A late night call to the first ever attempt to catch Sanderling on the Hampshire coast saw a midday run down to join Pete Potts and other members of the Farlington RG to set up and take a quick successful catch of 103 Sanderling, all of which were rung as part of the Dutch study programme. Included in the 103 was a single control originally rung in Iceland and already colour ringed. Ringing continued as darkness fell, with everyone contributing as the birds went through several stages of processing, finally being colour ringed before release.
Setting up
Moving from boxes to keep net
Processing - ageing and wing length
Release
Team processing
Icelandic Control
Continuing after dusk
With colour rings about to be released
Total:Sanderling - 102 (1)