2001
April 21, Geum estuary.
A Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica was sighted by NM at: Geum River Estuary, Chungham Province, Republic of Korea, 36deg 0min 0sec N, 126deg 44min 0sec E on 21/04/01 with flag(s) as follows:
LEFT leg: green flag on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on tarsus
RIGHT leg: nothing/unknown on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on tarsusAWSG: This bird was flagged in Brisbane region (Australia), approximate co-ordinates 27deg 20min S, 153deg 10min E, which uses the flag combination Green, sometime since 1991.
The resighting was a distance of approximately 7569 km, with a bearing of 337 degrees, from the marking location. This bird was a female.A Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica was sighted by NM at Geum River Estuary, Chungham Province, Republic of Korea, 36deg 0min 0sec N, 126deg 44min 0sec E on 21/04/01 with flag(s) as follows:
LEFT leg: nothing/unknown on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on tarsus
RIGHT leg: yellow flag on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on tarsus.AWSG: This bird was flagged in North-west Australia, approximate co-ordinates 19deg 0min S, 122deg 0min E, which uses the flag combination Yellow, sometime since August 1992.
The resighting was a distance of approximately 6137 km, with a bearing of 5 degrees, from the marking location.
This bird was a femaleA Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata was sighted by NM at Geum River Estuary, Chungham Province, Republic of Korea, 36deg 0min 0sec N, 126deg 44min 0sec E on 21/04/01 with flag(s) as follows:
LEFT leg: orange flag on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on tarsus
RIGHT leg: nothing/unknown on tibia (upper), above nothing/unknown on tarsusAWSG. This bird was flagged in Victoria (Australia), approximate co-ordinates 38deg 0min S, 145deg 0min E, which uses the flag combination Orange, sometime since January 1990.
The resighting was a distance of approximately 8442 km, with a bearing of 345 degrees, from the marking location.
Plumage described as: Breeding.
April 22, Geum estuary (500 m from sighting on 21st)
A Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata was sighted by NM and CM at Geum River Estuary, Chungham Province, Republic of Korea, 36deg 0min 0sec N, 126deg 44min 0sec E on 22/04/01 with flag(s) as follows:
LEFT leg: nothing/unknown on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on tarsus.
RIGHT leg: orange flag on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on Tarsus.AWSG.This bird was flagged in Victoria (Australia), approximate co-ordinates 38deg 0min S, 145deg 0min E, which uses the flag combination Orange, sometime since January 1990.
The resighting was a distance of approximately 8442 km, with a bearing of 345 degrees, from the marking location.
April 23, Geum estuary,
Kentish Plover (sex not noted; neither which leg) Orange Lower.
Dunlin (sex/condition not noted; neither which leg) Orange lowerPresumably both banded by the south Korean Environmental Research Institute.
April 24, Okku Mangyeung
A Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis was sighted by NM at Okku Mangyeung, 35deg 50min 0sec N, 126deg 45min 0sec E on 24/04/01 with flag(s) as follows:
LEFT leg: nothing/unknown on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on tarsus.
RIGHT leg: white flag on tibia (upper) above orange flag on tarsus.This bird was flagged in Korean Peninsula, approximate co-ordinates 36deg 0min N, 126deg 40min E, which uses the flag combination White/Orange, sometime since 1998.
Dunlin, 2, White above orange.
A Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris was sighted by NM at Okku , Mangyeung, 35deg 50min0sec N, 126deg 45min 0sec E on 24/04/01.
Both birds presumed banded by South Korean Environmental Research Institute ay Mangyeung.
A Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris was sighted by NM at Okku, Mangyeung, 35deg 50min 0sec N, 126deg 45min 0sec E on 24/04/01 with flag(s) as follows:
LEFT leg: nothing/unknown on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on tarsus.
RIGHT leg: yellow flag on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on tarsus.AWSG. This bird was flagged in North-west Australia, approximate co-ordinates 19deg 0min S, 122deg 0min E, which uses the flag combination Yellow, sometime since August 1992.
The resighting was a distance of approximately 6119 km, with a bearing of 5 degrees, from the marking location.A Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica was sighted by NM at Okku Mangyeung, 35deg 50min 0sec N, 126deg 45min 0sec E on 24/04/01 with flag(s) as follows:
LEFT leg: nothing/unknown on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on tarsus.
RIGHT leg: yellow flag on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on Tarsus.AWSGThis bird was flagged in North-west Australia, approximate co-ordinates 19deg 0min S, 122deg 0min E, which uses the flag combination Yellow, sometime since August 1992.
The resighting was a distance of approximately 6119 km, with a bearing of 5 degrees, from the marking location.
August 29, Nakdong estuary
A Sanderling Calidris alba was sighted by NM at Nakdong Estuary, 35deg 5min 0sec N, 128deg 50min 0sec E on 29/08/01 with flag(s) as follows:
LEFT leg: nothing/unknown on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on tarsus
RIGHT leg: orange flag on tibia (upper) above yellow flag on tarsusThis bird was flagged in South Australia, approximate co-ordinates 38deg 0min S, 140deg 0min E, which uses the flag combination Orange/Yellow, sometime since April 1999.
The resighting was a distance of approximately 8209 km, with a bearing of 351 degrees, from the marking location.
2002
January 18, Hapo, Mangyeung
A Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola was sighted by NM at Hapo, Mangyeung, 35deg 50min 0sec N, 126deg 45min 0sec E on 18/01/02 with flag(s) as follows:
LEFT leg: nothing/unknown on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on tarsus.
RIGHT leg: orange flag on tibia (upper) above white flag on Tarsus.AWSG.This bird was flagged at Mangyeung Estuary, approximate co-ordinates 35deg 52min N, 126deg 43min E, which uses the flag combination Orange/White, on 13 May 1998.
The resighting was a distance of approximately 5 km, with a bearing of 141 degrees, from the marking location.
April 14, Song Do, Incheon
A Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica was sighted by NM and Mandy Walsh-Mcgehee at Song Do, Incheon, People’s Democratic Republic of Korea, 37deg 25min 0sec N, 126deg 39min 0sec E on 14/04/02 with flag(s) as follows:
LEFT leg: nothing/unknown on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on tarsus.
RIGHT leg: orange flag on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on tarsus.AWSG.This bird was flagged in Victoria (Australia), approximate co-ordinates 38deg 0min S, 145deg 0min E, which uses the flag combination Orange, sometime since January 1990.
The resighting was a distance of approximately 8596 km, with a bearing of 345 degrees, from the marking location.
April 27 Okku, Mangyeung
A Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica was sighted by NM et al at Okku Mangyeung, People’s Democratic Republic of Korea, 35deg 50min 0sec N, 126deg 45min 0sec E on 27/04/02 with flag(s) as follows:
LEFT leg: nothing/unknown on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on tarsus.
RIGHT leg: yellow flag on tibia (upper) above nothing/unknown on tarsusAWSG. This bird was flagged in North-west Australia, approximate co-ordinates 19deg 0min S, 122deg 0min E, which uses the flag combination Yellow, sometime since August 1992.
The resighting was a distance of approximately 6119 km, with a bearing of 5 degrees, from the marking location.
This bird was a female.
For more information on Banding and Shorebird conservation in Australasia: AWSG