Friday 10 August 2012

10th August 2012 Pulborough RSPB

Barn Owl 3
Black-tailed Godwit 2
Greenshank 2
Green Sandpiper 3
Common Sandpiper 2
Swallow c.400




Black-tailed Godwit at Pulborough
Continental limosa or Icelandic islandica ? More on the identification of these forms here:





Colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit at Pulborough
This website suggests there is a colour-ringing scheme of nominate limosa that includes birds sporting a dark blue ring on the right tarsus: