tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4854917240637353068.post5900279149979966317..comments2024-02-21T10:36:51.773+00:00Comments on Axe Birding: Osprey and Continental Black-tailed GodwitSteve Waitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02234938942274343663noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4854917240637353068.post-12679024369970599722017-09-12T08:57:13.072+01:002017-09-12T08:57:13.072+01:00Hi Mike, thanks for this. I have pretty much compl...Hi Mike, thanks for this. I have pretty much completed another blog post on it showing more photos and a lot more text. But something more pressing has come up so that will be posted a few days later... Cheers, Steve.Steve Waitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02234938942274343663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4854917240637353068.post-35254337002735911512017-09-12T08:44:44.330+01:002017-09-12T08:44:44.330+01:00Steve -you might be interested in this extract fro...Steve -you might be interested in this extract from the Devon Subspecies paper I co-wrote in 2007, it needs updating really as our knowledge of other plumages has moved on - no questioning the id but it will be the first accepted record of 'limosa': <br />BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa<br />[Limosa limosa limosa; breeds S England, W Europe to W Asia, winters sub-Saharan Africa and N India.]<br />Limosa limosa islandica; breeds Iceland, Norway and Shetland, winters Britain, Ireland and W France.<br />Identification. Only reliably separated by underpart tones in breeding plumage and slight structural differences. <br />GB status. L. l. limosa is migrant breeder. L. l. islandica is migrant breeder, passage and winter migrant.<br />Devon status. Mainly L. l. islandica, a not-scarce, but local winter/passage visitor (scarce in summer) – see Box 2 on p 56 in DBR 2004 for examples of colour-ring sightings. L. l. limosa is probably rare passage migrant, but surprisingly there are no confirmed records and status is unknown. <br />Mike Langmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769021137483993740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4854917240637353068.post-9662969533352785452017-09-11T18:45:17.193+01:002017-09-11T18:45:17.193+01:00Hi Tim. You can't at all as they are the same ...Hi Tim. You can't at all as they are the same sub species. I think they're called Continental as there's only a couple of dozen pairs nesting in UK, compared with 120,000+ pairs nesting elsewhere in Europe and Russia. I guess Eurasion would fit better than Continental but was only using already used wording. Same as the term Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit I suppose as a few pairs nest in Scotland. Still known as Icelandic though...Steve Waitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02234938942274343663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4854917240637353068.post-46997987797084644072017-09-11T14:10:18.389+01:002017-09-11T14:10:18.389+01:00Hi Steve, Nice pics. I'm just wondering how yo...Hi Steve, Nice pics. I'm just wondering how you could tell that the Blackwit was a 'Continental' Limosa and not a British-breeding Limosa? Could it not be from the UK breeding population?Tim Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06922612275440902523noreply@blogger.com