Recoveries in Great Britain and Ireland of birds ringed abroad Robert Hudson
This list is based on 632 recoveries of 69 species of foreign-ringed birds reported during 1967; these are tabulated on page 14. Only one new species was added in that year, but it was a striking one: a Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes ringed in south-east Germany and recovered in, of all improbable places, Shetland. Several other notable 'firsts' deserve special mention. A good series of Pochard Ay thy a ferina included one from Switzerland recaptured in Essex. An Oystercatcher Haematopus ostrakgus found dead in Norfolk had been ringed at Kandalaksha, Russia, by far the most distant origin yet for a bird of this species moving to or from the British Isles. An Icelandic Short-eared Owl Asio ftammms was recovered on the Solway Firth. A Sand Martin Riparia riparia caught in Northamptonshire had been ringed in Denmark and was our first from that country. An above-average quota of Siskin Carduetis spinus recoveries included one from Kaliningrad in the Soviet Baltic. Other particularly interesting 1967 recoveries were six Brent Geese Branta bernicla from Denmark (we get few recoveries of this species); a Dutch Ruff Pbilomachus pugnax found dead as far west as Pembroke shire; a Litde Gull Icarus minutus from Finland; and a Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto from south-west Germany. A Woodpigeon Columba pdumbus ringed as a migrant on Heligoland on the very early date of 30th August was shot five years later on its nest in Norfolk; and a Whinchat Saxicola rubetra from Heligoland was found six days later in Kent. Finally, an above-average number of warbler recoveries included a Blackcap Sylvia atrkapilla ringed in the Netherlands in October and found off the coast of Berwickshire, well to the north-west, just 1 3 days later.
13 14 Foreign-ringed recoveries Table i. Foreign-ringed birds reported in Great Britain and Ireland in 1967 and the totals for these species during 1906-67 1967 Total 1967 Total
Storm Petrel 1 2 Arctic Tern 1 16 Gannet 1 l6 Sandwich Tern 1 l9 Heron 2 229 Woodpigeon 1 5 Mallard 6 358 Collared Dove 4 14 Teal 33 I»533 Short-eared Owl 1 4 Wigeon 6 202 Swallow 19 57 Pintail 5 7i Sand Martin 32 144 Shoveler 5 72 Rook 1 47 Tufted Duck 6 88 Jackdaw 2 12 Pochard 9 40 Fieldfare 2 80 Shelduck 4 89 Redwing 2 82 White-fronted Goose 17 230 Blackbird 17 326 Pink-footed Goose 5 2,024 Whinchat 2 Brent Goose 6 11 Redstart 6 Barnacle Goose 41 228 Robin 18 Whooper Swan 3 14 Reed Warbler 5 Moorhen 8 52 Sedge Warbler 4 Oystercatcher 5 55 Blackcap 6 Lapwing 1 278 Garden Warbler 6 Ringed Plover 1 19 Willow Warbler 5 Golden Plover 1 9i Chiffchaff 3 Snipe 4 127 Goldcrest 2 Woodcock 1 67 Spotted Flycatcher 7 Curlew 8 175 Pied/White Wagtail 10 Redshank 1 25 Yellow Wagtail ssp. 4 Knot 4 59 Starling 61 1,961 Dunlin 93 5°7 Hawfinch 1 Ruff 1 3 Greenfinch 3 24 Great Black-backed Gull 6 127 Goldfinch 3 18 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 29 Siskin 5 17 Herring Gull 3 93 Linnet 9 30 Common Gull 15 812 Chaffinch 