British Bi Vol. 61 No . I I

N O V E M B E R 1968

Report on bird-ringing for 1967*

By Robert Spencer Ringing Officer, B.T.O.

As recently as six years ago it was possible for the Ringing Office staff to form a reasonably accurate impression of the numbers of birds ringed in a year by counting the rings issued. Today, with far more ringers operating and many of them holding larger stocks, the exercise has little meaning. Furthermore, since the machines of the Nature Conservancy's Biological Records Centre have happily relieved us of the laborious task of preparing the ringing totals, we no longer see the year's pattern gradually unfolding as the work proceeds. Thus the final result, when it drops through our letter box, may well be a com­plete surprise.

In 1967, for example, we had guessed that, with the ending of the official enquiry, there would be a big drop in the numbers of Sand Martins Riparia riparia ringed, so big a decrease, perhaps, that it might offset possible increases in other species. In fact, the computer reported that about 26,000 fewer Sand Martins were ringed than in 1966, and also that the total of Swallows Hirundo rustica (which are often caught with Sand Martins) had fallen by 11,000. Yet despite these two major decreases, both in a sense deliberate, and other smaller, more adventi­tious ones—notably Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus (down 3,000), Gannet Sula bassana (down 1,500) and Great Tit Varus major (down 1,700)—and despite the fact that for many ringers the last six weeks of 1967 were a period of enforced inactivity as a result of the restric­tions put on movement in rural areas by the unprecedented foot-and-mouth epidemic, some 22,000 more birds were ringed than in the previous year, the actual total being 574,329 (see table 1).

•This is the thirty-first report issued on behalf of the Ringing and Migration Committee and is a publication of the British Trust for Ornithology. For the thirtieth report, see Brit. Birds, 60: 429-475.

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Nestlings and full-grown birds contributed almost equally to the increase, which is unusual in the contemporary epoch of mist-nets. But six species of colonial seabirds—especially Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus (up 1,900) and Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvkensis (up 2,800)—accounted for more than two-thirds of the increase in nestling ringing, the major contributors to the remaining third being Swallow (up 1,000), Blue Tit Varus caeruleus (up 700), Song Thrush Turdus philomelos (up 650), Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus (up 600) and Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca (up 1,500).

Whilst ringing totals must in part reflect the interests and enter­prises of ringers, they may sometimes also crudely monitor population levels. I t is an impressive testimony to the fundamental resilience of birds that by 1967 the ringing totals for many of the species worst hit by the icy winter of 1963—some of them additionally weakened by toxic chemicals—were already back to or even well above the 1962 levels. Substantially more Song Thrushes, Wrens Troglodytes troglodytes and Stonechats Saxuola torquata were marked than in any previous year. But the welcome increase in Sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus ringed was due in no small way to activities in Ireland; similarly, much of the gratifying growth in the numbers of Barn Owls Tyto alba (almost double the previous highest total) can be traced to the efforts of ringers in remoter areas of Wales and Scotland.

Generally speaking, the ringing figures for ducks, birds of prey and waders (especially Dunlin Calidris alpina and Redshank Tringa totanus) were up, as were those for finches and sparrows. In its first year the Acrocephalus Enquiry was so effective in stimulating interest that the annual total for Reed Warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus ringed jumped from 3,745 to 7,517, the comparable figures for Sedge Warblers A. schoenobaenus being 8,351 and 10,885. On the other hand, most of the remaining warbler scores fell below the 1966 levels. This was a some­what unexpected result, for many of the ringers participating in the Acrocephalus Enquiry found that they were catching considerable numbers of other warblers incidentally to their main purpose.

Following the recent correspondence in this journal (Brit. Birds, 60: 344-347, 423-426; 61 : 41-43), it has been decided to drop the Red­headed Bunting Emberi^a bruniceps from the second section of table 2 on the grounds that individuals ringed in this country must beyond reasonable doubt have escaped from captivity. The loss can hardly be judged significant, especially when compared with the first of three additions, namely Osprey Pandion haliaetus; a comment on this species will be found in the recovery section. The two other newcomers to the table were Olive-backed (or Swainson's) Thrush Catharus ustulatus and Cretzschmar's Bunting Emberi^a caesia. The former, trapped on Skok-holm, is a North American species, while the latter, captured on Fair Isle, comes from south-east Europe; both were new to Britain, but

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there is one previous record of the Olive-backed Thrush in Ireland. Two species, Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix and Yellow-browed

Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus, were promoted to section i of table 2. As the latter breeds east of the Urals and winters in India and south-east Asia, the ringing of 43 in 1967 may be fairly described as remarkable. Of the remaining oddities listed in section 2, the ringing of four young Snowy Owls Nyctea scandiaca is much the most important, but migra­tion devotees will not fail to notice two Olivaceous Warblers Hippolais pallida, a Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala and no fewer than five Richard's Pipits Anthus novaeseelandiae, as well as three Baltimore Orioles Icterus galbula and one each of Red-eyed Vireo Vino olivaceus, Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus and White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis. The time is clearly coming when no serious ringer will go into the field in autumn without his guide to North American birds!

Although, for the second year in succession, there was a decline in the total of recoveries reported, the figures for most species were above the 1966 levels and the decrease was due entirely to the termination of the Sand Martin Enquiry already referred to. Inevitably, with such a wealth of material to choose from, the process of selection and com­pression was as challenging as ever.

The use of ordinal numbers, introduced in the 1966 report as a convenient means of drawing attention to unusual recoveries, has this year been extended from a nominal upper limit of the tenth to the twentieth. The research necessary to produce the additional figures proved both interesting and instructive. In particular, it revealed that past 'first' records have sometimes been incorporated unrecognised in the summary tables. Ideally, one would wish to publish in full at least the first twenty recoveries of any species in any country before resorting to tabulation, but unfortunately, for reasons of space, this is impossible. In partial compensation now—as from 1st January 1967—we prepare an extra copy of each foreign recovery to supply to the ringing office of the country concerned. These are presumably available for consulta­tion, so that at the expense of rather more trouble the overseas student can obtain information which, for reasons of space, we are unlikely ever to publish in full.

Often, as one sorts through a year's intake, some recovery fires the imagination: a Mallard in Canada and an Arctic Tern in Australia have been examples in recent years. Of such recoveries the detached critic has been known to ask an irreverent 'so what ?' Insofar as the migrant, by most methods of assessment, is more important scientifically than the vagrant, let us admit that the question, though possibly irritating to the enthusiast, is nevertheless pertinent. And since this report per­haps lacks any truly memorable recovery of this kind, it may appeal more to the cool disposition than to the fervent. Yet many of the

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recoveries listed are far from commonplace, as the high number of 'firsts' will show. Amongst these are a Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus in the Faeroe Islands, a Bewick's Swan Cygnus bewickii in Latvia, a Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea in the U.S.S.R. (in fact the first recovery anywhere of a British-ringed Curlew Sandpiper), a Sanderling C. alba in Ghana, Long-eared Owls Ash otus in Finland and Sweden, a Short-eared Owl A. flammeus near Madrid, a Robin Erithacus rubecula in Poland, a Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata in Corfu and a Reed Bunting Emberi^a schoeniclus in Norway.

