When I was working at Caerlaverock last year, I was counting waders in front of my cottage (my garden boarded straight onto the Solway, giving stunning views!) and I noticed a colour dyed Oystercatcher (Yellow) with a single metal ring on its leg. We reported this and it turned out to have come from the Wales project, the bird was seen numerous times throughout the winter. I did see a webpage with some photo's of the birds - www.birdwatch.co.uk/website/content/view/1981/32/

Yep - saw a bit about this in a lesser quality newspaper (The Sun... hey, it were in the pizza shop whilst I was waiting - I didn't buy it).



Wonder if there are any photos - I'll have to 'google it' now.

Small article in the Times today.... More than 60 birdwatchers who thought they had found a new species when they spotted yellow sea birds off the coast of south Wales have been disappointed. The birds are Oystercatchers whose white feathers had been dyed by scientists so they could study flight patterns. One of the spotters, Steve Leyshon, of Llanelli, said "I thought it was a variety which had somehow developed a yellow breast" Dean.