Dutch-ringed Sandwich Tern r-H97 at Meikle Craigs, Troon today. Ringed on Slijkplaat, Haringvliet in May 2024, and seen on the Platier d'Oye reserve, northern France in July 2024. #ringreading
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A second ringed Kittiwake at Troon harbour last weekend, this one ringed on Inchkeith as an adult in 2009. Likely to have crossed overland from the Forth to the Clyde on its way to winter in the north Atlantic #ringreading
Kittiwake b-XCZ at Troon harbour last weekend. Ringed on Colonsay as an adult in June 2021 and last seen there in 2022 #ringreading
Icelandic-ringed Oystercatcher at Barassie, Troon this morning. Ringed in Önundarfjörður in the West Fjords in 2014, this is my first sighting of this one since 2020 at the same location #ringreading
German-ringed Med Gull at Meikle Craigs, Troon this morning. Ringed in Leipzig in June 2022, my first sighting of it since 2023. A bird that also turns up at West Wemyss. One of 41 Meds present, but the only colour ringed bird #ringreading