Hamble Point - 27 Mar 2011

A pleasant day on the south coast at Hamble Point with Pete Potts et al endeavouring to get a catch of waders, with Knot, Redshank, Turnstone, Oystercatcher, Dunlin and a few Grey Plover in the area. At one stage we had an odd twenty or so Turnstone in front of the net but with birds in the safety area, we lost them and ended up later with a small group of mainly Oyestercatchers in front of the net when the catch was taken, resulting in eight new birds, two Redshank and six Oystercatchers, along with a potential Oystercatcher control.

 Redhank - adult going through colour ringing

 

Oystercatcher - 5

  

  Oystercatcher - adult control after colour ringing

Oystercatcher - adult  through colour ringing