This is the reply we got from the Austrian Waders Study group about KUU.
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First international sighting of this bird.
Interestingly, aged '1' when banded.
Great Knot
Banding/Recapture
07/06/2009 Richards Point, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-18.00, 122.37) Australia
06303993 (KUU) Aged 1
Resighting
23/10/2009 Stilt Viewing, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-17.98, 122.33) Australia
KUU Alice Ewing
Please note that as the two or three character alphanumeric code on the engraved flag (or five-character individual colour-band code) has been identified, this record will be 'officially' processed as a recovery by the ABBBS. Once this has occurred the attached 'interim' flag sighting report will be deleted.
The banding details were as follows:
Band Number: 06303993 (engraved flag KUU)
Date of banding: 7/06/2009
Age of bird when banded: 1
Locode: 800001 (Beaches, Crab Ck Rd, Roebuck Bay, Broome)
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From: AWSG Leg Flag Sightings
c/o Clive Minton,
165 Dalgetty Rd.,
Beaumaris, VIC 3193
Australia
Phone/Fax: 61 3 9589 4901
Email:
mintons@ozemail.com.au
Dear John and Jemi Holmes,
Thank you for recording the details of the flagged wader that was recently sighted. We appreciate your action in reporting this information, which will contribute to our understanding of the migration of birds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.
Please check the information given below and advise me if any details appear incorrect.
A Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris was sighted in a flock of 90 birds by John and Jemi Holmes at: Mai Po NR, Hong Kong (China) 22deg 30min 0sec N, 114deg 10min 0sec E on 30/03/2010 with flag(s) as follows:
LEFT leg: nothing/unknown on tibia (upper leg) above nothing/unknown on tarsus
RIGHT leg: yellow engraved flag on tibia (upper leg) above nothing/unknown on tarsus
This bird was flagged Beaches, Crab Ck Rd, Roebuck Bay, Broome, approximate co-ordinates 18deg 0min S, 122deg 22min E, which uses the flag combination Yellow Engraved, on 7/06/2009.
The resighting was a distance of approximately 4592 km, with a bearing of 348 degrees, from the marking location.
Plumage described as: Partial Breeding.
First international sighting of this bird. Interestingly, aged '1' when banded.
Photo at:
http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/view ... &extra=page%3D1
Thank you for contributing to shorebird research studies in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. The information you have helped to collect is valuable for scientific and conservation purposes.
Please report to us any further flag sightings you may make in the future. This can be direct or via the electronic form on the Australasian Wader Studies Group website:
http://www.awsg.org.au/reportform.php
The "processing" of leg flag sightings is financially supported by the Australian Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.
Yours sincerely,
Clive Minton,
Australasian Wader Studies Group
Processed 02/04/2010,
our reference: 00024593 (UNH37785).
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