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Banded birds at Mai Po - 4 April, 2025

Banded birds at Mai Po - 4 April, 2025

Some banded waders I found on 4 April at Mai Po.

Grey plover - K8

Pied avocet - T1, T6, T8 and one with blank blue/yellow

Common redshank - BC, PY, UN, YC, YE, YH, YY, ZW

I have no space to edit on Lightroom, so here's a short video compilation.

[ Last edited by jamesmodesto at 14/05/2025 21:54 ]

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Thank you very much.

Grey Plover K8 was ringed on 26-Nov-2022 as a 1st winter bird. 7 reports from Mai Po and Lau Fau Shan.

Pied Avocet T1 was ringed on 27-Feb-2025 as a 1st winter bird. Resighted once on 2-Mar-25.

Pied Avocet T6, T7 were both ringed on 25-Mar-2025 as 1st winter bird. Resighted once on 1-Apr-25.

The one with "black-over-yellow" flag is likely blue-over-yellow flag. Banded in Bohai Bay, China.

Common Redshanks:

BC was ringed on 20-Sep-20 as a 1st winter bird, 24 sightings from Mai Po.

PY was ringed on 28-Sep-22 as an adult, 14 sightings from Mai Po.

UN was also ringed on 28-Sep-22 a 1st winter bird, 7 sightings from Mai Po.

YC was ringed on 14-Jan-24 as a 1st winter bird, 9 sightings from Mai Po.

YE was also ringed on 14-Jan-24 as adult, also 9 sightings from Mai Po.

YH was also ringed on 14-Jan-24 as adult, only 4 sightings from Mai Po.

YY was ringed on 1-Nov-24 as adult, this is the 2nd sighting from Mai Po.

ZW was ringed on 3-Jan-25 as a 1st year bird, 3 sightings from Mai Po.

Regards,
Katherine
Waterbirds Ringing Group

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Thank you for correcting the "black/yellow" and the info. provided!

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