Wader banding at Roebuck bay

Wader ringing at wader beach. We caught a good number of red knot, great knot, Bar Tailed godwit and Black tailed godwit.

To avoid releasing birds indiviually that might be targetted by birds of prey we let them all go together from the keeping cages.


Black Tailed Godwit sporting breeding plumage but hwy is it still here when it should be breeding in the Arctic?

Red Knot in beautiful breeding plumage and the same applies, why is it still here??

As well as a yellow flag to identify the bird as having been ringed in the NW of Australia it has also been fitted with colour bands to identify it as an individual in the field.