Calderdale Birds: Twite

Monday, November 09, 2009

I see there is a flock of 88 Twite at spurn(spurn website) are any of these our birds.???

Nick Carter said...: No mention of any colour rings but I'll e mail Andy Roadhouse and see if anyone has checked them; 5:42 pm
Nick Carter said...: Andy has got back to me, virtually all their twite have been passing through on vis mig watches, the 88 was a modern day record but all fly throughs.; 8:02 pm
S Gray said...: received from Dave Sowter today

Hi David,

I was doing a bird survey at the Welwick realignment site on the Humber Estuary on Friday 6th November and counted a record number of 75 Twite. The largest number I have seen since I started the survey in 2002.

One of the bird had colour rings. I have read it as:

Three colour seen on left leg - Red Above White Above Pink.

Bird ringed at Deer Hill this summer; 9:53 pm
S Gray said...: sorry the email was from

L.Mander
Ornithologist/Marine Ecologist, IECS; 9:56 pm