22/05/16 - Welcome Vorsabaer!

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 29^th whilst 190 were present on the 30^th. However, on the 3^rd 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 11^th 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 30^th April before arriving at North Duffield Carrs on the 2^nd May. The next day she left the LDV and arrived back in south-east Iceland on the 5^th – 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/