European Longevity Records - 2017-04-05 The table below lists longevity records recorded through European bird ringing.
The two oldest individuals of a species are included in the list and the minimum age for a recovery to be included is five years. Recoveries of birds in the list where ring number and details are not included are published in atlases by those schemes. Birds ringed as full-grown or adults have been included with a minimum age based on age at ringing (start of year set to 1st of July).
This longevity list should be cited as: Fransson, T., Jansson, L., Kolehmainen, T., Kroon, C. & Wenninger, T. (2017) EURING list of longevity records for European birds
Species / Scientific name Scheme Ring No. Age Finding details
Red-throated Diver Sweden D 1928 23y 7m Found dead (oiled) Gavia stellata Britain & Ireland 1121168 22y 11m Controlled by ringer (nesting)
Black-throated Diver Germany B 34256 27y 10m Shot Gavia arctica Sweden 9800723 16y 1m Found dead
Little Grebe Switzerland 929838 17y 6m Controlled by ringer Tachybaptus ruficollis Czech Republic E 152888 7y 5m Found dead
Great Crested Grebe Russia C 111277 19y 3m Shot Podiceps cristatus Switzerland Z 7858 14y 6m Found dead
Slavonian Grebe Iceland 339160 9y 0m Controlled by ringer Podiceps auritus Iceland V 4646 7y 0m Found dead
Black-necked Grebe Czech Republic D 43196 13y 1m Shot Podiceps nigricollis Spain 6018657 7y 2m Killed by other species of bird
Cory´s Shearwater Portugal L 000366 24y 10m Found dead Calonectris diomedea Portugal L 5544 21y 0m Found dead
Manx Shearwater Britain & Ireland AT 14414 50y 11m Controlled by ringer Puffinus puffinus Britain & Ireland AT 46622 49y 8m Controlled by ringer
Balearic Shearwater Spain 5005377 12y 1m Controlled by ringer Puffinus mauretanicus
Fulmar Britain & Ireland 352227 43y 11m Id. by other marks in the field Fulmarus glacialis Iceland 426129 40y 11m Id. by other marks in the field
European Storm Petrel Britain & Ireland 649064 33y 0m Controlled by ringer Hydrobates pelagicus Iceland 931578 21y 0m Controlled by ringer
Leach´s Storm Petrel Britain & Ireland BX 04521 30y 11m Controlled by ringer Oceanodroma leucorhoa Britain & Ireland BB 84094 22y 10m Controlled by ringer
Gannet Britain & Ireland 1010527 37y 5m Found dead Morus bassanus Iceland 111826 32y 9m Found dead
Cormorant Iceland 623 32y 1m Found dead Phalacrocorax carbo Denmark 298375 27y 2m Ring number read in the field
European Shag Britain & Ireland 102115 30y 7m Shot Phalacrocorax aristotelis Iceland 18820 20y 2m Shot Bittern Netherlands 302703 11y 4m Found dead Botaurus stellaris Sweden 9104864 9y 4m Shot
Little Bittern Hungary 426796 7y 10m Found injured (released?) Ixobrychus minutus Hungary 425766 6y 11m Controlled by ringer
Black-crowned Night Heron Spain SE 19959 17y 0m Shot Nycticorax nycticorax France DA 2894 16y 4m Found dead
Squacco Heron Hungary 844 5y 10m Shot Ardeola ralloides
Cattle Egret Spain E 10374 18y 5m Shot Bubulcus ibis
Little Egret France CD 2346 22y 4m Shot Egretta garzetta Spain H 13140 20y 11m Shot
Great Egret Hungary 516353 13y 9m Found dead (electrocuted) Egretta alba Hungary 1830398 7y 1m Found dead (botulism)
Grey Heron Denmark 292796 37y 6m Found dead Ardea cinerea Netherlands 73617 35y 1m Shot
Purple Heron Germany B 1495 25y 5m Found dead Ardea purpurea Hungary 298 15y 11m Hunted
White Stork Switzerland S 127 39y 0m Found dead Ciconia ciconia France B 3115 34y 10m Found dead
Black Stork Poland A 995853 18y 7m Shot Ciconia nigra Hungary 601238 15y 2m Ring number read in the field
Glossy Ibis Hungary 27530 9y 1m Shot Plegadis falcinellus Hungary 45055 5y 0m Shot
Greater Flamingo France FA 5233 27y 6m Ring number read in the field Phoenocopterus ruber
Mute Swan Britain & Ireland Z 40808 28y 10m Found dead Cygnus olor Germany 111617 28y 7m Ring number read in the field
Bewick`s Swan Britain & Ireland Z 20874 23y 7m Ring number read in the field Cygnus columbianus
Whooper Swan Iceland A 2269 26y 8m Id. by other marks in the field Cygnus cygnus Denmark A 5632 26y 6m Controlled by ringer
Bean Goose Germany 210151 25y 7m Found dead Anser fabalis Finland M-20282 19y 7m Id. by other marks in the field
Pink-footed Goose Britain & Ireland 1007952 40y 11m Found dead Anser brachyrhynchus Iceland 211118 23y 6m Found dead
White-fronted Goose Netherlands 8008491 25y 3m Shot Anser albifrons Britain & Ireland 1193309 19y 2m Shot
