This Black Tailed Godwit was ringed in Kent in Nov 2016, seen in Kent in January 2017 but has only been seen in Essex since (2021,2022 and now 2023). last sighting was 2308 days after ringing, that is over six years.

Colour ringing Black Tailed Godwits helps us build up a picture of their life, one bird ringed in 2015 and seen each year since is typical: August to March: The Swale and Medway April - July: Iceland Hopefully it is already in Iceland. #waders

A cheap alternative to satellite tracking! One Black-tailed Godwit's story, told using colour-ring observations: wadertales.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/jus… Blog from 4 April 2018 🎂 Please keep sending in sightings 🙏 #waders #shorebirds #ornithology

#AvianFlu update: as we move into seabird breeding season, vigilance & early warnings will be key ☎️ ALL dead birds should now be reported to Defra UK or DAERA. Please ALSO report them via BirdTrack More info 👉 bto.org/avian-influenza #HPAI #BirdFlu #AvianInfluenza

Do you fancy putting your birding skills to good use and adopting a Breeding Bird Survey site in Kent? Head to bto.org/our-science/pr… to grab a spot! @BTO_Kent

We have just received a recovery report of a Redshank ringed on Sheppey as an adult in Oct 2011 and caught by ringers in Iceland in June 2020 - almost nine years later. #waders

Members of SWG colour ringing wader chicks at Elmley NNR as part of study looking at survival and dispersal of Lapwing

Had a great first session out wader ringing with Swale Wader Group last night 🪶 Looking forward to learning more about this amazing group of birds! 🐦 📷: Dunlin Ringed under licence & inline with hpai precautions

Swale Wader Group Lapwing see 03.09.23 roosting at low tide on Wellmarsh. LABflag/LBW. RAR/RBR 15.08.23 lapwing see on Wellmarsh feeding at high tide LABflag/LBW. RAB/RBR

News this week of a Dunlin ringed in the Swale in January 2020 as a adult, recaptured at Ottenby in July this year. The 62nd interchange of Dunlin between us and Otenby. #waders #birds

The weather finally allowed us to get out for a session on Saturday evening. Seven of us took a catch of 24 birds including the 4th ever Brent Goose ringed by us (the first since 2004). We also retrapped a Dunlin ringed by us in 2012 and another had a Finnish ring on. #waders

On Saturday night a large team of 11 braved the cold and went to Harty Marshes on Sheppey. We caught 35 Knot, 2 Bar Tailed Godwit and singles of Dunlin, Redshank and Barn Owl. The Redshank was colour ringed and one of the Knot was ringed by us in 2013 as an adult.