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Ringing & Migration Ringing & Migration VOLUME 24 2008 and 2009 Editor Chris Redfern Managing Editor Jacquie Clark Copy Editor John Marchant Editorial Board 2008 & 2009 Guy Anderson, Franz Bairlein, Jon Coleman, Jennifer Gill, Hugh Insley, Åke Lindström, Stephen Norman, Jane Reid, Roger Riddington and Graham Scott ISSN 0307-8698 Vol 24 Contents Ringing & Migration Contents of Vol 24, 2008 and 2009 Part 1 (June 2008) FULL PAPER Survival rates of hirundines in relation to British and African rainfall. Robert A. Robinson, Dawn E. Balmer and John H. Marchant ....................................................................................................................................................................................1 SHORT REPORTS From fledging to breeding: long-term satellite tracking of the migratory behaviour of a Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus intermedius. K. Pütz, A.J. Helbig, K.T. Pedersen, C. Rahbek, P. Saurola and R. Juvaste ....................................................7 On reading colour rings. Carl Mitchell and Mark Trinder.......................................................................................................................11 RINGING SCHEME REPORT Bird ringing in Britain and Ireland in 2006. Liz Coiffait, Jacquie A. Clark, Robert A. Robinson, Jeremy R. Blackburn, Bridget M. Griffin, Kate Risely, Mark J. Grantham, John H. Marchant, Trevor Girling and Lee Barber ..........................................15 Part 2 (December 2008) FULL PAPERS Sexual size dimorphism and moult in the Plain Swift Apus unicolor. Eduardo Garcia-Del-Rey, Andrew G. Gosler, Javier Gonzalez and Michael Wink .......................................................................................................................................................81 Ageing and sexing Marsh Tits Poecile palustris using wing length and moult. Richard K. Broughton, Shelley A. Hinsley, Paul E. Bellamy, Jane E. Carpenter and Peter Rothery .........................................................................................................................88 How far do birds fly during one migratory flight stage? K. Susanna S. Hall-Karlsson and Thord Fransson ...........................................95 SHORT REPORT Separation of Marsh Tit Poecile palustris from Willow Tit Poecile montana using a bill criterion. Richard K. Broughton, Shelley A. Hinsley and Paul E. Bellamy .............................................................................................................................................. 101 RINGING SCHEME REPORT Bird ringing in Britain and Ireland in 2007. Liz Coiffait, Jacquie A. Clark, Robert A. Robinson, Jeremy R. Blackburn, Mark J. Grantham, John H. Marchant, Lee Barber, Diana De Palacio, Bridget M. Griffin and Dorian Moss .................................104 Part 3 (June 2009) SPECIAL CENTENARY ISSUE EDITORIAL A century of ringing in Britain and Ireland. Chris P.F. Redfern, Jacquie A. Clark, Robert A. Robinson and Stephen R. Baillie ...... 145 THE SCIENCE OF RINGING: DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE 100 years of ringing in Britain and Ireland. Jeremy J.D. Greenwood ..................................................................................................... 147 From individuals to flyways: the future of marking birds for conservation. Stephen R. Baillie, Robert A. Robinson, Jacquie A. Clark and Chris P.F. Redfern ..............................................................................................................................................................155 MIGRATION AND MOVEMENTS: FOLLOWING THE BIRDS Ringing and the study of mechanisms of migration. Franz Bairlein and Michael Schaub ....................................................................162 The use of intrinsic markers to study bird migration. Lisette Coiffait, Chris P.F. Redfern, Richard M. Bevan, Jason Newton and Kirsten Wolff ................................................................................................................................................................................169 New technologies for monitoring bird migration and behaviour. Wolfgang Fiedler ............................................................................. 175 Quantifying the movement patterns of birds from ring recoveries. Jacquie A. Clark, Kasper Thorup and David A. Stroud ..............180 Vol 24 Contents AVIAN DEMOGRAPHY: QUANTIFYING THE UPS AND DOWNS Understanding changes in bird populations – the role of bird marking. Stephen R. Baillie and Michael Schaub ..............................189 Constant effort: studying avian population processes using standardised ringing. Robert A. Robinson, Romain Julliard and James F. Saracco ...........................................................................................................................................................................199 The value of ringing for bird conservation. Guy Q.A. Anderson and Rhys E. Green ..........................................................................205 BEHAVIOUR, LIFE-HISTORY AND CONDITION: THE STATE OF THE INDIVIDUAL Bird ringing as a tool for behavioural studies. Stuart P. Sharp ............................................................................................................... 