Lesser White-fronted Goose Sweden 9127696 14y 9m Ring number read in the field Anser erythropus Sweden 9153928 14y 0m Ring number read in the field
Greylag Goose Sweden 9230822 25y 9m Ring number read in the field Anser anser Sweden 9232945 25y 9m Found dead Canada Goose Britain & Ireland 5067777 27y 5m Ring number read in the field Branta canadensis Britain & Ireland 5084137 27y 5m Found dead
Barnacle Goose Britain & Ireland 1061347 28y 2m Found dead Branta leucopsis Sweden 9179455 25y 11m Id. by other marks in the field
Brent Goose Britain & Ireland GP 86044 28y 10m Shot Branta bernicla Iceland 18117 11y 0m Shot
Shelduck Britain & Ireland GM 96505 24y 9m Found dead Tadorna tadorna Sweden 90A00877 17y 9m Ring number read in the field
Wigeon Britain & Ireland AT 71365 35y 2m Shot Anas penelope Denmark 14y 10m
Gadwall Britain & Ireland AT 83971 22y 4m Shot Anas strepera Czech Republic D 61605 9y 7m Shot
Teal Norway 21y 6m Anas crecca France ED 1418 21y 3m Shot
Mallard Sweden TA 5685 23y 3m Shot Anas platyrhynchos Sweden 9048436 21y 9m Shot
Pintail Netherlands 5009767 27y 5m Shot Anas acuta Denmark 20y 5m
Garganey Denmark 14y 8m Anas querquedula Britain & Ireland EC 74458 14y 7m Shot
Shoveler Russia E 47327 20y 4m Anas clypeata Britain & Ireland 935572 14y 9m Shot
Red-crested Pochard Netherlands 5286404 12y 11m Controlled by ringer Netta rufina Netherlands 5285746 12y 1m Controlled by ringer
Pochard Britain & Ireland GK 61258 23y 2m Shot Aythya ferina Switzerland Z 49899 19y 5m Shot
Ferruginous duck Switzerland Z 5097 9y 0m Killed by man Aythya nyroca
Tufted Duck Denmark 444967 45y 3m Shot Aythya fuligula Britain & Ireland FR 39497 22y 2m Shot
Scaup Switzerland Z 21429 15y 3m Accidentally trapped (e.g. fishnet) Aythya marila Finland 47205 14y 0m Shot
Eider Britain & Ireland 942932 36y 10m Found dead Somateria mollissima Finland DT-7456 28y 8m Found dead (oiled)
Steller's Eider Norway 497169 12y 9m Ring number read in the field Polysticta stelleri
Harlequin Duck Iceland 337968 7y 7m Ring number read from a photo Histrionicus histrionicus Iceland 323757 7y 0m Id. by other marks in the field
Long-tailed Duck Finland HT-34970 22y 8m Shot Clangula hyemalis Britain & Ireland SS 68635 21y 3m Shot Common Scoter Iceland 328 16y 0m Found dead Melanitta nigra Britain & Ireland GM 79351 8y 2m Shot
Velvet Scoter Finland H-57155 21y 5m Shot Melanitta fusca Sweden 9118882 19y 4m Accidentally trapped (e.g. fishnet)
Barrow´s Goldeneye Iceland 228026 15y 11m Found dead Bucephala islandica
Goldeneye Sweden 90A00321 20y 11m Shot Bucephala clangula Russia D 18692 16y 11m
Smew Netherlands 5241039 10y 0m Killed by animal Mergus albellus
Red-breasted Merganser Sweden W 107522 21y 4m Shot Mergus serrator Denmark 14y 2m
Goosander Switzerland Z 55000 14y 10m Shot Mergus merganser Sweden 9120182 14y 2m Shot
Honey Buzzard Germany C 52627 29y 0m Found dead Pernis apivorus Sweden TA 8826 27y 11m Found dead
Black Kite Switzerland 829312 23y 10m Found dead (wires) Milvus migrans Poland C 25955 5y 9m Killed by man
Red Kite Germany D 26437 25y 8m Killed by man Milvus milvus Britain & Ireland HW 83376 20y 1m Found dead
White-tailed Eagle Sweden H 8034 33y 5m Found dead Haliaeetus albicilla Sweden H 8028 32y 7m Found dead
Egyptian Vulture Spain G 09545 17y 4m Found dead (electrocuted) Neophron percnopterus
Griffon Vulture Croatia UA 0035 17y 2m Controlled by ringer Gyps fulvus Spain AB 1860 9y 11m Found dead
Marsh Harrier Germany D 16220 20y 1m Found dead Circus aeruginosus Czech Republic D 22845 18y 3m Found dead
Hen Harrier Netherlands 3273552 17y 1m Found dead (road casualty) Circus cyaneus Britain & Ireland FS 95528 15y 9m Found dead
Montagu`s Harrier Germany D 178 16y 1m Found dead Circus pygargus Hungary 401215 13y 10m Found dead (road casualty)
Pallid Harrier France FA 9410 13y 5m Circus macrourus
Goshawk Sweden 9130178 22y 0m Found dead Accipiter gentilis Sweden 9130457 18y 9m Found dead
Sparrowhawk Denmark 588073 20y 3m Found dead Accipiter nisus Sweden 6126676 19y 11m Found dead (window)
Buzzard Denmark 313963 28y 9m Found dead Buteo buteo Denmark 3011454 26y 10m Found dead
Rough-legged Buzzard Sweden 9208506 18y 9m Found dead (wires) Buteo lagopus Finland D-54910 17y 8m Found dead Lesser Spotted Eagle Hungary 603164 7y 0m Controlled by ringer Aquila pomarina
