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Subject: Mai Po 2025/01/15 and 22 [Print This Page]
Author: bigbird    Time: 1/02/2025 20:28     Subject: Mai Po 2025/01/15 and 22

Jan 15:
Marsh Sandpiper AT

Jan 22:
Pied Avocet 33
Grey Plover E0
Whimbrel H0
Common Redshanks: 41 flagged out of around 400 on the mudflat. Hopefully I got the flags right
AB
AH
AX
CA
CJ
CM
CP
DT
EA
J8
KT
LW
LY
LZ
M4
MY
NT
PD
PE
PW
PY
SW
TA
TJ
TP
UD
UE
UW
V9
XJ
XN
XP
XT
Y5
YA
YH
YN
YV
YY
Z4
ZL
Author: lkatherine    Time: 4/02/2025 17:12

Thank you bigbird for so many sightings!

Here are the history of these birds:

Marsh Sandpiper AT - ringed 14-Jan-24 as 1st winter bird; 6 sightings from Mai Po including 2 from you in Mar and Apr 24.

Pied Avocet 33 should be S3 - ringed 3-Jan-25 as adult; 1st sighting.

Grey Plover E0 - originally ringed at J8 on 8-Mar-2012 as adult, so now at least 14 years old. Retrap on 4-Jan-22 with new flag E0 replaced. 30 sightings from Mai Po since 2012. Last seen Jan-2024. 1st sighting for this season.

Whimbrel H0 - ringed on 28-Sep-22 as 1st winter bird; 24 sightings from Mai Po including your sighting on 12-Mar-24.

Common Redshanks:

AB - ringed 10-Sep-21 as adult; 17 sightings from Mai Po and Shenzhen Futian; last seen Apr-24; 1st sighting of this 2024-25 season.

AH- ringed on 20-Sep-20 as 1st winter bird; 21 sightings from Mai Po; last seen earlier on 4-Jan.

AX - also ringed on 20-Sep-20 as 1st winter bird; 28 sightings from Mai Po and Tsim Bei Tsui; last seen earlier on 4-Jan.

CA - also ringed on 20-Sep-20 as 1st winter bird; 21 sightings from Mai Po; last seen Apr-24; 1st report for this season

CJ - ringed on 14-Nov-20 as adult; 20 sightings from Mai Po and Shenzhen Futain; you've seen this bird in Feb-23; last report in Apr-24; 1st report for this season.

CM - also ringed on 14-Nov-20 as adult; 13 sightings from Mai Po, Shenzhen Futian and one sighting from you on 26-Jan-24 at Tai sang Wai; last report on Nov-24.

CP - also ringed on 14-Nov-20 as adult; 15 sightings from Mai Po; last report earlier on 4-Jan.

DT - ringed on 14-Jan-21 as adult; 14 sightings from Mai Po and Shenzhen Futian; last report in Feb-23; 1st report for this season.

EA - ringed on 10-Sep-21 as adult; 14 sightings from Mai Po and Shenzhen Futian; last report in Apr-24 at Nam Sang Wai; 1st report for this season.

J8 - ringed on 19-Aug-2026 as 2nd winter bird; 13 sightings from Mai Po and HK Wetland Park; last seen Dec-23; 1st report of this season.

KT - ringed on 8-Nov-21 as 1st winter bird; 20 sightings from Mai Po including your sightings in Feb-23 and Oct-23; last seen May-24; 1st report for this season.

LW - ringed on 14-Apr-22 as adult; 16 sightings from Mai Po and Tsim Bei Tsui including your sighting in Apr-24; last report on 20-Apr-24; 1st report for this season.

LY - recently ringed on 3-Jan-25 as adult; 1st sighting.

LZ - ringed on 29-Apr-22 as adult; 4 sightings from Mai Po and Shenzhen Futian; you saw it in Apr-24; last seen May-24; 1st report of this season.

M4 - ringed on 10-Nov-18 as adult; 46 sightings from Mai Po, Shenzhen and also seen in Mongolia in 2020 and 2021 summer, assume breeding there; you saw this bird previously in Feb-23, Sep-23, Nov-23 an Aug-24; last seen Aug-24.

MY - ringed on 4-Mar-22 as adult; 30 sightings from Mai Po and Shenzhen Futian; you saw this bird before in Nov-23, Mar-24 and Apr-24; last seen by you on 9-Jan.