Good series of recoveries obviously offer more scope to the armchair analyst and these have been included wherever space has permitted. Grey. Plovers Pluvialis squatarola, Knots Calidris canutus and several of the warblers come within this category, the Lesser Whitethroat story continuing to unfold in a most interesting way with a recovery at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba. Perhaps even more helpful are the series of Bramblings Fringil/a montifringilla (including four in Italy), of Redwings Turdus iliacus (ranging from Lebanon and Azerbaydzhan to the Urals) and of Goldcrests Kegulus regulus (including one each in France, Den­mark, Switzerland and Poland).

Amongst other things, 1967 was the year of the wreck of the Torrey Canyon, and the oil which fouled our western beaches also killed many thousands of seabirds. The worst sufferers were Guillemots Uria aalge and Razorbills Alca torda, both of which on migration probably spend as much time swimming as flying. The recovery maps for these species on page 502 provide a useful indication of the extent of their winter travels and show how the spreading oil lay square across the track of those returning to west coast colonies. Another map, on page 490, reveals how the recoveries of Swifts Apus apus in Africa, though still few in number, are beginning to tell a coherent story.

To recommend too many recoveries to the reader would defeat the purpose of recommendation. Furthermore, whatever may be said by way of praise or comment, in the last resort the most important re­coveries are probably those which stimulate the development of new and useful hypotheses or else help to upset old ones. If this proposition is accepted, then it may be that two of the most important recoveries in these pages are of Bearded Tits Panurus biarmicus which flew no more than a few hundred miles, for what as recently as 1966 looked like eruption now seems more like migration or even a blend of the two processes. Here is a problem which is clearly worth farther investiga­tion.

Purists who demand an end to 'indiscriminate' ringing might bear in mind that random ringing (a less emotive term) is a valuable exploratory exercise which, after nearly 60 years, is continuing to bring to light problems and facts of biological significance. The truth is that for most of the 60 years, and for many of the species, we have been ringing

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on too small a scale to achieve the successes we desire. This is partic­ularly the case with such birds as the Bearded Tits, which live out their lives in habitats so remote from man that they are unlikely ever to be found dead. But catch them on a sufficiently large scale and the ringers will start to trap each others' birds—the process which is known as controlling. In just a few years this technique increased the recovery rate of Sand Martins tenfold. There is no reason why it should not be applied in turn to many other species.

COMMITTEE The members of the Ringing and Migration Committee on 31st December 1967 were Dr. C. M. Perrins (Chairman), Dr. J. S. Ash, J. Cudworth, Dr. J. J. M. Flegg, P. A. D. Hollom, P. Hope Jones, J. M. McMeeking, M. A. Ogilvie and R. E. Scott, with J. D. Macdonald (representing the Trustees of the British Museum), R. C. Homes, G. M. Lewis, Dr. D. W. Snow and D. R. Wilson (ex efficiis) and Robert Spencer (Secretary).

FINANCE The work of the Ringing Scheme is financed partly by the Nature Conservancy, an annual grant being received to cover the salaries of half the staff, and partly from the proceeds of the sale of rings and other equipment and from revenue derived from ringing permits. The Wildfowl Trust obtained their rings at cost price, but made a contri­bution of £75 towards the costs of administration. The publishers of British Birds made their annual grant of £25. Accommodation and cer­tain services are provided by the British Trust for Ornithology, who make good any deficit in the direct income of the scheme. Income and expenditure are incorporated in the accounts of the Trust, pub­lished in its Annual Report.

STAFF Robert Spencer, Robert Hudson, C. J. Mead, R. C. Faulkner, J. N . Dymond, Mrs. M. Benson and Miss S. Dell.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Grateful acknowledgement is made to the Nature Conservancy for their generous grant towards the salaries of the headquarters staff, and to H. F. and G. Witherby Ltd and the Wildfowl Trust for their con­tinued financial support. We are indebted to the Trustees of the British Museum for permitting us to use the address of the Natural History Museum on our rings, and to the staff there for forwarding our mail and dealing with enquiries.

The Biological Records Centre of the Nature Conservancy, especially Mrs. M. Horrill, once again relieved us of much tedious work in the

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preparation of tables as well as punching cards for every recovery. We are deeply grateful to them for their cheerful and friendly co-opera­tion. Some of the summary tables in this report were compiled by the author, but J. N. Dymond, C. J. Mead, N. Spencer and Miss S. Dell each did some. R. C. Faulkner prepared and drew all the maps.

PUBLICATIONS The following papers, based wholly or partially on the results of British ringing, have been published:

BALFOUR, E., ANDERSON, A., and DUNNET, G. M. (1967): 'Orkney Cormorants— their breeding distribution and dispersal'. Scot. Birds, 4: 481-493.

BERNIS, F. (1967): Aves Migrations Ibericas, part 5. Madrid. BOYD, H. (1966): 'The assessment of the effects of weather upon the breeding success

of geese nesting in the Arctic'. Statistician, 16: 171-181. DAVIS, P. (1967): 'Migration seasons of the Sylvia warblers at British bird observa­

tories'. Bird Study, 14: 65-95. HARRIS, M. P. (1967): 'The biology of Oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegm on

Skokholm Island, S. Wales'. Ibis, 109: 180-193. MURTON, R. K. (1966): 'A statistical evaluation of the effect of Woodpigeon shooting

as evidenced by the recoveries of ringed birds'. Statistician, 16: 183-202. NAU, B. S. (1967): 'Co-operative bird ringing'. Bird Study, 14: 1-9. PERDECK, A. C. (1967): 'The Starling as a passage migrant in Holland'. Bird Study,

14: 129-152. TAYLOR, S. M. (1966): 'Recent quantitative work on British bird populations'.

Statistician, 16: 119-170. TUBBS, C. R. (1967): 'Population study of Buzzards in the New Forest during

1962-66'. Brit. Birds, 60: 381-395.

Table 1 NUMBERS OF BIRDS

1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 i 9 6 0

1959 1958

Juv.jAdult 463,144 451,626 427,051

372.537 35 5,°°7 3°7 ,9 2 4 272,919 219,104 184,837

155,414

RINGED AND

Ringed— Pullus* 111,185 100,611

91,689 76,700

80,918 81,551

77.443 60,085

57,488

45,421

RECOVEREE

Total 574,329 552,237 518,740

449,237 435.925 389,475 350,362 279,189 242,325

200,835

Recovered Total

12,428 13,408 14,182 12,665

M,397 11,689

9,238

7 , 9 " 6,949

6,374

Grand total ringed 1909-67 Grand total recovered 1909-67..

5,790,018 156,707

*An explanation of the term pullus or pull, appears at the top of page 488.

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Table 2 RINGING AND RECOVERY TOTALS TO 3 1ST DECEMBER I 9 6 7

Section 1-

Little Gtebe Leach's Petrel Storm Petrel Manx Shearwater . . Fulmar Gannet Cormorant Shag Heron Mallard Teal Garganey Gadwall Wigeon Pintail Shoyeler Tufted Due Pochard Eider Shelduck

i

Grey Lag Goose White-fronted Goose Pink-footed Goose Barnacle Goose Canada Goose Mute Swan Buzzard Sparrowhawk Marsh Harrier Hen Harrier Montagu's Harrier Peregrine Merlin Kestrel Red Grouse Black Grouse* Red-legged Partridge Partridge Water Rail Corncrake Moorhen Coot Oystercatcher

Ringed Plover Little Ringed Plover Grey Plover Golden Plover Turnstone Snipe Jack Snipe Woodcock .

