Just occasionally we get the perfect recovery come into the office, with all the details we need. This was the case with this particular report, of 1418041. This colour-ringed Shag was found on the beach at Snook Point and not only did we receive a photo of the ring, but also photos of the colour ring, the bird itself and even the exact place it was found!
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It was ringed on 12 June 2009 on the island of Fidra, off the Lothian coast near North Berwick. Oh, and you do wonder if the ringers had a sense of humour...
Should have made the ring a blue one to complete the joke.
ReplyDeleteWahahaha - that's exactly the sort of thing that gets our weekly email spam-bounced.
ReplyDeleteYes, I did ring, it while they sniggered!
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