Eastern England headstarted curlew - sightings
Please use this form to report a sighting of an Eastern England headstarted Curlew. We depend on sightings to monitor their behaviour and movements post-release. Birds are marked according to the following scheme, and as shown in the example photo below:

Left above = Yellow flag engraved (00), Orange
Left below = -
Right above = Yellow
Right below = metal

There are also Curlew at other sites being marked using this scheme, denoted by different colour rings under the engraved yellow flag:

Orange = Eastern England - headstarts
Blue = Severn & Avon Vales - wild adults
Red = Sussex - headstarts
Yellow = Severn, Avon & Dartmoor - wild chicks
Green = Dartmoor - headstarts
White = Oxfordshire & Wiltshire - adults & chicks

Use this form only for Eastern England (yellow flag + orange ring), which are returned to BTO.

To report other sightings of yellow flag curlews from different sites under this scheme, please email Kane.Brides@wwt.org.uk.

If you are resighting on The Wash and see a Curlew with an engraved white flag, this is likely to have been ringed by the Wash Wader Research Group; please report your sighting to sightings@wwrg.org.uk.
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Example colour combination
Observer name *
Date of observation *
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Time of observation
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Location (10 digit grid ref or latitude/longitude). Please give as accurate a location as possible *
Description of bird location (e.g. in stubble field to NW of junction between Lamsey Lane and A149) *
Colour combination
Full colour combination and code required for engraved flags, E.g.

Left above (LA) = Yellow flag engraved (0A), Orange
Left below (LB) = -
Right above (RA) = Yellow
Right below (RB) = metal

Flags are engraved with 2-letter alphanumeric codes. You can abbreviate yellow flag engraved as YFN(0A), Yfn(0A), or yfn(0A).
Enter colour combination. If you are reporting multiple yellow flag + orange ring sightings from the same location (e.g. the same flock), then you can enter your flags as: LA = YFN 5U /  2X / 6X / 7U, Orange; etc *
Comments. Please add any extra information about the bird's behaviour (e.g. foraging, roosting, etc), whether it was in a flock with other Curlew or wader species and the flock size, etc. Any information is useful, so be as descriptive as you can.
Do you have photographs or videos of the bird?
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Email address (only if you are happy to be contacted about the sighting, your photos / videos, or would like to receive information about the individual)
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