3i 242 Little Gull 1 4 Brambling 7 32 Black-headed Gull no 2,108 Tree Sparrow 2 4 Common Tern 2 29 The following species did not provide foreign-ringed recoveries in 1967, though they have done so in previous years: Red-throated Diver (2), Great Crested Grebe (1), Slavonian Grebe (1), Little Grebe (1), Manx Shearwater (2), Fulmar (1), Cormorant (7), Shag (3), Bittern (7), White Stork (2), Spoonbill (3), Garganey (12), Gadwall (18), American Wigeon (1), Scaup (64), Mandarin (2), Goldeneye (12), Eider (1), Velvet Scoter (2), Common Scoter (2), Red-breasted Merganser (7), Goosander (3), Grey Lag Goose (25), Bean Goose (2), Mute Swan (3), Bewick's Swan (2), Rough- legged Buzzard (1), Sparrowhawk (14), Marsh Harrier (2), Hen Harrier (2), Montagu's Harrier (i), Osprey (8), Hobby (1), Peregrine (8), Merlin (7), Kestrel (15), Water Rail (8), Coot (13), Grey Plover (1), Turnstone (21), Jack Snipe (4), Whimbrel (3), Bar-tailed Godwit (13), Common Sandpiper (1), Spotted Redshank (1), Greenshank (1), Purple Sandpiper (1), Little Stint (3), Temminck's Stint (1), Curlew Sandpiper (2), Sanderling (9), Avocet (2), Great Skua (3), Arctic Skua(2), Iceland Gull (2), Kittiwake {37), Black Tern (1), Caspian Tern (1), Razorbill (5), Guillemot (14), Black Guillemot (1), Puffin (7), Stock Dove (2), Turtle Dove (3), Cuckoo (i), Long-eared Owl (13), Swift (1), Skylark (6, House Martin (3), Hooded Crow (10), Great Tit (4), Blue Tit (3), Bearded Tit (9), Song Thrush (5 2), Wheatear (4), Black Redstart (1), Whitethroat (5), Lesser Whitethroat (1), Pied Flycatcher (4), Dunnock (3), Meadow Pipit (4), Rock Pipit (5), Grey Wagtail (2), Waxwing (5), Twite(1), Redpoll (5), Bullfinch (1), Reed Bunting (3), and Snow Bunting (1). Foreign-ringed recoveries 15 Selected list of recoveries reported during 1967 The symbols and terms are the same as those used in the 'Report on bird-ringing for 1967' (see page 488 in Brit. Birds, 61: 477-523), with the exception that the term 'juv.' cannot always be relied upon to signify a young bird able to fly freely; owing to lack of unanimity in the various ringing schemes, this term may sometimes mean a chick (= pullus).
Abbreviations used for ringing schemes A. Vogeltrekstation Arnhem Md. Ministry of Agriculture, Madrid As Statens Viltundersokelser, As (Oslo) Od. Ringmaerkestation, Odense, B. Natural Sciences Institute, Brussels Denmark Brno Brno Academy P. C.R.M.M.O., Paris Copenhagen Museum P.V. Stacja Ornitologiczna, Poland c.H. Vogelwarte Helgoland R. Vogelwarte Radolfeell He. Vogelwarte Hiddensee RM. Reykjavik Museum Hki. Helsinki Museum S.S. Grupo Aranzadi, San Sebastian, Societe Jersiaise Spain J.K. Vildtbiologisk Station, Kalo, Semp. Vogelwarte Sempach, Switzerland Denmark Stta: Stavanger Museum M. Moscow Ringing Bureau St. Riksmuseum, Stockholm
Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus J. ad. 22.7.66 Burhou: 49°44'N. 2°i5'W. (Alderney) Channel Islands P2051 v 27,8.67 Skokholm: 5i°42'N. 5°i6'W. (Pembroke)
Gannet Sula bassana }. pull. 31.7.64 Les Etacs: 49°42'N. 2°i 5'W. (Alderney) Channel Islands Fi?}6 X (27.6.67) Worthing; jo^g'N. o°23'W. (Sussex)