—Species of which more than 100 have been ringed

]uv.\Adult

33 6

5 ,021 1 ,324

485 9 2

1 9 2

2 9

7,557 2 , 6 2 9

2 9

39 1 7 2

476 57

3 0 6

35 5 4 2

2 7

3

— —

65 5 1,45 3

5 2 2

— 2 1

— —

3 5 i

— 6 4 4

1 2 1

5 6 2 5

1 7 6

2,745 1 5 9

2 7 5 1 2

6 0

2 6

527 7 2 8

5 i

1 7

Ringed-

Pullus

— 1

6 1

i°,779 1,290

3 8 0

1,427 3 , 2 3 4

3 7 i 2 7 0

4 — — — —

2

— 1

3 9 0

1 6

— — —

143 2 2 4

46 8 1

— 7 2

6 8

53 5 0 9

— — — — — 37 '5

3 1 5 1,618

1 2 6

31

1 0

— 9

— 1 2

1967 total

33 7

5,082 12 ,103

1,775 389

1,429

3,426 4 0 0

7,827 2,633

2 9

39 1 7 2

476 59

306 36

545 " 7

1 9

— —

798 1,677

5 i 1 0 3

— 93 6 8

56 5 6 0

— 6 4 4

1 2 1

5 662 1 9 1

3 ,060

i,777 4 0 1

43 6 0

36 5 2 7

737 5 i 2 9

Grand total

3 1 2

1,029

28,634 156,953

14,165

3 0 , 7 2 3 11 ,418

3 0 , 4 5 ° 5 ,514

6 3 , 4 3 1 4 5 , 2 2 7

3 0 8

3 0 2

2 , 9 7 1 1,386

948 1,859

413 6 , 5 1 1 2 , 2 8 4 1,610

5 8 2

1 1 , 8 2 4

4 0 7

2 ,972

17,535 1,270

1,685 1 2 7

975 2 8 0

2 1 2

9 5 2

4,939 i,538

1 0 4

1 2 0

3 4 0

1,079

767 9,579 3,005

2 0 , 5 7 2

85,o93 7,38i

755 9 1 1

981 2,025 9 ,803

793 5,925

Recovered

1967

1

— 2 2

1 6 7

1 6

79 1 7 6

1 7 0

3 2 9 7 2

3M 5 5

1 5 1 8

1 7

38 6

34 1 2

2 7

3 43 6

7 i 6 9 1

5 9 1

8

— —

3 53

4

1

— — 3 2

1 2

1 2 6

2 8

8 2

6 1

7 4 2

2

—

Grand total

1 5 8

95 2 ,193

1 7 3

1,636 2,367 2 , 4 2 4

878 1 0 , 3 9 4

8 , 3 4 2 46 S2

563 2 1 5

2 2 0

3 2 3

7 0 4 6 0

1 4 6

3 2 6

1 8 2

3,177 56

349 5,i74

7 2 2 3 6

1 5 98 39 2 4

1 2 4

6 1 0

1 7 6

1 0

2 0

2 1

3 2 1 2

435 334

1,227 1,900

1 3 9

1 8

2 0

34 2 9

546 34

446 *Newly promoted from section 2

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Curlew Whimbrel . . Bar-tailed Godwit Green Sandpiper . . Wood Sandpiper . . Common Sandpiper Redshank Spotted Redshank Greenshank Knot Purple Sandpiper . . Little Stint Dunlin Curlew Sandpiper . . Sanderling Ruff Stone Curlew Arctic Skua Great Skua Great Black-backed Gull Lesser Black-backed Gull Herring Gull Common Gull Black-headed Gull Kittiwake Common Tern Arctic Tern Roseate Tern Little Tern Sandwich Tern Razorbill Guillemot Black Guillemot . . Puffin Stock Dove Rock Dove Woodpigeon Turtle Dove Collared Dove Cuckoo Barn Owl Little Owl Tawny Owl Long-eared Owl . . Short-eared Owl . . Nightjar Swift Kingfisher Green Woodpecker Great Spotted Woodpeck Lesser Spotted Woodpeck Wryneck Woodlark . . Skylark Swallow House Martin Sand Martin Raven

]m>.\Adult

318

7 7 4 1

33 8

329 1,681

19 71

7 9 9 37 89

" , 5 7 5 21

3 7 4 73

— — 9 2

7 8 1,236

1 4 2 8 2 6 1 7 4

8 4 141

73 11

3 6 1 6 0 2 4 1

19 4 1 2

21 1

5 6 0

73 4 2 1

65 11 25

45 13

4 9

5,666 3 2 1

38 it 84 er 18

25

37i 39,401 3.343

48.335 5

Ringed

Pullus

1 5 2

— — —

23

155

3

— —

3

— —

3 21

1,204 503

3.734 9,140

2 3 2

7.344 i .97 i 2,383 3,196 1.275

" 3 5,964

7 2 2 4 2 1 106

4 6

83 9

3 3 6 59 33 25

1 7 9 4 3

197 3 1

10 8

1 7 7

— 2

— 7

12 . 2 7 1

9,980 17 56 9 9

1967 total

4 7 0

7 7 4 1 3 3

8 352

1,836 19 7 4

7 9 9 37 89

" , 5 7 8 21

3 7 4 73

3 21

1,204 595

3,812 10,376

3 7 4 8,170 2,145 2,467 3.337 1,348

1 2 4 6,000

8 8 2 6 6 2 125 4 5 8 1 0 4

10 8 9 6 1 3 2

4 5 4 9 0

1 9 0 68

2 4 2

4 4 1 4 17

5.843 3 2 1

38 86 18

32 12

6 4 2 49,381

3,360 48,391

1 0 4

Grand total

9,282 177 3 3 4 3 8 4

207 6,797

12,705 1 3 0

3 4 9 6,572

255 533

51,929 3 0 7 8 1 2

9 8 9 3 9 0

1,713 9,265 7,167

54,515 82,028 6,716

100,894 27,886 47,692 40,678 11,443

2,636 63,251 17,035 11,911

1,162 21,661

2,596 1 4 0

13,627 2,848 i,342 2,604 1,858 2,194 3,75i

743 545 57i

54,99° 2,534

803

i,749 1 6 2 8 7 0

535 16,610

359,836 46,071

371,228 1,534

Recovered— Grand

1967

15 —

1

•—

5 3 i

1

— 9 1 1

108 1 1

— —

1 2 6

39 163 3 1 0

16 2 8 2

4 8

38 35 25

1 1 3 1

4 8 4 7

1

7 5

1 5 4 10 2 2

3 12

5 17

6 1

— 1 2 4

11

3 4 2

— —

5 4 8 5

2 4 I , i57

6

total

469 4

13 12

1 7i

43J 6

10 6 9

2 12

637 1 8

34 22

51 208 500

2,281 3,169

2 8 1

4,538 6 3 4 877 593 141

38 1,291

525 4 4 2

13 1 7 9 191

5 1,296

1 1 4 71 91

2 8 9 196 2 7 6

52 4 6 15

1,171 86

4 3 9 7

2

13 2

135 3,004

343 8,957

1 6 4

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Carrion/Hooded Crow Rook Jackdaw Magpie Jay . . Chough Great Tit . Blue Tit . Coal Tit . Marsh Tit . Willow Tit Long-tailed Tit Nuthatch Treecreeper Wren Dipper Bearded Tit Mistle Thrush Fieldfare Song Thrush Redwing Ring Ouzel Blackbird Wheatear Stonechat Whinchat Redstart Black Redstart Nightingale Bluethroat Robin Grasshopper Warbler Reed Warbler Marsh Warbler . . Sedge Warbler . . Melodious Warbler Icterine Warbler . . Blackcap Barred Warbler . . Garden Warbler . . Whitethroat Lesser Whitethroat Dartford Warbler . . Willow Warbler . . Chiffchaff Wood Warbler . . Yellow-browed Warbler* Goldcrest Firecrest Spotted Flycatcher Pied Flycatcher Red-breasted Flycatcher . Dunnock Meadow Pipit Tree Pipit Rock/Water Pipit . . Pied/White ^ Wagtail

