The two Tufted Ducks fitted with red nasal saddles have been traced to a marking scheme based at São Jacinto Dunes nature reserve, Portugal. some 1375 kilometres from East India Dock Basin. The male was rung as a juvenile (Euring code 3, ring number L68769) on December 16th 2007, and the female, rung as a juvenile (Euring code 5, ring number LV1732) on January 14th 2011. Both birds were present in the São Jacinto area until February 28th this year and were then relocated in France at Reserve de la Grande Noé, Val de Reuil, Normandie from March 26th to April 8th; the next sighting, of the male only was a East India Dock Basin on April 17th and again on April 27th; both birds were then seen at the basin on May 1st and on subsequent dates. The photographs above were taken in Portugal and I am grateful to David Rodrigues for his permission to reproduce them here.
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