Watch out for colour-ringed Sanderlings - Calidris alba

Hi all,

If you visit the coast regularly and see Sanderlings, please check the legs of these birds, as a colour-ring program is currently under way. Birds are ringed at the breeding grounds in Greenland, during migration (in e.g. Iceland) and in winter in Africa (e.g. Mauretania and Ghana).

If you want more background information on the project, visit the website of the Wader Study Group. Go to Research -> projects -> and you find the page about the Sanderling project.

http://www.waderstudygroup.org/res/project/sanderling.php

If you want to report a sighting, please go directly to;
http://www.waderstudygroup.org/res/project/sand-colrings-en.php

best regards,

Martin Poot