Friday 20 July 2018

Oystercatcher green T554

In a couple of posts below mention is made of  Oystercatcher migration through the Teifi estuary.  Last Sunday - 15th July, Gary Reynolds found a colour-ringed Oystercatcher in the roost viewed from  The Webley Hotel.


Green T554 --
The Oystercatcher was ringed --

 ........ Kverme, Brusand, Hå, Rogaland, Norway - 58°32'37"N 005°44'25"E
Aged as a 3+ year old bird and ringed om the 3rd May this year - 2018 

 T554 has travelled 720km from the site of ringing to the Teifi and appeared to move on after roosting.
The Migration Atlas (BTO) shows this to be a known movement for birds from this presumably Norwegian breeding population.