Sanderling sightings update

On 28 December 2018 I recorded a colour flagged/ringed Sanderling on Barmston beach (see previous post on this blog). I reported this sighting to animaltrack.org as requested.

Barmston Sanderling

On 2 January 2019 I saw a colour flagged/ringed Sanderling on Hornsea beach and reported this to the same site.

Hornsea beach Sanderling

I have had updates to both these sightings today 😊

Barmston Sanderling - a well travelled bird
B3RGGG was ringed on 18 July 2015 in Greenland.
Sighted Sep 2015 in Faroes
Sighted Feb 2016 in Barmston
Sighted May 2016 in Iceland
Sighted Jul 2016 in Lowestoft
Sighted Dec 2018 Barmston - my sighting

Hornsea Sanderling - a home bird until now
Y3GWBB was ringed on 6 August 2016 in north Netherlands
Sighted 25 times during 2016/17/18 within a few miles of first ringing site until...
Sighted 2 January 2019 Hornsea - my sighting

This is brilliant information! Without a well organised ringing system we would have no idea where these birds came from or where they've been since.

If anyone sees any birds with rings please do your best to read them and report the sighting. Sometimes the easiest way is to take a photo if the bird is colour ringed and send the photo and/or a summary of the sighting information to the project co-ordinator (found by doing a search on the internet). If the sighting is in Hornsea or somewhere near and you need assistance with reporting the sighting then please add a relevant comment to this blog. Or drop me a message on FaceBook.