Just had some feed back from Dr Jenny Gill involved in the colour ringing project. The bird photographed below at IMF has certainly been around a bit.
02.08.03 - ringed as juvenile. Terrington, the Wash estuary, Norfolk, E England
16.06.04 Burnham Overy, Norfolk, E England
19.11.04 Kirton Marsh, Boston, Lincolnshire, E England
12.04.05 Cley, Norfolk, E England
14.04.05 Cley, Norfolk, E England
08.09.05 Snettisham, the Wash estuary, Norfolk, E England
17.09.05 Snettisham, the Wash estuary, Norfolk, E England
25.02.06 Welney, Ouse Washes, Norfolk, E England
05.03.06 Welney, Ouse Washes, Norfolk, E England
08.04.06 Leidschendam, Zuid Holland, W Netherlands
12.09.06 Two Tree Island, Leigh on Sea, Essex, E England
09.10.06 Two Tree Island, Leigh on Sea, Essex, E England
24.10.06 Two Tree Island, Leigh on Sea, Essex, E England
14.08.07 Freiston, the Wash estuary, Lincolnshire, E England
25.10.07 Medway estuary, Kent, SE England
08.07.08 Dee estuary, Cheshire, NW England
21.07.08 Two Tree Island, Leigh on Sea, Essex, E England
Amazing.