Ten Great White Egrets are at Connah's Quay, two at RSPB Cors Ddyga and another is at RSPB Conwy, where Little Stint, Knot and a
Curlew Sandpiper were spotted on Sunday.
Other UK birds have been added to the near threatened list - including oystercatchers, lapwings, know,
curlew sandpiper and bar-tailed godwit - and join species already listed such as the black-tailed godwit and curlew.
You can learn more about ACF's work to save the Murray at www.acfonline.org.au/rivers STRESSED MURRAY: FAST FACTS Litres of water approved to flow under the Living Murray Initiative: 500 billion Litres of water needed to have some chance to return the river to health at least: 1500 billion Litres of real water that have flowed so far from the Living Murray Initiative infrastructure projects 0 Percentage of River Red Gums stressed or dying 75%
Curlew Sandpiper in the Coorong (1980s) 40,000
Curlew Sandpipers in the Coorong today 2,000
The pair have ringed 100,000 birds of 121 species at the site with more than 130 foreign ringed birds being caught, including Siberian bewick swan, Polish
curlew sandpiper, Maltese little stint and Moroccan lapwing.
[Part 1 of 3] Species Breeding area(1) Years between Dunlin Scandinavia N/Russian Arctic W-C 91-97 72-92 Bar-tailed godwit Scandinavia N/Russian Arctic W-C 91-96 Little stint Scandinavia N/Russian Arctic W-C 72-92 Grey plover Russian Arctic W-C 90-97 Knot Russian Arctic C 72-92
Curlew sandpiper Russian Arctic C 91-97 72-92 Sanderling Russian Arctic C 72-92
Curlew sandpiper Russian Arctic C-E 78-97 Red-necked stint Russian Arctic C-E / NW Alaska Knot Canadian Arctic NE / Greenland N 91-95 TABLE 3.
The survey showed that waders such as
curlew sandpiper and less sandplover made for the largest group of species found in the Barr Al Hikman area, followed by cormorants, herons and flamingos.
Curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) was found to be breeding on the continental part of the reserve for the first time.
| Birds on the move include Tree Sparrow, Black Redstart and Pied Flycatcher on the Great Orme and
Curlew Sandpiper at Morfa Madryn at the weekend and a one-day Dotterel on Moel Famau last week.
Rarer visitors to North Wales recently include a
Curlew Sandpiper, Spotted Redshanks and a Great White Egret at Connah's Quay, the latter also appearing at Gronant dunes; a Black Redstart is on the Great Orme and female King Eider on the Dyfi estuary at RSPB Ynys-hir.
The
curlew sandpiper autumn continued, with counts exceeding half a dozen at Morfa Harlech, Alaw estuary, Malltraeth Cob and RSPB Conwy, though all were surpassed by the 42 at Frodsham on the Mersey.
Two Rose-coloured Starlings, smart adults in pink-and-black finery, were at Trearddur Bay over the weekend, a
Curlew Sandpiper and Little Stint were on the Alaw estuary and a Wood Sandpiper at RSPB Cors Ddyga late last week.
curlew sandpiper - Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew