Hi Stu. This recently received re Little Egret seen at Gib in August
Dear Nigel
Many thanks for your valuable sighting of a colour ringed Little Egret, and apologies for the delay in getting back to you.
Please find attached a life history report for this bird, which as you will see was ringed as a nestling last summer just across the Wash from you. I have copied this email to the ringer, Jez Blackburn. If you have any further sightings of this bird, even if from the same location, I would be very grateful for the details.
You will see that I have accepted this record as Orange D Yellow K, rather than Red D Yellow K. This is because, whilst we do use red rings, we have not used that particular combination yet. Orange rings are getting reported as red quite frequently, but for future reference they have black letters, whereas the red rings have white letters.
Finally, if you would like to know more about this project, please don't hesitate to let me know.
Best wishes
Richard Hearn
British & Irish Little Egret study
Life history of colour-marked bird
Bird ID: Left = orange D, Right = yellow K
Date of ringing: 16 June 2007 Site: near Terrington St Clement, Norfolk Age: Nestling
Date Location County State Observer
02/08/2007 Gibraltar Point NNR Lincolnshire Alive, seen in field Nigel Lound
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