Imperial Eagle Croatia D 113756 25y 11m Found dead Aquila heliaca Czech Republic L 1196 10y 0m Ring number read in the field
Golden Eagle Sweden H 2043 32y 0m Found dead Aquila chrysaetos Sweden H 3598 31y 0m Found dead
Osprey Finland M-17858 26y 11m Found dead Pandion haliaetus Finland M-237 26y 1m Found sick
Lesser Kestrel Spain 4019231 10y 11m Controlled by ringer Falco naumanni
Kestrel Germany GN 4735 20y 5m Found sick Falco tinnunculus Denmark 520379 16y 5m Found dead
Red-footed Falcon France GT 9477 13y 3m Falco vespertinus
Merlin Britain & Ireland EB 28714 12y 8m Found dead Falco columbarius Finland B-32204 10y 8m Found dead
Hobby Germany 5103443 14y 1m Found dead (botulism) Falco subbuteo Britain & Ireland EK 04489 12y 1m Found dead
Eleonora´s Falcon Germany 5265733 11y 2m Shot Falco eleonorae
Saker Hungary 517363 15y 11m Controlled by ringer Falco cherrug Hungary 510868 12y 3m Found wounded (aircraft)
Gyr Falcon Iceland 17637 16y 11m Found dead Falco rusticolus Iceland 15567 12y 11m Found dead
Peregrine Sweden 9002638 17y 4m Road casualty Falco peregrinus Finland D-101569 16y 7m Found dead
Hazel Hen Sweden 16504 7y 3m Shot Bonasa bonasia
Willow Grouse Finland H-127524 8y 7m Controlled by ringer Lagopus lagopus
Ptarmigan Iceland 425076 11y 8m Controlled by ringer Lagopus mutus Iceland 470824 6y 1m Controlled by ringer
Black Grouse Finland D-84897 12y 3m Shot Tetrao tetrix Switzerland Z 7919 8y 7m Controlled by ringer
Capercaillie Sweden 36825 9y 4m Shot Tetrao urogallus Sweden 9301752 8y 3m Shot
Partridge Britain & Ireland FS 45771 5y 3m Shot Perdix perdix Denmark 5y 0m
Quail Slovakia K 261152 14y 7m Shot Coturnix coturnix Italy 241247 6y 0m Shot Water Rail Britain & Ireland DA 56290 8y 11m Found dead Rallus aquaticus Czech Republic H 30640 6y 5m Shot
Little Crake Germany G 115134 5y 9m Found sick Porzana parva
Moorhen Denmark 403675 18y 7m Found dead Gallinula chloropus Czech Republic E 236015 12y 2m Shot
Coot Denmark 316250 20y 7m Shot Fulica atra Switzerland Z 38178 17y 4m Shot
Crane Sweden 9237782 24y 3m Id. by other marks in the field Grus grus Sweden 9237787 21y 3m Id. by other marks in the field
Great Bustard Hungary 604951 9y 9m Found dead Otis Tarda Hungary 600354 9y 5m Shot
Oystercatcher Germany 5022926 43y 4m Killed by bird of prey Haematopus ostralegus Britain & Ireland SS 88071 36y 11m Found dead
Black-winged Stilt Spain 4037768 10y 3m Ring number read in the field Himantopus himantopus Portugal J 4768 8y 11m Id. by other marks in the field
Avocet Netherlands 3047434 27y 10m Ring number read in the field Recurvirostra avosetta Denmark 24y 6m
Stone Curlew Britain & Ireland ED 41923 17y 10m Found dead (road casualty) Burhinus oedicnemus
Little Ringed Plover Finland KT-453 13y 0m Controlled by ringer Charadrius dubius Sweden 3242069 12y 10m Ring number read in the field
Ringed Plover Britain & Ireland BV 85945 20y 10m Ring number read in the field Charadrius hiaticula Sweden 3341311 16y 0m Ring number read in the field
Kentish Plover Sweden 3247244 19y 0m Id. by other marks in the field Charadrius alexandrinus Sweden 3258164 16y 1m Ring number read in the field
Dotterel Britain & Ireland XR 45242 11y 9m Found dead Charadrius morinellus Sweden 5017465 5y 7m Shot
Golden Plover Iceland 624564 13y 9m Found dead Pluvialis apricaria Netherlands 364033 12y 9m Shot
Grey Plover Britain & Ireland DS 08723 25y 7m Found dead Pluvialis squatarola Britain & Ireland DS 28889 23y 6m Killed by bird of prey
Lapwing Denmark 24y 6m Vanellus vanellus Denmark 690909 23y 7m Killed by man
Knot Britain & Ireland CE 25745 26y 8m Ring number read in the field Calidris canutus Britain & Ireland CK 68568 25y 1m Controlled by ringer
Sanderling Britain & Ireland BB 52147 18y 7m Controlled by ringer Calidris alba Iceland 853561 14y 0m Controlled by ringer
Little Stint Czech Republic RX 17327 14y 8m Found dead Calidris minuta France 1061363 12y 0m Found dead
Temminck`s Stint Finland X-509990 14y 11m Id. by other marks in the field Calidris temminckii Finland X-509959 14y 11m Id. by other marks in the field Curlew Sandpiper Finland PT-30356 19y 8m Shot Calidris ferruginea Sweden 3322691 17y 1m Controlled by ringer
Purple Sandpiper Sweden 4235212 20y 9m Controlled by ringer Calidris maritima Sweden 4316860 19y 8m Controlled by ringer
Dunlin Denmark 807017 28y 10m Controlled by ringer Calidris alpina Norway 24y 0m
