This page was set up to encourage observers to report any sightings of colour ringed waders or wildfowl in Clare.
PLEASE FORWARD ANY DETAILS TO jemurphy@esatclear.ie

The format to understanding the recovery details is as follows:
Under the species name in colunm 1 appears numbers (FC845971), these are the birds individual BTO identity numbers which are marked on the ring. The next line on the same column is the status of the bird when recovered.

On the second column 2 appears the age and sex of the species (4M).
Ad = Adult.
Juv = Juvenile able to fly.
Pull = Nestling.
FG = Fully grown, age hard to determine.
1W = First winter bird.
M = Male.
F = Female.

The dates of species ringed is in column 3, first date on line one is when it was ringed, the date on line two is finding date.
Column 4 is self explanatory, giving the place, country and co-ordinance where bird was first ringed on line one, line two the place, country and co-ordinace where bird was located, line three consist of the distance and direction the species flew.