Juv.j Adult

4 4 9 1 7

3 4 3

4 8

1 7 8

4 6 , 9 8 2

" ,95 5 1,214

6 0 1

833 2 ,208

1 7 3 667

6 , 1 6 9

9 4 1,038

559 1,382

9,545 4,966

6 2

33»766 6 2 9

2 0 2

3 6 2

9 8 8

3 5 8 7

2 5 9 , 2 6 0

3 2 1

6,758 33

10 ,365

15 2 2

3 ,873 2 8

1,761 8 ,097

993

1 0 , 9 1 0

4 , 9 3 7 5 1

4 3 3 ,460

8 8

1,320 8 0 4

2 3 1 4 , 0 2 4

1 ,55° 1 2 1

376 3,148

Pullus

2 5 1

572

1 8 7

1 3 4

1 4

5 2 , 6 3 1 6 ,062

2 9 9

1 1 3

4 3

6 1 2 7

6 1

47 1 4 9

9 233

3,575 — 6 2

4,57i 95

3 0 7

1 9 3

591

58 —

9 2 6

1 2

759 6

5 2 0

— — 97 — 87

75i 2 5

2 , 2 3 6 1 0 5

2 1 8

— 7

6 1 0

2 ,508

— 943 5 0 0

8 5 6 1

4 2 2

*Newly promoted

'9*7 total

2 9 5

1,489

53° 1 8 2

1 9 2

9 9 ,613

2 9 , 0 1 7

1,513 7 1 4

876 2 , 2 1 4

3 0 0

7 2 8

6 , 2 1 6 243

i,047 792

1,382 1 3 , 1 2 0

4,966 1 2 4

38,337 7M 5 0 9

555 i,579

35 1 4 5

2 5 1 0 , 1 8 6

333 7 , 5 1 7

39 10 ,885

1 5 2 2

3,97° 2 8

1,848 8 ,848 1,018

— 1 3 , 1 4 6

5 ,042 2 6 9

43 3,467

8 8

1,930

3 ,312 2 3

1 4 , 9 6 7 2 , 0 5 0

2 0 6

437 3,57o

Grand total

5,305 16 ,123 12 ,818

4,373 3,638

3 6 1

1 2 7 , 6 1 8 2 8 0 , 8 3 7

15 ,048 7 ,112

4,686 1 0 , 9 1 0

4,3io 4,619

32,899 6,972 3,825

15,886 7,983

2 0 0 , 3 5 8

2 9 , 3 ! 7 2 , 8 1 8

4 2 9 , 8 6 2

2 3 , 8 3 4

5,M3 9,955

2 4 , 7 3 2 9 4 2

4 , 3 7 0

3 1 4 1 4 6 , 1 6 4

2 , 2 3 1 3 1 , 0 1 7

1 8 4

55,539 1 4 2

1 9 5

2 4 , 7 7 9 3 7 9

15 ,613

9 1 , 3 4 0 1 0 , 7 0 9

1 5 5 1 2 6 , 1 6 1

37,379 3 ,262

1 2 5

1 9 , 2 8 6

467 2 3 , 2 6 9 2 7 , 0 9 8

2 1 0

1 3 8 , 5 8 8

4 7 , 2 9 0 5,576

1 1 , 4 6 2 3 6 , 2 0 0

Recovered Grand

'9*7

1 7

44 2 8

9 2 6

— " 5 2 7 7

1 3

3 4

3 1 2

3 2 8

2

59 3i 2 2

347 4 1

1

1,501 8

I

3 8

1

' — —

1 9 3

— 8 0

— 39 — — 2 4

— • —

4 4

5

— 2 6

2 2

1

— 8

1

1 4 1 6

— 1 2 6

1 4

— 3

76

total

366 9 8 0

7 8 5

2 4 9 2 9 6

2 8

2 , 0 4 7 4,744

1 7 3 6 0

2 4 1 1 4

1 0 8

2 3

2 0 8

83 1 5 1

5 5 0

1 5 1

5,7i8 4 1 0

4 8

1 6 , 1 1 4 1 2 8

4 0

48 1 5 0

2 1

2 0

2

3 , 3 7 0

5 2 7 0

— 1 7 6

— 2

1 2 2

— 45

4 0 1

58 1

336 1 2 7

1 3 1

38 1

1 6 4

1 2 6

— i,794

459 1 0

8 8

1,024

section 2

485

BRITISH BIRDS

Grey Wagtail Yellow Wagtail ssp. Waxwing Great Grey Shrike Red-backed Shrike Starling Hawfinch . Greenfinch . Goldfinch . Siskin Linnet Twite Redpoll Bullfinch Crossbill Chaffinch . Brambling . Yellowhammer Corn Bunting Cirl Bunting Reed Bunting SnowfBunting House Sparrow Tree Sparroi; V

Juv.jAdult 1 9 1

1,425 9

1 3 2 1

2 5 , 0 2 2 1 6

2 8 , 0 4 0

3.179 1,052

11 ,213

340 1,877 5,440

39 11,496 4,133 2,693

1 5 2

1

6 , 4 1 2 2 0

27,575 8 , 3 1 2

Kinged

Pulltts

78 1 6 1

— —

3 1,061

1 7

796 169 —

i,432

75 79

2 1 6

9 43i

138 3

— 5 9 0

1,401

1,639

1967 total

269 1,586

9 1 3

2 4 2 6 , 0 8 3

33 28,836 3,348 1,052

12,645 415

i,956

5,656 48

1 1 , 9 2 7

4,133 2 , 8 3 1

1 5 5 1

7 , 0 0 2 2 0

28,976 9,95i

Grand total

4,194 22,496

347 1 1 6

2 , 8 7 1

494,934 360

243,4i8 24,924

2,580 122,677

3,455 12,567 40,168

587 155,533 18,862 31,139 1,899

2 1 1

51,577 3,087

245,164 64,230

Uncovered

1967

4 16 —• — —

924 —

613 43 1 1

9i 5

2 4

84 1

1 1 4

35 1 4

— — 48 —

306 3i

Grand total

39 2 0 5

1 7

3 2 3

18,859 5

5,276 343

34 9 8 2

2 0

186 857

6 i,776

1 2 5

247 2 4

1

33° 2 4

3,838 345

Section 2—Species of which fewer than 100 have been ringed (1967 total, grand total, 1967 recoveries and grand total recoveries are given in that order)

