Pink-foot ICS

Back in October last year, when the big flocks of Pink-feet were by the Coach Road, I saw one individual with a white neck collar ICS. I emailed the details to the Wildfowl Trust, and today I received some information back. The bird is a female, and was initially ringed as an adult at Maanabeinafla, A-Huna, Iceland on 25th July 2000.

It has since been seen on about 70 occasions in the UK, but interestingly, before my sighting, all bar one had been in Norfolk. The exception was a sighting at Elvingston, Longriddy, East Lotian, Scotland in 2006. Interesting that it has never been observed at Martin Mere, where they are obviously constantly checking collars, or at Marshside.