Broad-billed Sandpiper Sweden 3386241 6y 10m Controlled by ringer Limicola falcinellus Sweden 3382048 5y 10m Controlled by ringer
Ruff Finland AT-8167 13y 11m Accidentally trapped (e.g. fishnet) Philomachus pugnax Sweden 6056620 12y 3m Shot
Jack Snipe Germany 7170838 12y 4m Shot Lymnocryptes minimus Britain & Ireland BV 13930 10y 1m Found dead
Snipe Sweden 4104395 16y 3m Shot Gallinago gallinago Britain & Ireland XC 34292 16y 2m Shot
Great Snipe Sweden 5127024 5y 11m Controlled by ringer Gallinago media Sweden 5116319 5y 10m Controlled by ringer
Woodcock Britain & Ireland R 4516 15y 6m Shot Scolopax rusticola Sweden 6093380 13y 9m Shot
Black-tailed Godwit Britain & Ireland EF 90838 23y 7m Ring number read in the field Limosa limosa Netherlands 3288275 21y 11m Ring number read in the field
Bar-tailed Godwit Britain & Ireland DS 66532 33y 1m Controlled by ringer Limosa lapponica Britain & Ireland DS 28165 31y 4m Controlled by ringer
Whimbrel Britain & Ireland EH 49697 16y 1m Shot Numenius phaeopus Sweden 7161779 14y 0m Ring number read in the field
Curlew Britain & Ireland FS 40887 31y 10m Ring number read in the field Numenius arquata Sweden D 1266 31y 6m Shot
Spotted Redshank Finland B-70005 8y 7m Shot Tringa erythropus Britain & Ireland DR 28508 8y 6m Shot
Redshank Denmark 721125 26y 11m Found dead Tringa totanus Britain & Ireland DR 74213 21y 9m Shot
Marsh Sandpiper France GA 84137 7y 1m Shot Tringa stagnatilis
Greenshank Netherlands 2040963 24y 5m Killed by man Tringa nebularia Britain & Ireland DR 70162 17y 2m Controlled by ringer
Green Sandpiper Britain & Ireland CR 63312 11y 6m Controlled by ringer Tringa ochropus Czech Republic K 317972 8y 11m Controlled by ringer
Wood Sandpiper Sweden 4035425 11y 8m Shot Tringa glareola Sweden 4292108 11y 0m Controlled by ringer
Terek Sandpiper Finland AT-73914 16y 0m Controlled by ringer Xenus cinereus Finland AT-670 16y 0m Id. by other marks in the field Common Sandpiper Sweden 3189307 14y 6m Found dead Actitis hypoleucos Britain & Ireland NV 54164 14y 0m Controlled breeding by ringer
Turnstone Britain & Ireland XS 56243 21y 5m Controlled by ringer Arenaria interpres Finland A-13503 19y 8m Shot
Red-necked Phalarope Iceland 9A8734 9y 11m Controlled by ringer Phalaropus lobatus Britain & Ireland NT 14346 6y 10m Ring number read in the field
Arctic Skua Finland ST-24110 31y 1m Found dead Stercorarius parasiticus Iceland 448329 26y 0m Found dead
Long-tailed Skua Sweden 6164551 17y 11m Controlled by ringer Stercorarius longicaudus Sweden 6182959 11y 0m Id. by other marks in the field
Great Skua Iceland 215553 35y 11m Controlled by ringer Catharacta skua Britain & Ireland HW 38116 34y 6m Found dead
Mediterranean Gull Greece E 000958 22y 1m Ring number read in the field Larus melanocephalus Netherlands 3449428 20y 3m Id. by other marks in the field
Little Gull Finland AT-35319 20y 11m Ring number read in the field Larus minutus Britain & Ireland CE 73589 13y 1m Found dead
Black-headed Gull Netherlands 3275396 32y 9m Ring number read in the field Chroicocephalus ridibundus Netherlands 3557150 31y 10m Ring number read in the field
Slender-billed Gull Russia E 271491 16y 2m Controlled by ringer Chroicocephalus genei
Audouin´s Gull Spain 6005620 25y 0m Controlled by ringer Larus audouinii Spain J0H 23y 5m Id. by other marks in the field
Common Gull Denmark 5003247 33y 8m Ring number read in the field Larus canus Finland CT-14051 32y 8m Ring number read in the field
Lesser Black-backed Gull Britain & Ireland GM 21509 34y 10m Shot Larus fuscus Finland HT-38864 32y 2m Ring number read in the field
Herring Gull Netherlands 5020154 34y 9m Accidentally trapped (e.g. fishnet) Larus argentatus Norway 33y 10m
Yellow-legged Gull Portugal 16678 20y 4m Ring number read in the field Larus michahellis Portugal 17671 19y 7m Ring number read in the field
Glaucous Gull Iceland 232937 29y 4m Shot Larus hyperboreus Norway 372050 19y 0m Controlled by ringer
Great Black-backed Gull Finland DT-12984 32y 9m Shot Larus marinus Finland DT-13489 29y 2m Found dead
Kittiwake Britain & Ireland EC 26662 28y 6m Found dead (oiled) Rissa tridactyla Denmark 26y 0m
Ivory Gull Norway 6155854 12y 0m Id. by other marks in the field Pagophila eburnea Norway 5y 11m
Gull-billed Tern Denmark 15y 9m Gelochelidon nilotica Germany 6308865 12y 10m