Black-throated Diver Great Northern Diver Red-throated Diver Great Crested Grebe Red-necked Grebe . . Slavonian Grebe Cory's Shearwater . . Wilson's Petrel Little Bittern Bittern Red-crested Pochard Scaup Mandarin Duck Goldeneye Long-tailed Duck . . Velvet Scoter Common Scoter Red-breasted Merganser . Goosander Smew Bean Goose Brent Goose Whooper Swan Bewick's Swan Goshawk Kite Rough-legged Buzzard Golden Eagle Osprey*

. —

. — 3

1 2

. — 1

. —

. —

. —

. —

. —

. 1 1

. — 2

• 4 1

. — 1

7

. — 5 1

• 25 1

. —

. — 2

2

3 3

3 0

79 2

4 1

2

4 5° 16 85

8 35 1 0

4 1 8

25 8 0

2

1

' 3 37 61

1

1

1

67 2

— — — — — — — — — — — — — —

1

— — —

1

— — —

2

1

— — — —

1

— —

3 2

— — — — __

8 5

1 8

— 7 2

1

3 2

T3

1

1

5 4

— —

5 1

Hobby Red-footed Falcon . . Ptarmigan Capercaillie Quail Pheasant Spotted Crake Kentish Plover Dotterel Solitary Sandpiper . . Black-tailed Godwit Long-billed Dowitcher Temminck's Stint . . Least Sandpiper Semipalmated Sandpiper . White-rumped Sandpiper . Pectoral Sandpiper Stilt Sandpiper Western Sandpiper Buff-breasted Sandpiper . Avocet Grey Phalarope Red-necked Phalarope Pomarine Skua Glaucous Gull Iceland Gull Little Gull Sabine's Gull Black Tern

• 7

. —

. — 1

2

1

. — 3 1

. 12

. — —

. —

. — 1

2

. —

. — 1

1

. —

. —

. — 4

3

—

74 1

3 3

1 4

75 2 2

1

53 3

37 1

4 2

3 6

2 2

1

1

5 2

47 2 8

2

1 1

1

8 1

6

1

— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —

6 — — —

1

4

— 1

— — — — — — — — — —

1

— — —

1

1

— 1

— —

•Added to the list in 1967

486

REPORT ON B I R D - R I N G I N G FOR I 9 6 7

Gull-billed Tern . . . . — 1 Little Auk . . . . . . 1 24 Scops Owl . . . . . . — 1 Snowy Owl . . . . 4 5 Hoopoe . . . . . . 1 16 Short-toed Lark . . . . 1 6 Shore Lark . . . . . . 8 32 Red-rumped Swallow . . — 1 Golden Oriole . . . . 3 7 Nutcracker . . . . . . — 1 Crested Tit 8 80 Brown Thrasher . . . . — 1 Black-throated Thrush . . — 1 Dusky Thrush . . . . — 2 American Robin . . . . — 2 Siberian Thrush . . . . — 1 Olive-backed Thrush* . . 1 1 Grey-cheeked Thrush . . — 3 Desert Wheatear . . . . — 2 Black-eared Wheatear . . — 3 Pied Wheatear . . . . — 1 Thrush Nightingale . . — 6 Rufous Bush Chat . . . . — 1 Cetti's Warbler . . . . 1 3 River Warbler . . . . — 1 Savi's Warbler . . . . 1 3 Lanceolated Warbler . . — 2 Pallas's Grasshopper

Warbler — 1 Moustached Warbler . . — 1 Great Reed Warbler . . 1 13 Paddyfield Warbler.. . . — 1 Aquatic Warbler . . . . 4 5 1 Thick-billed Warbler . . — 1 Olivaceous Warbler . . 2 5 Booted Warbler . . . . — 2 Orphean Warbler . . . . •— 1 Sardinian Warbler . . Subalpine Warbler . . Greenish Warbler . . * Added to the list in 1967. Red-headed Bunting is now omitted from the table as this species

has been deleted from the British and Irish List {Brit. Birds, 61: 43)

1 2 — — 2 17 — — 4 27 — —

Bonelli's Warbler . . Arctic Warbler Pallas's Warbler . . Dusky Warbler Radde's Warbler . . Richard's Pipit Tawny Pipit Olive-backed Pipit . . Pechora Pipit Red-throated Pipit . . Citrine Wagtail Lesser Grey Shrike Woodchat Shrike . . Red-eyed Vireo Myrtle Warbler Northern Waterthrush Yellowthroat Bobolink Slate-coloured Junco Rose-coloured Starling Baltimore Oriole . . Summer Tanager . . Tanager sp. . . Arctic Redpoll Serin Scarlet Grosbeak . . Rose-breasted Grosbeak . Pine Grosbeak Parrot Crossbill Rufous-sided Towhee Black-headed Bunting Yellow-breasted Bunting . Ortolan Bunting Cretzschmar's Bunting* ., Rustic Bunting Little Bunting Fox Sparrow White-throated Sparrow . . Song Sparrow Lapland Bunting

1

2

. — 1

.— 5

. —.

. — 1

. —

. — 5 1

. —

. —

. —

. —.

. —

. — 3

. —

. — 1

5 1

. —.

. —.

. __

. —•

. —

. — 1

. — 1

— 1

. —• 1

*3 18 8 4 5

1 1

6 2

3 6 4 7

56 2

1

1

1

1

1

2

5 1

1

4 3

44 2

1

4 2

1

2

5 40

1

1 1

17 1

3 2

84

Selected list of recoveries reported during 1967 The following list is highly selective. To indicate the quantity and nature of the material omitted, the total number of recoveries is stated in brackets after the scientific name of each species, followed (but not in all cases) by the minimum movement to qualify for inclusion and the longest time lapse between ringing and recovery. All foreign recoveries are either given in full or mentioned in the sum­maries. Species which produced only local movements—generally less than ten miles—are left out, but the individual totals thus omitted are listed in table 2.

Ordinal numbers in brackets after the names of foreign countries (and the Channel Islands) show the number of British-ringed recoveries of the species concerned in those countries since the start of the ringing scheme in 1909. For example, the entry Newfoundland (4th) under Manx Shearwater indicates that the bird concerned was only the fourth British-ringed Manx Shearwater to be

487

BRITISH BIRDS

recovered in Newfoundland waters (though it should be noted that the numbering has to follow the sequence of publication rather than chronological order owing to varying delays in the reporting of rings found). Absence of any number means that there have been more than 20 recoveries of the species in the country.

Key to symbols and terms Ring number:

Age:

Sex:

Manner of recovery:

Date of recovery:

Distance: Arrangement of entry:

Where this is in italics the ring has been returned. pull, (pullus)—nestling or chick, not yet flying; ]uv.—young, able to fly freely; istW.—first winter; istS.—first summer (one year old); f.g.—full-grown, age uncertain; ad.—adult, at least one year old. <J—male; $—female. v—caught or trapped, and released with ring; H shot or killed by man; x —found dead or dying; x A—found long dead; 0—caught or trapped alive and not released, or released but with

ring removed; / ?/—manner or recovery unknown; trs.—caught at the first named locality and transported before release. Where this is unknown the date of the reporting letter is given in

brackets. The distance, given in miles, and the directions are approximate. Recoveries are arranged by species, and within species usually by

ringing locality from north to south. Ringing details are given on the first line and recovery data on the second.

