Sanderlings at Ryde, I.O.W.

The first and third day, Eileen and I started birding down at Ryde Esplanade where on both occasions we saw these little Sanderling running up and down the beach.  A few of the photos are Eileen and you will see near the end, that we spotted 2 with coloured rings on.  Eileen sent the information to the correct researcher and received details back which I will share with you later in the post.  At the end there is a small video of both Eileen and my clips.

 

 

 

 

This is the view we had of the Sanderlings.  I wonder can you even see them?

 

 

This view is a bit closer and you can see the difference between the size of the Sanderlings, Oystercatcher, Black headed Gulls and Dark bellied Brent Geese.

 

 

All the photos have been cropped so the quality is not as good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Look how big that Black headed Gull looks in comparison to the Sanderlings

 

 

These last 4 shots are the Sanderlings we discovered with coloured tags on.

 

 

As you can see both birds have different coloured bands.  However both birds were catch at the same place which was Eastoke,Hayling Island Hampshire and both were ringed by Peter Potts of the Farlington Ringing Group.  One on the 19 August 20013 and the other on 18 September 2013. 

 

 

 The next sightings of these 2 birds were by us on the 2 December at

Ryde East Sands, I.O.W.

 

I hope you enjoyed seeing these Sanderlings and now you can see them in action on the beach.  They sent us a lot of interesting information on the research being done on these little birds.

The video can be accessed at

http://youtu.be/sm63BlxYKho

If there is a black space below,  click it and the video will appear.

I hope you enjoyed seeing these Sanderlings on Ryde beach.

 

Tomorrow, I will continue with my

Saturdays post and show you Part 2 of the Pale bellied Brent Geese that I started last week.

 

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