Sightings From Belfast Harbour Lagoon in Northern Ireland

We got this sightings last Thursday from Stephen Maxwell through the school Scoil Iosaef Naofa website http://www.scoiliosaefnaofa.com/Godwit.htm,
Stephen sent photos.

 The first is  - LW-RRflag which means lime ring above white ring on left tibia and red ring above red flag on right tibia. Photo Stephen Maxwell .

The second is YY-RX or yellow ring above a yellow ring on left tibia and red and white ring on right tibia. The white ring has X marked on it. Photo Stephen Maxwell

They were both seen and photographed on the 8th February at about 1.00pm at
RSPB Belfast Harbour Lagoon Reserve (54 degrees 37.49 minutes North / 5
degrees 52.30 minutes West) in a feeding flock of about 100 birds on wet
grassland.

This is a good example of sightings with informations about date, time, behaviour, habitat, location and flock size.

LW-RRflag was ringed as a pullus in NW Iceland.
(topline is ringing informations)

LW-RRflag 04.07.09 Sandar, Þingeyri, Dyrafjordur, NW Iceland
LW-RRflag 25.09.10 Kilcoole, County Wicklow, E Ireland
LW-RRflag 25.09.10 Kilcoole Marsh, County Wicklow, E Ireland
LW-RRflag 11.03.11 Dundalk Bay, Co. Louth, E Ireland
LW-RRflag 01.06.11 Hjarðardalur, Önundarfjörður, Ísafjarðarsýsla, NW Iceland
LW-RRflag 04.11.11 Bull Island, Co. Dublin, E Ireland
LW-RRflag 08.02.12 RSPB harbour lagoon reserve in Belfast, N Ireland


YY-RX was ringed as an adult on a spring passage in E Iceland.
(topline is ringing informations)

YY-RX 03.05.03 Álftafjörður, E Iceland
YY-RX 05.05.03 Álftafjörður, E Iceland
YY-RX 24.12.03 Belfast Lough, Co. Antrim, N Ireland
YY-RX 18.01.04 Belfast Lough, Co. Antrim, N Ireland
YY-RX 23.04.04 Belfast Lough, Co. Antrim, N Ireland
YY-RX 29.04.04 Karmøy, Rogaland, SW Norway
YY-RX 09.06.04 Vestmanna, Faroes
YY-RX 18.06.04 Dee Estuary, Cheshire, NW England
YY-RX 18.07.05 Chichester Harbour, Sussex, S England
YY-RX 07.08.05 Chichester Harbour, Sussex, S England
YY-RX 08.08.05 Chichester Harbour, Sussex, S England
YY-RX 14.04.06 RSPB harbour lagoon reserve in Belfast, N Ireland
YY-RX 24.02.07 Belfast harbour, Belfast, N Ireland
YY-RX 26.02.07 Belfast harbour, Belfast, N Ireland
YY-RX 17.09.07 Vale Frades, Tagus Estuary, Setúbal, W Portugal
YY-RX 30.09.07 Réserve Naturelle du Marais d,Yves, Charente-Maritime, W France
YY-RX 12.03.09 RSPB Belfast Harbour Reserve, Antrim, N Ireland
YY-RX 16.04.09 Belfast harbour, Belfast, N Ireland
YY-RX 06.08.09 New ferry, Mersey estuary, Lancashire, NW England
YY-RX 08.12.09 Suttons Marsh, Marshside RSPB, Lancashire, NW England
YY-RX 09.12.11 Marshside RSPB reserve,Merseyside,NW England
YY-RX 08.02.12 RSPB harbour lagoon reserve in Belfast, N Ireland