Thanks to those who have responded.
Shortly after sending my request I thought to try the magic of Google (should have thought of it sooner of course).
Up came the following: “Asia-Pacific Shorebird Network – Leg flags used on local flyways”
And there it was – black above white = “Chongmin-Dao”.
Where?
A: Chongmin-Dao [= Chongming Island, China]
Now, utilizing Wikipedia:
There are several islands of Shanghai governed by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai Shanghai city, including the three larger inhabited islands and a number of uninhabited ones. They are http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluvial alluvial islands in the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangtze_River_Delta Yangtze River Delta in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China China.
Chongming Island lies against the northern shore of the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangtze_River Yangtze River and is an http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alluvial alluvial island formed by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silt silt carried along the river. It gives the name to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongming_County Chongming County, the only county of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai Shanghai. It is the third largest island in China after http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hainan_Island Hainan Island and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan Taiwan.
I have now reported the sighting to mintons@ozemail.com.au as requested on the website.
Richard
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