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More geolocators retrieved
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Date: 23/09/2014
During a cannon net catch on 22 September we caught 16 Greenshank. Six were retraps, and three of those had geolocators fitted either in January 2014 or September 2013. So there should be information about their whereabouts during the summer. The bird which received its geolocator in September last year remained in Chichester Harbour through the winter, we think, but maybe there will be a surprise.
This catch followed one 9 days earlier, when we failed to catch any birds with geolocators. However we did have a good catch of Redshank and ringed 4 new Greenshank.
Local observers had been recording colour-ringed Greenshank regularly since the middle of July. By 24 August we had seen all but 3 of the birds with geolocators. The ‘missing’ birds have still not been seen, and all the others were still here last week.
The image shows the catch team on 22 September.