Many thanks for the prompt response from Richard du Feu and Jeroen Reneerkens who have supplied me with full details of the colour-ringed Sanderlings, Steve and Jim, who were on Ainsdale beach a few days ago.
Turns out Jim is actually called Ido, although he can be forgiven for this duplicity by making it from the top of Greenland to Ainsdale beach in a little over three weeks.
Very cool.
Jeroen explains: "G5GYWR has been ringed on a nest in Northeast Greenland by us recently! The bird is called "Ido" after the son of Koos Dijksterhuis, who caught this bird with me.
"The pair (we also caught the female) was quite succesful until the day that the chicks hatched. On that day the weather deteriorated (snow and very strong wind) for several days. We are not 100% certain, but we believe that the chicks, that had already left the nest, did not survive this inclement weather."
Anyway, here comes the science bit...
STEVE
Colorcode:G3GYYR
Name Ringer:Gunnar ÃÂór HallgrÃÂmsson
2nd Ringer:Jeroen Reneerkens
Ringnr:872556
Date Catch:17-5-2008
Catching Place: Sandgerði, "second beach", Iceland
Sightings of this bird:
3-11-2008: Levante Beach, El Puerto de Santa MarÃÂa, Cadiz, Spain. Seen by Rafael GarcÃÂa Costales
14-1-2009: Levante Beach, El Puerto de Santa MarÃÂa, Cadiz, Spain. Seen by Rafael GarcÃÂa Costales
12-3-2009: Levante Beach, El Puerto de Santa MarÃÂa, Cadiz, Spain. Seen by Rafael GarcÃÂa Costales
6-4-2009: Levante Beach, El Puerto de Santa MarÃÂa, Cadiz, Spain. Seen by Rafael GarcÃÂa Costales
16-8-2009: Ainsdale, Southport, Merseyside. Seen by John Dempsey
JIM (aka IDO)
Colorcode:G5GYWR
Name Ringer:Jeroen Reneerkens
2nd Ringer:Koos Dijksterhuis
Ringnr:8211192
Date Catch:20-7-2009
Catching Place:Zackenberg, Greenland
Sightings of this bird:
24-7-2009: Zackenberg, Greenland. Seen by Jeroen Reneerkens and Koos Dijksterhuis
16-8-2009: Ainsdale, Southport, Merseyside. Seen by John Dempsey
Richard also kindly sent me details of a third colour ringed bird seen at Ainsdale recently.
(I'll call this one, "The Sanderling with no name")
Colorcode: G5YGWW
Name Ringer: Jeroen Reneerkens
Ringnr: 8223240
Date Catch: 11/07/2007
Catching Place: Zackenberg, Greenland.
Sightings of this bird:
17/08/2007: The Wash. Seen by Chris Kelly.
28/08/2007: The Wash. Seen by Chris Kelly.
29/08/2007: The Wash. Seen by Chris Kelly.
30/08/2007: The Wash. Seen by Chris Kelly.
01/09/2007: The Wash. Seen by Chris Kelly.
02/09/2007: The Wash. Seen by Chris Kelly.
06/08/2009: Ribble Estuary, Ainsdale-on-Sea, Southport. Seen by Phillip Tomkinson.
Fascinating stuff.
Away from the blinged-up clockwork waders, a Swift heading south early this afternoon over Marshside, with many hirundines on the move too, and a fine Peregrine coming in off the estuary at the top of Southport Marine Lake at 8.10pm.
Over 100 Sandwich Terns fishing offshore at Ainsdale tonight, stark white against an angry purple sky at 8.35pm.
Mothing last night at Dempsey Towers brought dustbins full of Large Yellow Underwing, a nice Goldspot and two Poplar Hawkmoths.
Eyes to the skies everyone, eyes to the skies...
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Swift over Plex Moss Lane and a lovely female Redstart hunting from a fence post just off the track on the third bend this afternoon
59 Sand Martins moving south on a storm front last night at about 8.15 - 9pm - this was a garden tick por moi and mucho appreciated as I sipped my brew....with a celebratory cigar!
Big tide tomorrow should be a mammal fest at local salt marshes, but not as good as today's porpoise record in the mucky brown water at Pickerings Pasture, at least 7 individuals feeding in the tide.
Also got Golden Plover back in dribs and drabs - ones and twos going through at the moment so things are starting to shift around at last!
20.8.09, Formby Point seawatch, 1000-1315:
Great Crested Grebe 1
Manx Shearwater 1250
Gannet 925
Common Scoter 120
Pomarine Skua 1
Arctic Skua 7
Sandwich Tern 660
Common Tern 240
Arctic Tern 44
Little Tern 2
Guillemot 2
Pom was a second summer, v close in.