Throughout the last couple of days of April a large movement of islandic
Black-tailed Godwits passed through, and paused briefly in the valley as they
refuelled on their way from sites further south, before heading on to their breeding grounds. 32
flew north over Bank Island on the 29th whilst 190 were present on
the 30th. However, on the 3rd May we received news that a
colour-ringed bird, an adult female called Vorsabaer, had arrived at North
Duffield Carrs. This bird had been satellite tagged in Iceland last summer, and
having lost her nest through predation in south-west Iceland, left there on the
11th July 2015 – flying 60 hours non-stop before arriving on the
upper Ore-Alde estuary in Suffolk. Having spent the winter in this area,
wandering to Breydon Water in Norfolk and visiting Minsmere RSPB reserve in
Suffolk during the winter, she left Snape on the 30th April before
arriving at North Duffield Carrs on the 2nd May. The next day
she left the LDV and arrived back in south-east Iceland on the 5th –
how fascinating to be able to follow her journey! More information about the
project can be found here - http://volg.keningfanegreide.nl/king-of-the-meadows-transmittersite/
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