Heron Ardea cinerea Slav. pull. 27.5.65 Rennesoy: 59°07'N. 5°38'E. (Rogaland) Norway 212057 x f.20.3.67 sear Stornoway: 58Dio'N. 6°25'W., Outer Hebrides Od. pull. 20.5.65 near Otterap: 55°3o'N. io°25'E. (Fyn) Denmark U27S x 23.10,67 Warnford: JI'OO'N. i°o6'W. (Hampshire) Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Af. pull. 30.5.65 Lake Engure: 57°i7'N. 23°07'E., Latvian S.S.R. yK.17288 + 19.10.66 Kelling: 5 2°56'N. i°o7'E. (Norfolk) Teal Anas crecca Af. ad. Tufted Duck Aytl 'lyafuligm M. pull. 21.6.66 Lake Engure: 57°i7'N. 23°07'E., Latvian S.S.R. 0 •X1778} + (9.2.67) Kirkcaldy: 56 o7'N. 3°io'W. (Fife) Hki. ad.? 12.7.62 Matalakari: 6o°o7'N. 25°o8'E., Helsinki, Finland H43539 + 28.11.67 near Chippenham: 5i°25'N. 2°o8'W. (Wiltshire) Hki. ad. $ 5.7.65 near Bjorkoby: 63°25'N. 2i°o5'E. (Vaasa) Finland H60J79 X 31.7.65 Birtley: 55°07'N. 2°i2'W. (Northumberland) A. pull. 22.7.67 near Zandvoort: 52°2i'N. 4°32'E. (Noord Holland) 5027126 Netherlands /?/ 11.10.67 Loch Yetholm: 5 5°33'N. 2°i9'W. (Roxburgh) P. 2yr. $ 16.3.66 Le Sambuc: 43°3o'N. 4°4o'E. (Bouches du Rhone) France DA 11080 + 28.9.67 Lough Neagh: f.54°4o'N. 6°2o'W. (Antrim) Md. f.g. 6* 27.2.65 Coto Donana: 37°02'N. 6°27'W. (Huelva) Spain E7274 + 21.1.67 Yateley: 5i°2oTSI. o°49'W. (Surrey) Pochard Aythya ferina M. pull. 21.7.66 Lake Engure: 57°i7'N. 23°o7'E., Latvian S.S.R. Zz4)o v? 7.1.67 Abberton: 5i°5o'N. o°53'E. (Essex) + 27.10.67 Langenhoe: 5i°49'N. o°59'E. (Essex) AT. f.g. 6" 1.8.64 near Kanevskaya: 46°o6'N. 38°58'E. (Krasnodar) U.S.S.R. E606657 + 28.1.67 Tynan Abbey: 54°2o'N. 6°5o'W., Keady (Armagh) Hki. ad. ? 15.6.64 near Reposaari: 6i°35'N. 2i°3o'E. (Turku & Pori) Finland H47025 + 31.1.66 Bembridge: 50°4i'N. i°05'W., Isle of Wight Brwo pull. 12.6.66 near Bohdanec: 50°o6'N. I5°38'E. (Pardubice) Czechoslovakia 2315 + 30.12.67 Latimer: 5i°4i'N. o°35'W. (Buckingham) R. pull. 12.7.64 Biengarten: 49°4o'N. io°49'E. (Bayern) Germany P14245 + 31.1.66 Loughrea: 53°i2'N. 8°34'W. (Galway) Semp. ad. Lapwing Vanellus vanellm Hki. pull. 2.6.64 mar Larsmo: 63°46'N. 22°37'E. (Vaasa) Finland B40720 v f.15.1.66 Causeway: 52°25'N. 9°44'W. (Kerry) Ringed Plover Chondritis hiathula H. ad. 27.5.67 Uthorn/Sylt: 55°02'N. 8°26'E.>NorthFrisianIslands,Germany 80171092 v 20.8.67 Murston: 5i°22'N. o°46'E. (Kent) Golden Plover Pluvialis aprharius Rk. f.g. 8.10.66 Midnes: 64°o4'N. Z2°43'W. (Gullbringu Sysla) Iceland 716071 + 7.10.67 «e«r Lanark: 55°4o'N. 3°48'W. i8 Foreign-ringed recoveries Woodcock Scolopax rusticola A. f.g. 5.ii.62 Rijsterbos: 52°52'N. 5°29'E. (Friesland) Netherlands 1014132 + 50.11.67 Peasmarsh: 5o°58'N. o°4o'E., Rye (Sussex) Redshank Tringa totanus Kk. pull. 13.7.67 Raudasandut: 65°3o'N. 24°07'W. (Bardastrandar S^sla) 7186x7 Iceland X 31.8.67 Ravenglass: 54°zi'N. 3°25'W. Knot Calidris canutus Kk. ad. 27.5-57 Midnes: 64°o4'N. 22°43'W. (Gullbringu Sysla) Iceland 611224 3.9.67 Snettisham: 52°53'N. o°3o'E. (Norfolk) Dunlin Calidris alpina At. ad.? 26.5.67 Great Ainov Island: 69°5o'N. 3i°35'E. (Murmansk) U.S.S.R. X230611 V 9.9.67 Terrington Marsh: 52°47TSI. o°i7'E. (Norfolk) At. ad.? 16.5.67 Great Ainov Island, U.S.S.R. X778588 7.9.67 Dawsmere: 52°5i'N. o°07'E., The Wash (Lincoln) At. ad. 6.6.66 Great Ainov Island, U.S.S.R. X939859 21.11.67 Spurn Point: 53°35'N. o°o6'E. (York) Ruff Philomachus pugnax A. ad. Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus At. pull. 13.6.65 Great Ainov Island: 69°6o'N. 3i°35'E. (Murmansk) U.S.S.R. C115608 X 23.8.67 Lydd: 50°57TSI. o°55'E. (Kent) M. pull. 0.7.65 Great Ainov Island, U.S.S.R. , Ciitftf X 24.5.67 Beamish: 54°52 N. i°39'W. (Durham) At. pull. 9.7.66 Great Ainov Island, U.S.S.R. C120678 X 2^.3.67 Shirland: ™°o8'N. iWW.. Alfreton (Derbv) At. juv. 13.7.67 Great Ainov Island, U.S.S.R. C53887 X 13.12.67 Humberston: 53V'N- o'oz'W. (Lincoln) Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus C. pull. 9.7.66 Anholt: 56°42'N. n°34'E., Kattegat, Denmark 43M68 X 3.6.67 Sprotborough: 53°32'N. I°II'W. (York) Herring Gull Larus argentatus A. pull. 2.6.62 Schiermonnikoog: 53°29'N. 6°i2'E., Frisian Islands, Nether- 4014101 lands X 8.5.67 Williamstown: ssV'N-8°34'W. (Galway) Little Gull Larus minutus Hki. pull. 4.7.64 near Hailuoto: 64057'N. 24°46'E. (Oulu) Finland B53245 x 10.8.65 Easington: 54°47'N. i°2i'W. (Durham) Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus RJk. pull. 1.7.67 Skipal6n: 65°47'N. i8°i2'W. (Eyjafjardar Sysla) Iceland 111469 x 14.10.67 Inverness: 57°27'N. 4°I5'W. 7oreigi-ringed recoveries 19 Common Tern Sterna hirundo tiki. pull. 3.7.67 Uusikaupunki: 6o°46'N. 2i°ij'E. (Turku & Pori) Finland A345197 X 11.8.67 Hoylake: 53°23'N. s'u'W. (Cheshire) H. pull. 30.6.63 Insel Schathorn: 5 3°57'N. 8°26'E., R. Elbe estuary, German; 7424062 x 14-5-67 Burton: 53°i6'N. 3°o2'W. (Cheshire) ArcticpTern Sterna paradisaea H. pull. 21.6.59 Norderdithmarschen: 54°i6'N. 8°56'E. (Schleswig-Holstein) 7327899 Germany v 3.8.67 Spurn Point: 53°35'N. o°o6'E. (York) Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis A. pull. 17.7.67 Griend: 53°i5'N. 5°i5'E., Waddenzee, Netherlands 2028561 X 26.8.67 Withernsea: 53°44'N. o°o3'E. (York) Woodpigeon Columba palumbus H. f.g. 30.8.62 Heligoland: 54011'N. 7°55'E., Germany 4462}; + 3.8.67 Burnham Market: 52°57'N. o°44'E., Wells (Norfolk) This bird was shot on a nest and knowledge of its antecedents would be interesting for a British breeding Woodpigeon ought not to have been on Heligoland, espec daily on such an early date as 30th August. Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto f R. f.g. 5.1.64 Bad Kreuznach: 49°5i'N. 7°52'E. (Rheinland Pfalz) ET4661 Germany X (aires) 14.7.65 Great Yarmouth: 52°37'N. i°44'E. (Norfolk) A. iyr. 1.2.64 caught Wageningen: 5i°57'N. 5°39'E. (Gelderland), 1019873 released Bzrneveld: 52°o8'N. 5°35'E. (Gelderland) Netherlands X 13.7.67 Pedmore: 52°26'N. 2°o8'W. (Worcester) A. f-g. 24.1.66 Meppel: 52°42'N. 6°i2'E. (Drente) Netherlands )oj}j28 X 12.3.67 March: 52°33'N. o°o6'E. (Cambridge) B. f.g. 6.3.67 Ekeren: 5i°i7'N. 4°2j'E. (Antwerpen) Belgium E27031 0 8.6.67 Reigate: 5i°i4'N. o°i3'W. (Surrey) Short-eared Owl Alio flammeus