Caspian Tern Sweden U 22698 30y 0m Ring number read in the field Sterna caspia Sweden U 68036 27y 11m Ring number read in the field Sandwich Tern Britain & Ireland DS 61571 30y 9m Trapped Sterna sandvicensis Sweden 5047158 27y 0m Controlled by ringer
Roseate Tern Britain & Ireland SX 080-- 23y 10m Found dead Sterna dougallii Britain & Ireland CK 73170 21y 0m Ring number read in the field
Common Tern Britain & Ireland CK 39045 33y 0m Ring number read in the field Sterna hirundo Sweden 4027650 29y 9m Found sick
Arctic Tern Denmark 864637 30y 11m Found dead Sterna paradisaea Germany 7491927 30y 11m Controlled by ringer
Little Tern Germany 80303320 23y 11m Controlled by ringer Sterna albifrons Denmark 23y 3m
Black Tern Denmark 8045639 21y 0m Found dead Chlidonias niger Sweden A 38638 19y 2m Controlled by ringer
Guillemot Sweden 962086? 42y 10m Ring number read in the field Uria aalge Sweden 9045549 42y 0m Ring number read in the field
Brünnick´s Guillemot Norway 468103 27y 10m Found dead Uria lomvia Iceland 320083 20y 7m Found dead
Razorbill Britain & Ireland AT 73954 42y 0m Controlled by ringer Alca torda Finland CT 025565 34y 0m Reringed by ringer - SVS 8123269
Black Guillemot Sweden 7068685 29y 11m Controlled by ringer Cepphus grylle Denmark 6027267 29y 0m Killed by other species of bird
Little Auk Norway DA 19866 14y 0m Controlled by ringer Alle alle
Puffin Iceland 56309 45y 0m Taken in pole-net and killed Fratercula arctica Norway 56705 40y 10m Killed by Raven (or Falcon)
Rock Dove Britain & Ireland EK 12066 8y 1m Found dead Columba livia
Domestic pigeon Finland S-66843 10y 7m Controlled by ringer Columba livia domestica
Stock Dove Switzerland 930722 12y 7m Killed by man Columba oenas Switzerland 926424 12y 4m Shot
Wood Pigeon Britain & Ireland FV 67324 17y 8m Controlled by ringer Columba palumbus Britain & Ireland 339579 15y 11m Shot
Collared Dove Britain & Ireland ED 04205 17y 8m Found dead Streptopelia decaocto Sweden 6071530 14y 5m Controlled by ringer
Turtle Dove Netherlands 167353 13y 2m Shot Streptopelia turtur Britain & Ireland 2073711 12y 2m Shot
Cuckoo Germany 6023421 12y 11m Found dead Cuculus canorus Finland B-85754 8y 10m Found dead
Barn Owl Netherlands 102460 17y 11m Found dead Tyto alba Hungary 417232 15y 10m Found dead (road casualty) Scops Owl Hungary 392864 6y 11m Controlled by ringer Otus scops Hungary 372582 6y 10m Controlled by ringer
Eagle Owl Sweden H 8520 27y 4m Found dead (train) Bubo bubo Czech Republic A 1406 27y 3m Found dead
Hawk Owl Norway 16y 2m Surnia ulula Sweden 9038484 8y 3m Found dead (wires)
Pygmy Owl Germany TA 1347 6y 0m Controlled by ringer Glaucidium passerinum Finland BV-19602 5y 11m Controlled by ringer (nesting)
Little Owl Britain & Ireland ES 03970 11y 1m Controlled by ringer Athene noctua Denmark 10y 2m
Tawny Owl Czech Republic C 17021 22y 5m Shot Strix aluco Finland D-108784 22y 5m Found dead
Ural Owl Finland D-47397 23y 10m Found dead Strix uralensis Finland D-69817 21y 10m Found dead
Great Grey Owl Finland M-4834 16y 1m Killed by Golden Eagle Strix nebulosa Sweden 9220369 15y 11m Controlled by ringer (nesting)
Long-eared Owl Finland H-7998 17y 11m Shot Asio otus Finland H-118810 13y 7m Found dead (car)
Short-eared Owl Germany 3066160 20y 9m Found dead Asio flammeus Finland H-41169 14y 0m Killed by an animal
Tengmalm`s Owl Finland C-99518 15y 0m Found dead Aegolius funereus Switzerland P 436 12y 1m Controlled by ringer
Nightjar Britain & Ireland XJ 86805 11y 11m Controlled by ringer Caprimulgus europaeus Finland A-639204 10y 1m Controlled by ringer
Red-nected Nightjar Spain 3031673 13y 3m Controlled by ringer Caprimulgus ruficollis
Swift Sweden ZB 84? 21y 1m Found sick (cold weather) Apus apus Switzerland 605769 21y 0m Controlled by ringer
Alpine Swift Switzerland 900438 26y 0m Found sick (cold weather) Apus melba
Kingfisher Belgium N 18630 21y 0m Controlled by ringer Alcedo atthis Sweden A 33751 19y 1m Found dead
Bee-eater Germany NA 15042 5y 11m Controlled by ringer Merops apiaster Hungary 231313 5y 0m Controlled by ringer
Roller Poland E 30905 9y 2m Shot Coracias garrulus Hungary 310748 6y 11m Controlled by ringer (nesting)
Wryneck Czech Republic Z 735064 6y 10m Controlled by ringer Jynx torquilla Finland P-245673 6y 2m Shot
Grey-headed Woodpecker Hungary 672050 7y 8m Found dead Picus canus Sweden 4534101 6y 4m Controlled by ringer
