About Graham Clarkson

Born & brought up in Marshside, I started birding there in the mid 1970s & made my first birding trip to Martin Mere in 1977. I've lived, worked & birdied in Abu Dhabi, Northern Ireland & Gloucestershire & I've spent time working in Kazakhstan & Madagascar. I enjoy birding my various West Lancashire patches, making frequent birding visits throughout the north-west of England and North Wales. I stray elsewhere in the UK & enjoy birding abroad from time to time. I'm particularly interested in wildfowl (especially pink-footed geese) with an interest in waders & raptors, bird counts & surveys & conservation. I'm trying to get the hang of photography & digiscoping - I'll get there eventually.

My degree from Edge Hill University is in conservation biology. I've guided on numerous birding days out & trips & guided birding holidays to Lesvos, Andalucia, Extremedura, Majorca, Camargue, Hungary, Finland & Florida. I enjoy showing people birds & habitats & helping them learn more about birds & enjoy birding. I'm currently involved with the Birdwatching and Beyond course at Edge Hill and a brand new venture; Skein Birding.

As well as birding I'm interested in captive breeding & reintroduction projects & zoos, how they're managed & how they contribute to conservation. I'm a proud Lancastrian & love the Lancashire countryside & landscapes. I'm an Evertonian & also keep up with what's happening at Southport, PNE & Bristol Rovers. Gardening, dogs (I have a Labrador & a Tibetan Terrier) and keeping chickens (especially Marsh Daisys & Scots Dumpy Bantams). Ruth & I have two marvellous boys who both love nature too. I hope you find the blog and subjects covered interesting; please feel free to leave a comment.

Tuesday, 21 August 2012

Black-tailed Godwit ring details and movements

An intersting one this, ringed on The Wash in 2002 and on the Ribble nine years later. Read on;

Hi Graham,
Very many thanks for reporting these sightings, and apologies for the delay in getting some of the details back to you. These sightings are extremely valuable to us, but I am afraid it is not always possible to reply as quickly as we would like. One of the birds that you reported is from my scheme - the details are below (with the ringing information on the first line):
 ON-GW

09.09.02
Holbeach, the Wash estuary, Lincolnshire, E England
18.12.03
Dee estuary, Cheshire, NW England
19.03.04
Cley, Norfolk, E England
23.03.04
Cley, Norfolk, E England
24.03.04
Cley, Norfolk, E England
25.03.04
Cley, Norfolk, E England
26.03.04
Cley, Norfolk, E England
28.03.04
Cley, Norfolk, E England
25.11.04
Marshside, Ribble estuary, Lancashire, NW England
31.01.05
Marshside, Ribble estuary, Lancashire, NW England
24.04.05
Colne estuary, Essex, E England
29.05.05
Cley, Norfolk, E England
30.05.05
Cley, Norfolk, E England
04.06.05
Cley, Norfolk, E England
08.06.05
Cley, Norfolk, E England
09.06.05
Cley, Norfolk, E England
12.06.05
Cley, Norfolk, E England
14.06.05
Cley, Norfolk, E England
20.06.05
Cley, Norfolk, E England
21.06.05
Cley, Norfolk, E England
22.06.05
Cley, Norfolk, E England
30.10.05
Marshside, Ribble estuary, Lancashire, NW England
23.11.05
Dee estuary, Cheshire, NW England
03.11.06
Dee estuary, Cheshire, NW England
10.03.07
Stour estuary, Essex, E England
11.03.07
Stour estuary, Essex, E England
12.11.07
Dee estuary, Cheshire, NW England
14.11.07
Dee estuary, Cheshire, NW England
22.12.07
Dee estuary, Cheshire, NW England
23.03.08
Dee estuary, Cheshire, NW England
19.09.11
Marshside, Ribble estuary, Lancashire, NW England

Thanks again
 Jenny

Dr Jennifer Gill
School of Biological Sciences
University of East Anglia
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