The above male was at Swales Moor from at least 28th Nov 2010 until at least 2nd March 2011 and seen on and off with the Linnet flock. It was ringed/colour ringed at Heysham, Lanc's in 2010. 
The above male has been at Fly Flats since 28th March this year and is paired, having been seen feeding an unringed female. Ring number is T938238 and it was ringed at Cant Clough (just over the border towards Burnley) on 25th October 2010. 
The above female was seen at Fly flats last week 8th April. I have not been able to see the colour of the ring above the green on the right leg but its BTO ring ends in 8. This makes it one of two birds. It is either a sibling of the bird below OR a Lumbutts bird ringed on 8th June 2010. I will be trying to relocate this bird to get the ring colour above the green on the right leg so we can get a positive id. 
The above male has been at Fly Flats since 8th April. It was ringed (X647902) at Fly Flats on 2nd June 2010. I saw this bird at Fly Flats on 18th October 2010 and it was seen at Leverton, Linc's on 14th Feb 2011 before returning to Fly Flats last week.Many thanks to Nick, Dave and Sean for the information as above.
If anyone locates any colour ringed Twite please let me know. I find the best idea is to get some digital photos of the legs and take a closer look when I get them back onto the computer. With a bit of luck some numbers can also be seen as well on the metal ring and even though it might not be possible to get all six digits even one or two might help to identify the bird.
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Excellent post Dave, well done in following these up!
Fantastic info Dave and thanks to the team who provided it.
will always try and help, we rely on all the sightings from birders so please keep them coming sorry to hear the funding was stopped this year on the Twite
It's not quite as bad as it might sound Sean, NE have withdrawn funding so we don't have any formal monitoring going on (ie by Nick W) but RSPB are still funding the important "on the ground" work with landowners, farmers etc so the habitat creation, hay meadow restoration etc is continuing. I have had lengthy discussions with RSPB and they tell me it is hopeful that the monitoring may be continued in the future to assess the success of the habitat work
Hello
Even the last number on the metal ring of the Heysham bird may be enough to identify it to the actual date and the last two certainly
Cheers
Pete Marsh
Thanks for the response Pete. I will double check my photo's of the Heysham bird just in case I can find any digits - but I doubt it!
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