Norfolk, it has a long and interesting history, having visited W France three times, N Iceland, S Iceland, S Ireland, and seven locations in England including it's last record at Bank End in August.

Thanks to Andrew Cornall, and to Jenny Gill at UEA for sending me the details of this impressive much travelled Black-tailed Godwit.  

02.08.96	Terrington, The Wash Estuary, Norfolk, E England
20.10.98	Île de Ré, Charente-Maritime, W France
04.05.99	Akureyri, Eyjafjarðarsýsla, N Iceland
27.04.00	Pollengi, Árnessýsla, S Iceland
15.09.01	Clonakilty, Co. Cork, S Ireland
17.09.01	Clonakilty, Co. Cork, S Ireland
10.02.02	Baie de l'Aiguillon, W France
29.04.02	Stokkseyri, Árnessýsla, S Iceland
10.02.03	Baie de l'Aiguillon, W France
31.08.04	Colne Estuary, Essex, E England
01.10.04	Colne Estuary, Essex, E England
09.08.05	Colne Estuary, Essex, E England
21.08.05	Colne Estuary, Essex, E England
22.09.05	Freiston Shore, The Wash Estuary, Linc's, E England
23.04.06	Blackwater Estuary, Essex, E England
25.07.06	Colne Estuary, Essex, E England
23.08.06	Colne Estuary, Essex, E England
05.09.06	Colne Estuary, Essex, E England
02.03.07	Fen Drayton, Cambridgeshire, E England
27.03.07	Blackwater Estuary, Essex, E England
03.04.07	Blackwater Estuary, Essex, E England
08.04.07	Blackwater Estuary, Essex, E England
23.04.07	Titchwell, Norfolk, E England
22.08.07	Colne Estuary, Essex, E England
12.09.07	Colne Estuary, Essex, E England
13.07.08	Colne Estuary, Essex, E England
19.07.08	Colne Estuary, Essex, E England
10.08.08	Colne Estuary, Essex, E England
26.09.08	Blackwater Estuary, Essex, E England
20.07.10	Blackwater Estuary, Essex, E England
11.08.10	Blackwater Estuary, Essex, E England
26.03.11	Blackwater Estuary, Essex, E England
05.04.11	Blackwater Estuary, Essex, E England
12.02.14	Paxton Pits, Cambridgeshire, E England
02.08.17	Bank End, Lune Estuary, Lancashire, NW England

Bewick's/Whooper Swans.

Bewick's Swan Marc Heath 

In terms of Bewick’s Swans in the UK this winter, numbers on the Ouse Washes in Norfolk reached 800 in mid-December whilst around 90 were at Slimbridge at that time. The mild autumn meant that lower numbers than usual had reached the UK by December, with hundreds of swans still residing as far east as Estonia. But there was a large influx at Slimbridge over Christmas, and with the plunging temperatures and easterly winds probably more will arrive if/when temperatures decrease further. Decent numbers of Bewick's Swans are being seen again this winter in the Glasson/Cockersands area with a peak count of 19 birds seen 25 January off Moss Lane.

If you are interested, you can read about the amazing Caper, an old Bewick's Swan Here 

Whooper Swan Phillip Tomkinson 

Whooper Swans are also around our area again this winter, and I made a count of 185 at Cockersands on Friday 30 January. On Monday 19 January I was able to read a ringed Whooper Swan - C6J - which I duly reported and recieved a detailed history of the bird....

Ringed as an adult female 14 November 2006 at Martin Mere WWT. Subsequentially seen....

Martin Mere WWT (5) 2007/12/13
Fluke Hall (2) 2007/08
Pilling Moss (3) 2008/09/10 
Libby Lane, Pilling (1) 2008
Caeraverlock, Dumfries (2) 2009
Ruthwell, Dumfries (1) 2009
Thursland Hill, Lanc's (2) 2013
Cockersands (1) 2014
Eagland Hill, Fylde (1) 2014
Cockerham Moss (1) 19 January 2015 P.Woodruff.

My sincere thanks to Kane Brides at WWT for his usual prompt and efficient way of dealing with the details of observers ring reports which gives the added incentive for birders to note marked birds and to send in the sightings.

Thanks to Marc and Phillip for the excellent images.