BC4)68}

649747

66941s

BB11637

(6)420

Little Grebe (Podiceps ruficollis) 1; -fe year) f.g. 30.10.66 near Sutton Bridge: 5z°44'N. o° i i 'E . (Lincoln) + 15.1.67 Dodleston, Chester (Cheshire) 130m. WNW.

JAH

Storm Petrel {Hydrobates pelagicus) (22; 50 miles; 8-J£ years) ad. 2.9.63 Foula: 6o°o8'N. 2°o5'W. (Shetland) BEG v 14.7-67 Fetlar (Shetland) 60m. NE. ad. 2.7.66 Inishglora: 54°i3'N. io007'W.(Mayo) CBO x n.9.67 Kilkee (Clare) 105m. SSE. ad. 4.7.66 Inishglora CBO v 23.8.67 Skokholm (Pembroke) 265m. SE.

f.g. 9.9.66 Skokholm: J I ^ ' N . 5°i6'W. (Pembroke) x 25.5.67 St. Nazaire: 47°I7'N. 2°i2'W. (Loire Atlantique) France (4th)

Manx Shearwater {Puffinus puffinus) (167; 10^- years) EDoloj} pull. 22.9.66 Skokholm: s i V ' N - 5 ° i 6 ' W . (Pembroke)

+ (20.9.67) offVogo Island: c. 49°45'N. 54°oo'W. Newfoundland (4th) The remaining foreign recoveries comprised seven in Brazil (two each in October and November, one each in December and January, and one undated); one in Uruguay (a skeleton in April); eleven in French waters (two March, four April, two May, and one each in June, August and November); and two in Spanish waters (August and September).

A total of 106 recoveries were reported between 30th August and 23rd September,

488

REPORT ON B I R D - R I N G I N G FOR 1 9 6 7

104 of them relating to birds very recently fledged from Skokholm. Gales on 3rd September and storm-force winds on the night of the 4th/5 th drove many inexperi­enced shearwaters ashore. There were no fewer than 67 recoveries during the four days 4th-7th September, including a number from 13 inland counties. Three in north-west France between 8th and n t h September may well have been associated with the same storms. A brief account may be found in B.T.O. News, no. 25.

Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) (16; 300 miles; lo-Jf years) SS097J9 pull. 11.8.65 Fouk: 6o°o8'N. 2°05'W. (Shetland) BEG

+ spring 67 o/Arkhangel: c. 65WN. 4o°oo'E. U.S.S.R. (3rd) ATS241} pull. 10.8.61 Fair Isle: 59°}2'N. i°37'W. (Shetland)

x 19-7-67 Talybont, Barmouth (Merioneth) 480m. SSW. SS;o?i? pull. 3.8.66 Fair Isle

+ 3.4.67 o/Nova Scotia (3rd) 44°2i'N. 57°46'W. SSi)22f pull. 11.8.64 Eynhallow: 59°o8'N. 3°o8'W. (Orkney) AU

+ 15.6.67 offVatde: c. 7o°2o'N. }2°oo'E. (Finnmark) Norway (7th) SS)/2gj> pull. 11.8.65 Gairsay: 59°o5'N. 2°58'W. (Orkney) AU

+ 1966 or 67 Sydproven: 6o°35'N. 45°3o'W. (Julianehab) Greenland (6th) SS}))i4 pull. 9.8.64 Roan: 58°33TSI.402i'W., Skerray (Sutherland) RGB

x 1-7-67 Hamburgsund: 58°33'N. I I ° I 6 ' E . (Goteborg) Sweden (1st) Four others were recovered aboard fishing vessels in the North Sea.

Gannet (Sula bassana) (79; 12-j - years) 1042941 pull. 16.7.65 Bass Rock: 56°o4'N. 2°38'W. (East Lothian) JBN

0 c. 10.3.67 Pianosa: 42°35T<I. io°o6'E., Elba, Italy There have been very few recoveries of this species in Italy, but the ordinal number cannot be calculated here because the recovery forms are out on loan. An additional 38 recoveries from more customary localities will be tabulated in a future report.

Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) (76; 7^- years) Recoveries in British waters do not call for comment. There were 18 in France, nine in Spain and two in Portugal: these, together with the foreign recoveries reported in 1964, 1965 and 1966, are summarised in table A.

Table A—Countries and months of recoveries of Cormorants Country of recovery Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec ?

France (71) 6 1 0 2 - - - 2 6 8 9 1 4 1 1 5 Spain (19) - 2 4 2 - - - 1 - 6 5 1 -Portugal(6) _ _ I _ _ _ _ _ 2 3 - - -

NOTE. The tables A-P are subject to error in cases where it has been necessary to assume that the date of recovery was approximately that of the letter reporting it, whereas the bird may have been

dead for some time before being found

Shag {Phalacrocorax aristotelis) (167; 9-^ years) A Shag from Fair Isle was recovered in the Frisian Islands of Germany in December, and two from south-western colonies were reported from the department of Finistere, France, in September and October. Movements in British waters do not call for comment.

489

M A P S I and z. All foreign recoveries of Heron Ardea eimrea, and all recoveries in Africa of Swift Apus apus (squares) and Yellow Wagtail Msiaeilla fiava (circles). Recoveries in this report are marked by open symbols and previous ones by solid symbols {drawn by R. C. Faulkner)

I 0 6 3 4 1 3

1041853

1041861

512008

106)961

1 0 1 0 4 5 4

All the

R E P O R T O N B I R D - R I N G I N G F O A I ) > /

Heron (Ardea cinered) (32; 100 miles; 7-^- years) pull. 15.4.67 Denver: 52°35TSI.o°22'E. (Norfolk) CJM + 25.12.67 Abegondo: 43°i3'N. 8°i8'W. (Corufia) Spain (6th) pull. 8.5.65 Wickhampton: 52°35,N. i°36'E. (Norfolk) ECH x A (25.3.67) Willesborough, Ashford (Kent) 100m. S.

pull. 30.4.66 Wickhampton ECH x (20.5.67) Pickering (York) 150m. NW. pull. 1.5.66 Boyton: 52°o4'N. i°29'E.,Orford (Suffolk) PRC x (20.11.67) Ponteland (Northumberland) 240m. NW.

pull. 4.6.67 Boyton PRC x 18.11.67 Thimbleby, Horncastle (Lincoln) 105m. NW. pull. 18.5.67 Rye: 5O057'N.o°44'E. (Sussex) DBO x 9.12.67 Koksijde: 5i°o6'N.2°39'E. (West Flanders) Belgium (6th)

47 foreign recoveries to the end of 1967 are marked on map 1.

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) (972; 10 years) 3.9.65 Peakirk: 52°38'N. o°i7'W. (Northampton) 11.2.67 ElFerrol: 43°3oTSJ. 8°i5'W. (Corufia) Spain (3rd)

10.9.65 Peakirk 5.2.67 Fondi Sette Morti: 45°i8'N. I2°I5'E. (Venezia) Italy (3rd) 3.H.65 Peakirk 3.11.65 North Witham: 52°46'N. o°37'W. (Lincoln) 1.10.67 Balta: 44°o4'N. 26°2i'E. (Bucuresti) Romania (1st)

A total of 168 recoveries of Mallard from more usual foreign localities will be tabulated in a future report.

