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Author: John Holmes Time: 25/04/2022 13:13 Subject: Mai Po boardwalk hide, 25th April 2022

Common Greenshank “C3”

Red-necked Stint “V1” photo

Greater Sand Plover Yellow single flag (lost one ?) photo

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Author: lkatherine Time: 26/04/2022 15:18

Thanks John.

C3 was ringed in Nov-21. This is the 20th sighting, all from Mai Po Boardwalk.

V1 was just ringed the week before on 17-Apr.

The single yellow flagged Greater Sand Plover is from Eighty Mile Beach, North-west Australia, the hint being that the metal ring is on left tarsus. At Mai Po, we put "everything" on right leg.

Katherine

Author: John Holmes Time: 26/04/2022 17:31 Subject: Australian Leg Flag

Hi Katherine,

Thanks for the clarification - I hadn’t considered that the metal rings might be on left leg for Australia, right for HK.

Noted !

John

Author: lkatherine Time: 26/04/2022 18:18

No worries!
Not 100% always the case but "usually" metal ring position is a good clue to mystery flagged birds

Katherine

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