Rk. pull. 3.7.67 Horgardalur: 65°47'N. i8°i4'W. (Eyjafjardar Sysla) Iceland 22632 X c.22.10.67 Bear Ruthwell: 55°oo'N. 3°26'W. (Dumfries) Sand Martin Riparia riparia C, JUT. 10.7.66 Vassingerod: 550jo'N. i2°2o'E., Hillerod (Sjaelland) 9103001 (colony) Denmark v 18.6.67 Bainton: 52°38'N. o°2}'W. (Northampton) (colony) This is the first Danish-ringed Sand Martin to be found in the British Isles, though a Swedish one was trapped here in 1965. Rook Corpus frugilegm A. pull. 18.5.66 Staphorst: 52°37'N. 6°o9'E. (Overijssel) Netherlands 4030661 x raid-2.67 Holt: 52°55'N. i°05'E. (Norfolk) 20 Foreign-ringed recoveries Jackdaw Corvus momdula A. juv. 6.7.66 DenHelder: 52°57'N. 4°47'E. (NootdHollaod) )OS;SJT Netherlands X £.15.3.67 Thomdon: 52°i7'N. i°o8'E., Eye (Suffolk) A, pull. 27.5-67 «arWassenaar: 52°o8'N. 4°2o'E. (Ztiid Holland) 5010171 Netherlands + 23.12.67 Swingfield: 5i°oS'N. I°IO'E. (Kent) Fieldfare Tardus pilaris Hki. pull. 2.6.66 Fori; 6i°2ci'N. 2i°47'E., Finland A304501 v 7.2.67 Middlestown: 53°39'N. i°}6'W„ Wakefield (York) A. f.g. 1.11.66 De Mok: 53°oo1SL 4°46'E., Texel, Netherlands K247862 x 16.3.67 Liphook: 5i°o5'N. o^'W. (Hampshire) Redwing Turdus iliacus Hki. pull. 12.6.66 Bjorkoby: 6;°25'N. 2i°05'E. (Vaasa) Finland A2642IJ V LI.67 Gawsworth: 53°i3'N. 2°09'W. (Cheshire) Rk. f.g. 20.9.66 Reykjavik: 64°o8TSF. 2i°56'W. (Gullbringu Sysla) Iceland 822996 v (18.4.67) near Stornoway: 58°i2'N. 6°23'W., Outer Hebrides Whinehat Saxicola rubetra H. juvJUV. . 4.9.67 Heligoland: 54°n'N. 7°55'E., Germany 0437987 v? 10.9.67 Dungeness: 50°55'N. o°59'E. (Kent) Redstart Phoenkurus phoenicums C. juv. 11.9,67 Copenhagen: 55°4o'N. I2°35'E. (Sjaelland) Denmark 9139431 x 30.9.67 Seaford: 5o°46'N. o°o6'E. (Sussex) Robin Erifhacus rubecula A. f.g. 14.9.65 De Koog: j3°o6'N. 4°48'E., Texel, Netherlands S6S6iy X 24.4.67 Cromer: 52°56'N. I°I8'E. (Norfolk) P. juv. 11.9.66 Ver-sur-Mer: 4992o'N. o°}2'W. (Calvados) France 800429 v $•5-67 Spurn Point: 53°35'N. o°o6'E. (York) Reed Warbler Acrocephalm scirpaceus J. juv. 5.7-64 St. Ouen: 49°i3'N. 2°!3'W, 0ersey) Channel Islands N1732 v 17-5-67 Chichester: 5o°48'N. o°48/W. (Sussex) Sedge Warbler Acrocephalm schoenobaenus P. f.g. 30.4.67 Gatteville: 49°4i'N. i°i7'W. (Manche) France 801323 x 14-5-67 Bardsey Island: ja^Tsl. 4°48'W. (Caernarvon) Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla A. f.g. Garden Warbler Sylvia boritt H. f.g. 12.5.67 Heligoland: 54°u'N. 7°55'E., Germany 0393490 x (car) 30.5.67 war Leamington: 52°i7'N. i°33'W. (Warwick) B, ad. 21.8.67 Knokke: 5 i°22'N. ^"zzrB. (West Flanders) Belgium 9A87319 v 11.9.67 Bamburgh: 55°36'N. i°42'W. (Northumberland) Foreign-ringed recoveries z x Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus P. f.g. 14.4.67 Poiflte de Barfleur: 49°4z'N. I°I6'W\ (Manche) France 962090 x (car) 3.5.67 Woodhall Spa: 53°o9'N. o°i4'W. (Lincoln) Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita H. ad. 28.9.66 Wilhelmshaven: 53°3i'R 8°o8'E. (Niedersachsen) 0350718 Germany v 26.4.67 Hilbre Island: 53°23'N. 3°i4'W. (Cheshire) Goldcrest Regulus regulus P. ad.