G M 2 4 7 1 7

GM24867

G M 2 5 2 8 4

JUV.

+ juv.

+ juv. trs.

+

Teal (Anas creccd) (315; 7^- years) ECJI/7; f.g.? 16.11.65 Dersingham: 5205i /N.o°3i'E. (Norfolk)

+ 5.8.67 Prelouc: 50°o3'N. I5°33'E. (Pardubice) Czechoslovakia (3rd)

EC58677 juv. (J 17.11.65 Abberton: 5i°5o'N. o°53'E. (Essex) + 22.2.67 Sivac: 45°42'N. i9°23'E.(Vojvodina) Jugoslavia (3rd)

A total of 109 other foreign recoveries were reported during the year: these, together with the unpublished foreign recoveries from 1965 and 1966, are summarised in table B.

Country of recovery

Table B—Countries and months of recoveries of Teal Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Dct

_ -2

-S 2

9

Nov

_ .1

1 1

1

: -2

' . 4

Dec

_ • •

$ 1 9

1

3 2

I

M y (4) Spain (14) France (92) Belgium (4) Netherlands (26) Germany ( I J ) Denmark (60) Norway (3) Sweden (9) Poland (i) Finland (57) Baltic States (15) U.S.S.R. (51)

7 2 - - - - - - 1 27 9 10 - - - 3 3 7

6 - - - - - t ' 6 - 4 _ - . _ j - ~ - . 4 2 - - - 1 1 2 1 21 20

- - - - - - - 6 2 - _ _ _ _ - - . 1 - - - 2 7 2 2 38 4 - - - - - - - 10 3

6 16 - - 8 15

See footnote to table A

491

B R I T I S H B I R D S

Garganey (Anas querqueduld) (5; 2 ^ years) Garganey ringed at Abberton, 5i°5o'N. o°53'E. (Essex), were recovered as follows:

Ringed : ECr So j S u-7-^5 9.9.67

- Recovered-

EC58062 EC58063 ECjS949* EC74538

24.7.65 24.7.65 11.7.66 4.9.67

18.8.67 end 4.(11 19.7.67 30.9.67

fitang de Leucate: 42°5i'N. 3°oo'E. (Pyrenees Orientales) France ( n t h )

Neusiedler See: c. 47°45 T^. 16°$ o'E. (Burgenland) Austria (1st) Sergeyevka: $i°4o'N. 68°i5'E. (Atbasar) U.S.S.R. (4th) Valenciennes: 5O022'N. 3°32'E. (Nord) France (12th) near Mellor (Lancashire) 200m. NW.

•Ringed as adult; the remainder were ringed as juveniles

The recovery in Atbasar is 15 ° further east than any previous one.

Oriel/on 47°7

SS46507

f.g.9 0 ad. 9 +

Wigeon (Anas penelope) (15; 18^- years)

1.2.49 Orielton: 5i°4o'N. 4°57'W. (Pembroke) 15.5.67 Pajala: 6 7 ° ! ! ^ . 23°34'E. (Norrbotten) Sweden(14th) 30.5.66 Loch Leven: 56°i2'N. 3°2o'W. (Kinross)

(8.1.67) Ballycotton (Cork) 360m. SW. There were five other foreign recoveries, in Germany (October), Denmark (August) and the U.S.S.R. (one May, two August).

AJ97760

AJ979I8

SS02599

SS70075

9^096

SS46719

SS42109

SS02607

9)fJ7*

SS02654

SS02670

f.g.6"

+ f.g.9

+ f.g.cJ

+ juv. $

+ juv. 6*

+ f.g.9 +

24.8.66 27.3.67

16.12.66 28.9.67

23.2.66 011/1.67

15.9.67 12.11.67

2.11.65 27.9.67

20.1.66 5.10.67

Shoveler (v istW. <J

+ ad. 6"

+ ad. 6*

+ juv. 9

+ f.g.9 X

10.3.66 0.9.67

9.9.64 29.4.67

22.9.53 30.4.67

11.9.6$ 22.1.67

15.11.66 25.5.67

Pintail (Anas acuta) (18; 200 miles; 5 -fe years) Mahee Island: 54°3o'N. 5°39'W. (Down) PPM Gonfreville: 49°29'N. o°i4'E. (Seine Maritime) France ( n t h )

Mahee Island PPM Laguna Veneta: c. 45°2o'N. i2°2o'E. (Venezia) Italy (2nd) Deeping St. James: 52°4o'N. o°i7'W. (Lincoln) Loch Winnoch (Renfrew) 275m. NW.

Nacton: 52°oi'N. i°i5'E. (Suffolk) near Sidi Moussa: 33°oo'N. 8°5o'W. Morocco (1st) Abberton: 5i°5o'N. o°53'E. (Essex) Soby: 55°53'N. io°i 5'E. (Jylland) Denmark (14th) Abbotsbury: 5 o V ' N . 2°36'W. (Dorset) Hviding: $5°i5'N. 8°4i'E. (Jylland) Denmark (15th)

S h o v e l e r (Anas clypeata) (17 ; 15 mi les ; 1 3 ^ - y e a r s ) Deeping St. James: 52°4o'N. o°i7'W. (Lincoln) Vaernengene: 55°52,N. 8°i5'E. (Jylland) Denmark (9th)

Peakirk: 52°38'N. o°i7'W. (Northampton) Lake Nero: 57°n'N. 39°26'E. (Yaroslavl') U.S.S.R. Slimbridge: 5i°44'N. 2°25'W. (Gloucester) Sviritsa: 6o°28'N. 32°52'E. (Leningrad) U.S.S.R.

Slimbridge Domaine de Giraud: 43°3i'N. 4°4o'E. (Bouches du Rhone)

France

Slimbridge Gorredijk: 53°oo'N. 6°o4'E. (Friesland) Netherlands (16th)

492

REPORT ON B I R D - R I N G I N G FOR 1 9 6 7

Shovelers ringed at Abberton, 5i°5o'N. o°53'E. (Essex), were recovered as follows:

Kinged ATi)864\ 30.7.64 SS21035* 1.6.66 SS21061 21.7.66 SS21062* 27.8.66

-Recovered— 22.4.67 Belyayevfca: 5i°z4'N. 56°27'E. (Otenburg) U.S.S.R. 1.5.67 Zhikharevo: J9°55'N. }2°2o'E. (Leningrad) U.S.S.R. 22.1.67 San Martin de la Vega: 4o°i3'N. 3 "3 5'W. (Madrid) Spain(nth) 3.3.67 Grande Briere: c. 47°2o'N. 2°i5'W. (Loire Atlantique)

France 7.8.67 Hautebut: 50°o8'N. i°29'E. (Somme) France 1.5.67 (Gor'kovskaya) U.S.S.R. 1.10.67 Castierea (Roscommon) 410m. TOW. 4.11.67 Barr Loch (Renfrew) 3 5 om. NW. 24.8.67 Meldorf: 54°o6'N. 9°04'E. (Schleswig Holstein) Germany (4th) 17.10.67 Medemblik: 52°47'N. 5°o6'E. (Noord Holland) Netherlands

(ijjh) •Ringed as adult; fringed as pullus; the remainder were ringed as juveniles

It is curious that, although there have now been z 5 recoveries of Shovelers in the U.S.S.R., Germany has produced only four and Poland none at all.

