17 Aug 22 - Brownsea's Colour-ringed Spoonbills

Spoonbills are continuing to build up on Brownsea with increases to the population occurring several times a week. There are now three colour-ringed Spoonbills in the current flock of twenty Spoonbills.

Fifteen of the Spoonbills

Spoonbill: These Spoonbills are NC6U which has been present since 10 Aug at least and NB2V which I've seen for the first time this week (back individual)

I've had an update on Spoonbill NB2V which was ringed as a pullus on 7 Jun 20 at Ouwerkerk, Ouwerkerkse inlagen, Holland and present until 9 Aug 20, after which it was seen at:

• Wolphaartsdijk, Kwistenburg, Holland on 12 Aug 20

Middlebere, Poole Harbour, Dorset, UK on 1 Jan 21

• Long Island, Poole Harbour, Dorset, UK on 13 Feb 21

• Rye Harbour, Sussex, UK on 1 May 21

• Walberswick, Suffolk, UK on 6 May 21

• Holme-next-the-sea, Norfolk, UK on 7 May 21

• Frampton Marsh Lincs, UK on 4, 6 & 11 Sep 21

• Middlebere, Poole Harbour, Dorset, UK on 31 Oct 21

• Brownsea, Poole Harbour, Dorset, UK on 17 Aug 22

The travels of Spoonbill NB2V

Spoonbill: This Spoonbill has been present since 10 Aug at least. The rings are left leg yellow over metal over green and right leg yellow over green over yellow flag