213 Moult and plumage. Ian Newton ............................................................................................................................................................220 The use of mass and fat reserve measurements from ringing studies to assess body condition. Will Cresswell ...................................227 Part 4 (December 2009) FULL PAPERS Sexing Black-legged Kittiwakes by measurement. J.C. Coulson ..............................................................................................................233 Ageing and sexing the Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella caliginosa during the non-breeding season. Jenny C. Dunn and Chris Wright ........................................................................................................................................................................................240 Counts of spring passage Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria in north Lewis. S. Rae, M.G.W. Jones, F. Stewart and R. Tingay .............253 Migration of Mallards Anas platyrhynchos in Hungary: migration phenology, the origin of migrants, and long-term changes. András Liker and Lajos Nagy ..............................................................................................................................................................259 Declining rates of ring recovery in British birds. Robert A. Robinson, Mark J. Grantham and Jacquie A. Clark ..............................266 SHORT REPORTS Comparing the migration of Eurasian Teal Anas crecca from two main wintering areas of Western Europe: a long-term study from Essex, England, and the Camargue, France. Matthieu Guillemain, Richard Hearn, Roy King, Michel Gauthier-Clerc, Geraldine Simon and Alain Caizergues ..............................................................................................................................................273 Habitat, phenology and biometrics of the Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola during autumn migration through a riverine wetland in Iberia. David Miguélez, Carlos Zumalacárregui, Benito Fuertes, Héctor Astiárraga, Rubén González-Jáñez, Isabel Roa and Fran de la Calzada ............................................................................................................................ 277 Ageing Black-headed Gulls on leg and bill colour – a cautionary note. Robin M. Sellers .....................................................................280 RINGING REPORT Bird ringing in Britain and Ireland in 2008. Liz Coiffait, Jacquie A. Clark, Robert A. Robinson, Jeremy R. Blackburn, Mark J. Grantham, Dave I. Leech, John H. Marchant, Lee J. Barber, Diana De Palacio, Bridget M. Griffin, Dorian Moss and Miranda M. Shephard ..............................................................................................................................................................281 Vol 24 Index INDEX TO VOLUME 24 Compiled by Hugh Insley All species of bird mentioned in the text are included except those mentioned only in the 2006, 2007 and 2008 Ringing Reports. Page numbers given are those of the first mention of the species in each paper, and exclude the Ringing Reports. Accipiter nisus 162, 222, 228, 271 Acrocephalus arundinaceus 97, 171, 221 A. paludicola 170, 277 A. palustris 97 A. schoenobaenus 95, 107, 156, 201, 216, 272, 283 A. scirpaceus 95, 107, 170, 201, 272, 283 Actitis hypoleucos 285 A. macularia 221 Aegithalos caudatus 107, 216, 281 Age determination 88 Alca torda 271 Alpine Swift 221 American Golden Plover 257 American Mink 282 American Redstart 171 Anas crecca 162, 183, 271, 273 A. formosa 170 A. penelope 149, 271 A. platyrhynchos 163, 183, 194, 259, 271 ANDERSON, GUY Q.A. and RHYS E. GREEN The value of ringing for bird conservation 205 Anguilla anguilla 208 Anser albifrons 182, 259 A. anser 271 A. brachyrhynchus 191, 271 A. fabalis 259 Anthus trivialis 97, 156 Aphelocoma californica 214 Apus apus 81, 221, 272 A. melba 221 A. unicolor 81 Aquatic Warbler 170, 277 ASTIÁRRAGA, HÉCTOR see DAVID MIGUÉLEZ et al Atlantic Puffin 237, 271 Avian Influenza 16, 105, 156, 185, 291 Aythya ferina 105, 271 A. fuligula 105, 271 Baikal Teal 170 BAILLIE, STEPHEN R. see CHRIS P.F. REDFERN et al 145 BAILLIE, STEPHEN R., ROBERT A. ROBINSON, JACQUIE A. CLARK and CHRIS P.F.
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