Green Woodpecker Britain & Ireland DS 73653 15y 1m Found dead (road casualty) Picus viridis Czech Republic H 37162 12y 10m Controlled by ringer Black Woodpecker Finland S-95923 14y 0m Id. by other marks in the field Dryocopus martius Denmark 13y 7m
Great Spotted Woodpecker Sweden 4330049 12y 8m Controlled by ringer Dendrocopos major Sweden 4417161 11y 11m Controlled by ringer
Syrian Woodpecker Hungary 223005 10y 11m Controlled by ringer Dendrocopos syriacus Hungary 1003948 7y 0m Found dead
Middle Spotted Woodpecker Hungary XX 6641 9y 4m Controlled by ringer Dendrocopos medius Czech Republic K 53328 6y 6m Controlled by ringer
White-backed Woodpecker Finland A-554077 15y 11m Id. by other marks in the field Dendrocopos leucotos Finland A-449702 12y 10m Controlled by ringer
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Sweden A 35019 9y 10m Id. by other marks in the field Dendrocopos minor Hungary 1A 4579 8y 9m Controlled by ringer
Three-toed Woodpecker Sweden 4382321 9y 1m Controlled by ringer Picoides tridactylus Finland A-587491 8y 3m Id. by other marks in the field
Crested Lark Germany H 685798 11y 7m Found dead Galerida cristata
Woodlark Britain & Ireland VC 1823- 5y 0m Controlled by ringer (nesting) Lullula arborea
Skylark Czech Republic M 107989 10y 0m Found dead Alauda arvensis Britain & Ireland BN 21415 9y 5m Controlled by ringer
Sand Martin Sweden AR 45926 10y 1m Found dead (road casualty) Riparia riparia Hungary E 04609 9y 0m Controlled by ringer
Barn Swallow Britain & Ireland LK 620 11y 1m Found dead Hirundo rustica Denmark 10y 11m
House Martin Sweden 1519863 15y 0m Controlled by ringer Delichon urbica Germany G 68114 14y 6m Shot
Tree Pipit Czech Republic Z 347042 8y 9m Found dead Anthus trivialis Sweden 2452196 8y 2m Shot
Meadow Pipit Poland KX 21880 13y 1m Found dead Anthus pratensis Czech Republic Z 410138 8y 9m Found dead
Rock Pipit Sweden AK 74816 10y 11m Id. by other marks in the field Anthus petrosus Sweden AS 77028 10y 0m Controlled by ringer
Yellow Wagtail Sweden 2407355 8y 10m Found dead (wires) Motacilla flava Britain & Ireland A 452699 8y 9m Shot
Grey Wagtail Germany BO 87112 8y 0m Controlled by ringer Motacilla cinerea Czech Republic M 437773 7y 1m Controlled by ringer
White Wagtail Czech Republic N 212046 13y 8m Controlled by ringer Motacilla alba Britain & Ireland KN 38306 12y 4m Found dead
Waxwing Czech Republic R 69674 13y 6m Found dead Bombycilla garrulus Sweden 3292355 6y 7m Found dead (window) Dipper Finland PT-34971 10y 7m Controlled by ringer Cinclus cinclus Sweden 4132239 10y 4m Controlled by ringer
Wren Sweden / Italy 1817973 6y 10m Controlled by ringer Troglodytes troglodytes Britain & Ireland 9B 2979 6y 9m Found dead
Dunnock Denmark 9A 59942 20y 10m Found dead (fresh) Prunella modularis Britain & Ireland BW 170 11y 8m Found dead
Alpine Accentor Slovenia K 69 7y 8m Controlled by ringer Prunella collaris Switzerland N 91002 7y 5m Found dead
Robin Czech Republic Z 364896 19y 4m Found dead (fresh) Erithacus rubecula Poland HA 240125 17y 3m Killed by man
Thrush Nightingale Sweden 2KK92536 8y 10m Controlled by ringer Luscinia luscinia Germany 80134942 8y 10m Found dead
Nightingale Spain 2498771 10y 11m Controlled by ringer Luscinia megarhynchos Slovakia M 986504 9y 10m Controlled by ringer
Bluethroat Spain N 0074112 11y 5m Controlled by ringer Luscinia svecica Sweden 2625610 8y 10m Found dead (window)
Black Redstart Netherlands S 128312 10y 2m Killed by man Phoenicurus ochruros Czech Republic M 5567 6y 7m Found dead
Redstart Denmark 9H 40474 10y 3m Killed by man Phoenicurus phoenicurus Czech Republic N 1091 10y 2m Shot
Whinchat Czech Republic T 389922 6y 11m Controlled by ringer Saxicola rubetra Switzerland 548075 6y 11m Controlled by ringer
Stonechat Germany 9X 36806 8y 10m Found dead Saxicola torquata
Wheatear Sweden 1EE42448 10y 1m Controlled by ringer (nesting) Oenanthe oenanthe Britain & Ireland VR 22154 8y 0m Controlled by ringer
Ring Ouzel Spain 3015231 9y 1m Found dead Turdus torquatus Britain & Ireland CH 15361 7y 3m Found dead
Blackbird Germany 7561680 21y 10m Controlled by ringer Turdus merula Denmark 18y 4m
Fieldfare Finland A-44583 18y 1m Shot Turdus pilaris Norway 12y 10m
Song Thrush Britain & Ireland CP 71448 17y 8m Found dead Turdus philomelos Denmark 17y 6m
Redwing Finland P-337619 17y 4m Shot Turdus iliacus Finland P-255562 15y 6m Shot
Mistle Thrush Switzerland 768038 21y 3m Shot Turdus viscivorus Britain & Ireland CP 00285 12y 3m Found dead
