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| Blyth Estuary, Blythburgh, Suffolk |
On Saturday evening I had a colour-ringed Avocet feeding on the Blyth behind the White Hart. Such is the level of science I exhibit I am already in receipt of the birds history:
As can be seen, the bird was ringed down in West Sussex last June at Chichester Harbour, a straight line distance of 250km (south west) from my sighting.
The bird was sighted in Suffolk on Havergate Island back in September 2024 and then at Minsmere back in March of this year. It then spent June down in Hampshire, presumably breeding, at Farlington Marshes Nature Reserve - just to the north of the ringing site.
The bird did seem to be paired whilst I was watching it, closely associating with another bird, with no other proximate Avocet:
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| Colour-ringed Avocet - Blythburgh 27th September 2025 |
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| Colour-ringed Avocet - Blythburgh 27th September 2025 |
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| Colour-ringed Avocet - Blythburgh 27th September 2025 |