NT - ringed on 29-Apr-22 as adult; 10 sightings from Mai Po and Shenzhen Futian; last seen by you on 9-Jan.

PD - ringed on 2-Sep-22 as 1st winter bird; 10 sightings from Mai Po, 4 of them are from you; last seen by you in Apr-24; 1st report of this season.

PE - also ringed on 2-Sep-22 as adult; 18 sightings from Mai Po and Shenzhen Futian; you saw this bird in Feb-23, Feb-24 and Apr-24; last seen May-24; 1st report of this season.

PW - ringed on 28-Sep-22 as adult; 4 sightings from Mai Po; last seen Mar-24; 1st report of this season

PY - also ringed on 28-Sep-22 as adult; 12 sightings from Mai Po; you saw this bird in Oct-22 and Apr-24; last seen earlier on 4-Jan.

SW - also ringed on 28-Sep-22 as 1st year bird; 7 sighting from Mai Po and Shenzhen; you saw it in Apr-24; last report in Aug-24.

TA - ringed on 25-Nov-22 as adult; only 3 sightings from Mai Po in Mar and Nov 2024.

TJ - ringed on 26-Nov-22 as 1st year bird; 12 sightings from Mai Po, Tsim Bei Tsui and Shenzhen; you saw it in Jan and May-23 and Mar-24; last seen earlier on 4-Jan.

TP - ringed on 28-Oct-22 as 1st year bird; only 3 sightings from Mai Po in Jan-Feb 23 and Feb-24.

UD - a bird originally ringed without flag on 10-May-2021; flag added on 2-Sep-22 as adult; 9 sightings from Mai Po; last seen earlier on 4-Jan.

UE - ringed on 2-Sep-22 as adult; 7 sightings from Mai Po and Shenzhen (3 are from you in Feb-23 and Feb-24); 1st report of this season.

UW - ringed on 28-Sep-22 as 1st year bird; 13 sightings from Mai Po; you saw this bird in Feb-23, Sep-23 and Mar-24; last report in Aug-24.

V9 - ringed on 26-Oct-19 as 1st year bird; 10 sightings from Mai Po; last seen Sep-2022.

XJ - ringed on 15-Nov-23 as adult; 2 sightings from Mai Po Jan and Apr 2024; 1st report of this season.

XN - also ringed on 15-Nov-23 as 1st year bird; 29 sighting from Mai Po; 9 of these are from you (Mar-24, Apr-24, May-24, Aug-24, Sep-24, Dec-24 and earlier on 5-Jan-25).

XP - also ringed on 15-Nov-23 as adult; this is the 1st sighting

XT - also ringed on 15-Nov-23 as adult; 6 sightings mostly from Nam Sang Wai; last seen earlier on 9-Jan-25 at Mai Po.

Y5 - ringed on 20-Sep-20 as 1st year bird; 23 sightings from Mai Po and Nam Sang Wai; last seen Aug-24.

YA - ringed on 17-Dec-23 as adult; 5 reports from Mai Po; you saw this bird in Apr-24; 1st report of this season.

YH - ringed on 14-Jan-24 as adult; only 3 sightings from Mai Po: Mar-24 and Oct-24.

YN - ringed on 5-Oct-24 as 1st year bird; 2 sightings from Mai Po.

YV and YY - both ringed on 1-Nov-24 as adult; 1st sighting.

Z4 - ringed on 20-Sep-20 as 1st year bird; 53 sightings from Mai Po and Sha Kiu; you saw it before in Sep-23, Nov-23, Mar-24, Sep-24 and on 9-Jan-25 earlier.

ZL - ringed on 1-Nov-24 as 1st year bird; you saw it earlier on 9-Jan.

Thank you so much!

Katherine
Author: bigbird    Time: 4/02/2025 21:51

Quote:
Original posted by lkatherine at 4/02/2025 17:12
Thank you bigbird for so many sightings!

Here are the history of these birds:

Marsh Sandpiper AT - ringed 14-Jan-24 as 1st winter bird; 6 sightings from Mai Po including 2 from you in Mar and Apr 24 ...
Thanks for taking the time to provide such detail info! Appreciated!

[ Last edited by bigbird at 5/02/2025 10:25 ]



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