Cetti`s Warbler Britain & Ireland KV 98586 7y 6m Controlled by ringer Cettia cetti
Grasshopper Warbler Britain & Ireland A 889049 5y 11m Controlled by ringer Locustella naevia River Warbler Hungary N 89384 6y 11m Controlled by ringer Locustella fluviatilis
Savi`s Warbler Hungary P 45251 9y 9m Controlled by ringer Locustella luscinoides Slovakia T 589040 7y 10m Controlled by ringer
Moustached Warbler Hungary Y 13562 11y 3m Controlled by ringer Acrocephalus melanopogon Hungary 9X 1762 10y 3m Controlled by ringer
Sedge Warbler Denmark 11y 10m Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Finland V-637074 10y 1m Controlled by ringer
Blyth`s Reed Warbler Finland JL-553632 8y 0m Controlled by ringer Acrocephalus dumetorum Finland J-680164 7y 9m Controlled by ringer
Marsh Warbler Sweden AX 18398 8y 11m Controlled by ringer Acrocephalus palustris Switzerland 226351 8y 11m Controlled by ringer
Reed Warbler Belgium 5544265 16y 11m Controlled by ringer Acrocephalus scirpaceus Britain & Ireland E 872034 14y 0m Controlled by ringer
Great Reed Warbler Hungary A 94706 10y 1m Controlled by ringer Acrocephalus arundinaceus Germany 80532535 10y 0m Controlled by ringer
Melodious Warbler Spain 525058 8y 11m Controlled by ringer Hippolais polyglotta Spain M 36622 8y 10m Controlled by ringer
Icterine Warbler Germany 9G 77549 10y 10m Shot Hippolais icterina Czech Republic T 222746 10y 1m Found injured (released)
Sardinian Warbler Spain 146809 8y 4m Controlled by ringer Sylvia melanocephala
Barred Warbler Sweden 2310578 11y 11m Controlled by ringer Sylvia nisoria Finland P-83507 10y 0m Controlled by ringer
Lesser Whitethroat Britain & Ireland N 439903 7y 11m Controlled by ringer Sylvia curruca Sweden BM 80678 7y 11m Controlled by ringer (nesting)
Whitethroat Sweden 2KK72878 9y om Controlled by ringer Sylvia communis Denmark 9C 12140 8y 11m Controlled by ringer
Garden Warbler Germany 393985 14y 2m Shot Sylvia borin Sweden 2KG93543 10y 2m Controlled by ringer
Blackcap Czech Republic T 274613 13y 10m Controlled by ringer Sylvia atricapilla Germany 80767537 11y 7m Killed by man
Wood Warbler Germany AL 5318 10y 3m Controlled Phylloscopus sibilatrix Finland N-65359 8y 10m Found dead (car)
Chiffchaff Hungary T 109177 8y 0m Controlled by ringer Phylloscopus collybita Britain & Ireland 5R 9768 7y 8m Found dead
Willow Warbler Britain & Ireland 9J 1321 10y 10m Controlled by ringer Phylloscopus trochilus Sweden BM 27924 8y 0m Controlled by ringer
Goldcrest Denmark 8A 46230 5y 5m Found dead Regulus regulus Britain & Ireland 1J 2877 5y 2m Found dead (window) Spotted Flycatcher Finland J-978561 11y 0m Killed by cat Muscicapa striata Sweden 1087473 8y 2m Shot
Collared Flycatcher Hungary T 06103 9y 10m Controlled by ringer Ficedula albicollis Hungary T 197556 9y 0m Controlled by ringer
Pied Flycatcher Finland J-574662 10y 11m Shot Ficedula hypoleuca Britain & Ireland H 642535 9y 0m Controlled by ringer
Bearded Tit Czech Republic M 522548 6y 11m Controlled by ringer Panurus biarmicus Britain & Ireland E 296078 6y 5m Controlled by ringer
Long-tailed Tit Denmark 11y 1m Aegithalos caudatus Denmark 9398461 10y 9m Controlled by ringer
Marsh Tit Sweden BS 33399 13y 2m Controlled by ringer Parus palustris Sweden AC 18265 11y 11m Killed by bird of prey
Willow Tit Britain & Ireland JE 10783 11y 4m Controlled by ringer Parus montanus Finland X-382866 11y 4m Controlled by ringer
Siberian Tit Finland J-959031 9y 0m Controlled by ringer Parus cinctus Norway 7y 4m
Crested Tit Finland J-951734 11y 7m Controlled by ringer Parus cristatus Finland X-271822 10y 7m Controlled by ringer
Coal Tit Britain & Ireland KB 35969 9y 5m Controlled by ringer Parus ater Sweden CC 03425 8y 4m Controlled by ringer
Blue Tit Czech Republic M 752398 11y 7m Controlled by ringer Parus caeruleus Britain & Ireland A 691347 9y 9m Found dead
Great Tit Germany 9222933 15y 5m Found dead Parus major Britain & Ireland BB 76998 13y 11m Found dead
Nuthatch Britain & Ireland VA 82072 12y 10m Found dead Sitta europaea Denmark 11y 9m
Treecreeper Britain & Ireland 3B 6601 8y 2m Controlled by ringer Certhia familiaris Britain & Ireland 5Z1452 7y 9m Controlled by ringer
Short-toed Treecreeper Czech Republic U 1818 5y 9m Controlled by ringer Certhia brachydactyla Spain 551897 5y 8m Controlled by ringer
