Tuesday, 15 November 2011

Barwit ELS Re-sighting Details.

On the 14th April this year whilst in Yangkou, China I observed this female bar tailed godwit wearing a yellow flag with the letters ELS inscribed. This bird was seen today on the 15th November back in Australia. See the history and summary below.

Summary of sightings

Bar-tailed Godwit

Banding/Recapture DE

27/08/2006 Quarry Beach, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-18.00, 122.37) Australia

07322041 (DE) Aged 2 Sex F

Resighting DE

23/09/2006 Fish Heads beach, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-18.00, 122.37) Australia

Sex F Alice Ewing

1115-1200h

09/10/2006 Wader Spit, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-17.98, 122.33) Australia

Alice Ewing

28/10/2006 Stilt Viewing, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-17.98, 122.33) Australia

Sex F Alice Ewing

18/12/2006 Observatory Beach, Crab Ck Rd, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-18.00, 122.37) Australia

Chris Hassell (Good flag condition)

16/10/2007 Stilt Viewing, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-17.98, 122.33) Australia

Sex F Alice Ewing (Good flag condition)

ONE SIDE OF FLAG SLIGHTLY FADED, THE OTHER SIDE IS GOOD

25/10/2007 Observatory Beach, Crab Ck Rd, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-18.00, 122.37) Australia

Sex F Alice Ewing (Good flag condition)

01/11/2007 Boiler Point, Roebuck Bay, Broome (17.00, 122.00) Australia

Chris Hassell (Slightly Faded flag condition)

10/11/2007 Two Dog Hermit beach, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-18.00, 122.37) Australia

Sex F Alice Ewing (Good flag condition)

23/02/2008 Stilt Viewing, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-17.98, 122.33) Australia

Lee Tibbitts

06/10/2008 Stilt Viewing, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-17.98, 122.33) Australia

Chris Hassell

20/10/2008 Stilt Viewing, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-17.98, 122.33) Australia

Sex F Alice Ewing (Slightly Faded flag condition)

15/02/2009 Nicks Beach, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-18.00, 122.37) Australia

Chris Hassell & Adrian Boyle(Good flag condition)

10/10/2009 Stilt Viewing, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-17.98, 122.33) Australia

Sex F Alice Ewing (Very Badly Faded flag condition)

11/10/2009 Stilt Viewing, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-17.98, 122.33) Australia

Sex F Alice Ewing (Badly Faded flag condition)

21/10/2009 Stilt Viewing, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-17.98, 122.33) Australia

Alice Ewing (Badly Faded flag condition)

22/10/2009 Stilt Viewing, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-17.98, 122.33) Australia

Sex F Alice Ewing (Very Badly Faded flag condition)

23/10/2009 Stilt Viewing, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-17.98, 122.33) Australia

Sex F Alice Ewing (Badly Faded flag condition)

06/01/2010 Simpson's Beach, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-17.99, 122.21) Australia

Clare Morton & Grant Morton(Badly Faded flag condition)

14/01/2010 Simpson's Beach, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-17.99, 122.21) Australia

Clare Morton & Grant Morton(Badly Faded flag condition)

23/03/2010 Stilt Viewing, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-17.98, 122.33) Australia

Chris Hassell

05/04/2010 Wader Beach, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-17.98, 122.33) Australia

Chris Hassell & Clare Morton(Slightly Faded flag condition)

11/02/2011 Boiler Point, Roebuck Bay, Broome (17.00, 122.00) Australia

Chris Hassell ... & Grant Morton(Slightly Faded flag condition)

17/03/2011 Wader Beach, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-17.98, 122.33) Australia

Adrian Boyle & Clare Morton(Badly Faded flag condition)

Banding/Recapture ELS

01/04/2011 Quarry Beach (West), Roebuck Bay, Broome (-18.00, 122.37) Australia

07322041 (ELS) Aged 3+ Sex F

Flag replaced

Resighting ELS

02/04/2011 Eagles Roost, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-17.92, 122.58) Australia

Chris Hassell & Mo Verhoeven

03/04/2011 Wader Spit, Roebuck Bay, Broome (-17.98, 122.33) Australia

Ray Turnbull ... & BBO Visitor

14/04/2011 Yangkeow Estuary,Rudong (18.00, 122.37) China (mainland)

Simon Buckell

Photos provided.AWSG Ref# 30788

08/05/2011 Rudong County, Jiangsu (32.47, 121.20) China (mainland)

David Melville & Julia Melville

15/11/2011 Minton's Straight (-17.98, 122.35) Australia

Grant Morton