ajohn

An excellent record. I think this is the first sighting of a flagged LRP in Hong Kong. We don't flag many here, so we don't know much about there movements in East Asia.

The combination of white over blue shows that this bird was flagged in Taiwan. It looks like there may be a letter/number combination on the blue flag - if you have more photos (or if anyone else gets any photos) it may be worth checking to see if the number can be read.

ajohn

Thanks for the extra photo.
I saw the bird yesterday evening. Some of the mud had washed off, so I was able to confirm the flag number - 5K.

ajohn

I have received some information back about this bird. It was flagged only six weeks ago, and about 500km from Long Valley.

Details are:

Species: Little Ringed Plover
Band: B26876
Date: 2014/7/28
Site: Xiyuan, Kinmen County(Taiwan) (118.4034oE　24.5065oN)
Flag combo: White / Blue (5K) on left tibia, metal band on right tibia
Bander: Wen, Yin-Chen