Penduline Tit Hungary M 392964 7y 3m Controlled by ringer Remiz pendulinus Hungary M 47228 7y 0m Controlled by ringer
Golden Oriole Britain & Ireland RA 59406 10y 11m Controlled by ringer (nesting) Oriolus oriolus Sweden / Italy 515761 9y 10m Shot
Red-backed Shrike Hungary 156914 10y 1m Found dead Lanius collurio Denmark DKC 8y 0m
Lesser Grey Shrike Slovakia Z 740717 6y 0m Controlled by ringer Lanius minor
Great Grey Shrike Finland A-409668 8y 2m Controlled by ringer Lanius excubitor
Woodchat Shrike Germany 7367101 5y 8m Found dead (train) Lanius senator Jay Britain & Ireland DS 22102 17y 0m Found dead Garrulus glandarius Sweden C 37195 16y 11m Found dead (wires)
Siberian Jay Finland A-572455 13y 4m Controlled by ringer Perisoreus infaustus Sweden 5129083 13y 2m Controlled by ringer
Magpie Britain & Ireland 74564 21y 8m Shot Pica pica Finland S-58553 18y 11m Found dead
Nutcracker Finland BT-24943 19y 11m Controlled by ringer Nucifraga caryocatactes Finland S-116426 17y 2m Id. by other marks in the field
Chough Britain & Ireland EC 00074 17y 5m Found dead Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax Spain 6078416 12y 7m Controlled by ringer
Alpine Chough Switzerland K 4672 23y 4m Ring number read in the field Pyrrhocorax graculus
Jackdaw Denmark 20y 4m Corvus monedula Sweden 6109466 19y 11m Found dead
Rook Norway 4158610 23y 9m Found dead Corvus frugilegus Britain & Ireland FV 55866 22y 11m Found dead
Crow Switzerland Z 58565 19y 2m Ring number read in the field Corvus corone Britain & Ireland FS 40208 17y 10m Shot
Raven Norway NOS 23y 3m Corvus corax Norway 342461 21y 11m Ring number read in the field
Starling Denmark 8552412 22y 11m Found dead Sturnus vulgaris Sweden 5017647 17y 0m Found dead
Spotless Starling Spain 3173460 8y 6m Controlled by ringer Sturnus unicolor
House Sparrow Denmark 9412172 19y 9m Found dead Passer domesticus Sweden 3177688 16y 3m Found dead
Spanish Sparrow Spain 2718667 7y 9m Controlled by ringer Passer hispaniolensis
Tree Sparrow France 417586 13y 1m Found dead Passer montanus Britain & Ireland NN 15352 10y 10m Found dead
Rock Sparrow Spain 2752869 7y 0m Controlled by ringer Petronia petronia
Chaffinch Italy L 442566 16y 4m Controlled by ringer Fringilla coelebs Switzerland E 303097 15y 6m Controlled by ringer
Brambling Sweden 2197911 14y 9m Controlled by ringer Fringilla montifringilla Switzerland 511124 12y 6m Killed by man
Serin Czech Republic N 13903 13y 4m Found dead Serinus serinus Czech Republic T 286084 10y 2m Controlled by ringer
Greenfinch Czech Republic Z 1852 13y 7m Controlled by ringer Carduelis chloris Britain & Ireland P 3640 12y 11m Controlled Goldfinch Czech Republic T 104726 14y 1m Found dead Carduelis carduelis Germany 8719527 11y 9m Controlled by ringer
Siskin Russia S 730968 13y 6m Controlled by ringer Carduelis spinus Britain & Ireland C 674383 9y 9m Controlled by ringer
Linnet France 1192972 9y 5m Found dead Carduelis cannabina Britain & Ireland AX 63464 8y 3m Found dead
Twite Norway 3H 99752 6y 9m Found dead (window) Carduelis flavirostris
Redpoll Denmark 12y 2m Carduelis flammea Finland K-370978 10y 8m Shot
Crossbill Czech Republic RX 2233 14y 3m Controlled by ringer Loxia curvirostra Sweden YL 2605 6y 10m Shot
Parrot Crossbill Sweden YM 3015 6y 0m Controlled by ringer Loxia pytyopsittacus
Scarlet Rosefinch Finland P-81988 8y 11m Ring number read in the field Carpodacus erythrinus Sweden 2KB38178 8y 11m Controlled by ringer
Bullfinch Germany 8983918 12y 7m Found dead Pyrrhula pyrrhula Sweden 3160625 12y 6m Found dead
Hawfinch Germany 7241335 12y 7m Found dead Coccothraustes coccothraustes Germany 7174629 10y 7m Found dead (road casualty)
Snow Bunting Iceland 946781 10y 2m Found dead Plectrophenax nivalis Iceland 952718 9y 6m Controlled by ringer
Rock Bunting Hungary A 415109 5y 5m Controlled by ringer Emberiza cia
Yellowhammer Britain & Ireland JC 97236 13y 3m Found dead Emberiza citrinella Germany 80438231 13y 0m Killed by bird of prey
Ortolan Bunting Switzerland E 966705 6y 10m Found dead (road casualty) Emberiza hortulana Norway E 311117 5y 10m Controlled by ringer
Yellow-breasted Bunting Finland P-105089 7y 0m Controlled by ringer Emberiza aureola
Reed Bunting Switzerland A 220452 12y 3m Controlled by ringer Emberiza schoeniclus Netherlands S 9774 11y 3m Found dead
Corn Bunting Czech Republic Z 289597 10y 7m Controlled by ringer Miliaria calandra Spain Y 5823 9y 10m Shot