SS2106} SS2114;* SS21162* SS21233 SSZIZJ; SS2I2)8

29.8.66 14.1.67 5.4.67 6.7.67 9.7.67

14.7.67

Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) (3 8; 200 miles; 4^ - years) AT9W22 istW. o* 15.1.63 Newburgh: 57°i9/N. 2°oi'W. (Aberdeen)

4- (28.10.67) Lake Boren: 58°34'N. i5°io'E. (Ostergotland) Sweden (16th) AT9J94J ad. 6* 26.1.63 Newburgh EAG

+ 20.11.67 Loch Stillingarry, South Uist, Outer Hebrides 200m. W.

Tufted Ducks ringed at Loch Leven, 5 6°i2'N. 3°2o'W. (Kinross), were recovered as follows:

Kinged Recovered

SS46JJ9* SS46J6;* SS46S97 SS46598

5.7.66 12.8.66 23.8.66 24.8.66

autumn 67 Alakyla: 67°2i'N. 24°5 3'E. (Lappi) Finland (14th) 20.5.67 Nykarleby: 63°28'N. 22°27'E. (Vaasa) Finland (15th) 21.5.67 Granboda: 6o°o5'N. 2o°i2'E. (Aland) Finland (16th) 13.12.67 Blaenmelindwr (Cardigan) 260m. S.

Tufted Ducks ringed at Abberton, 5i°5o'N. o°5 3'E. (Essex), were recovered as follows:

Ringed Recovered AT83966* ATS)99J SS21073 SS21100 SS211S2

7.7.65 30.1.66 20.9.66

12.11.66 9.5.67

15.10.67 Ommen: 52°3i'N. 6°25'E. (Overijssel) Netherlands (6th) 2.5.67 Yasnog: 6i°o9'N. 5o°38'E. (Komi) U.S.S.R. c. 5.12.67 near Corofin (Clare) 420m. TOW. 10.9.67 Shel'yayur: 65°2o'N. 53°3o'E. (Komi) U.S.S.R. 12.10.67 Almoguera: 40°i6'N. 2°57'W. (Guadalajara) Spain (3rd)

* Ringed as adult; the remainder were ringed as juvenile or first-year

In addition, three adult females and two juvenile males ringed at Loch Leven in June-August were recovered in northern Ireland in September-February.

GM25342

GM23275

GM;})02

Pochard (Aythya ferina) (6; 80 miles; 3^- years)

f * 9

+ ad. $ x ad.$ X

17.11.65 Deeping St. James: 52°4o'N. o°i7'W. (Lincoln) 14.4.66 Jaroszewo: 52°54/N. i7°44'E. (Bydgoszcz) Poland (3rd) 16.8.65 Abberton: 5i°5o'N. o°53'E. (Essex) 3.2.67 Salamanca: 4o°58'N. 5°4o'W. Spain (3rd) 24.5.67 Abberton 3.12.67 Beuzec-Cap-Sizun: 48°05'N. 4°3i'W. (Finistere) France(7th)

493

B R I T I S H B I R D S

Eider (Somateria mollissima) (34; 20 miles; 9-$- years) Three ringed in Northumberland and four in Aberdeenshire were all recovered in the Firth of Forth in December-May.

Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) (12; n o miles; 5-fa years) Newburgh: 57°i9'N. 2°oi'W. (Aberdeen) AU Pellworm: 54°J2'N. 8°4o'E. North Frisian Is., Germany (nth) Newburgh AU Scharhorn: 53°57'N. 8°25'E. Heligoland Bight, Gefmany(iath) Newburgh AU Norderney: 53°43'N. 7°oc)'E. East Frisian Is., Germany (13th) near Sutton Bridge: 52°44'N. o°n'E. (Lincoln) CJM Blija: 53°22'N. j°5i'E. (Friesland) Netherlands (1st)

Grey Lag Goose (Anser anser) (27; jfa years) There were two recoveries in Iceland, one in August and one in September.

418908

418910

AJSSSyi

A)412)0

ad.? X

ad. <? X

ad.c? xA pull. X

2.2.62 17.10.67

2.2.62 7.10.67

14.2.66 '30.12.67

21.7.62 4.12.67

SWT2S7

1007207

SWT)66

White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) (3 ; 8-$ years) istW. ? 4.3.58 Slimbridge: 5i°44'N. 2°25'W. (Gloucester) + end 1.67 Terhorne: 5 3°03'N. 5 °46'E. (Friesland) Netherlands istW. <J 9.3.59 Slimbridge x (2.3.67) Mastenbroek: 52°35'N. 6°oo'E.(Overijssel) Netherlands ad. <J 9.3.59 Slimbridge + 0.12.67 Leist: 54°09TS1. I3°23'E. (Rostock) Germany

Pink-footed Goose (Anserfabalis brachyrhynchus) (43; 14-^- years) IOOJSJO ad. 17.10.58 Kinross: jCfts'Vl. 3°27'W.

+ 31.8.67 Scoresbysund: c. 70°3o'N. 22°oo'w\ Greenland

Barnacle Goose(Branta leucopsis) (6; 100 miles; $fa years) 1011J24 f.g. 2.2.63 Caerlaverock: 54°58'N. 3°26'W. (Dumfries)

x 19.11.67 South Slobs, near Wexford, 225m. SW.

Canada Goose {Branta canadensis) (71; \z-fa years) The eleven most distant recoveries were all involved in the moult migration between Yorkshire and the Beauly Firth, Inverness.

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) (691; %fa years) Only eight recoveries indicated movement of more than 100 miles: four of these were between midland counties and the Cavendish Dock at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, and two between Loch Leven and the Durham coast.

Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) (2; 60 miles; 8+ years) Z0S011 f.g. 4.1.64 LochLomond: 56°03'N. 4°35'W. (Dunbarton)

x 12.3.67 Sand: 6i°5o'N. 6°48'W. (Sandoy)Faeroe Islands (1st) This is only the second foreign recovery of a British-ringed Whooper Swan.

Bewick's Swan (Cygnus bewkkii) ( 1 ; -fa year) G016 ad.? 7.1.67 Slimbridge: 5i°44'N.2°25'W. (Gloucester)

-(- 26.10.67 Lake Laidze: 57°i9'N. 22°4o'E. Latvian S.S.R.(ist)

494

R E P O R T ON B I R D - R I N G I N G FOR 1 9 6 7

Sparrowhawk {Accipiter nisus) (9; 20 miles; 1- - years) ED1419S pull. 13.7.67 Laurieston: 54°57'N. 4°o3'W. (Kirkcudbright) CH

x 9-9-67 Windermere (Westmorland) 60m. SE.

342238 istW. ? 28.9.66 Spurn Point: 53°35'N.o°o6'E. (York) x 15-5-67 Snilf jord: 63°23'N. 9°3o'E. (Sor Trondelag) Norway (3rd)

DS49358 pull. (J 11.7.67 Castletroy: 52°4o'N. 8°33'W. (Limerick) DGA + 0.11.67 Inchamackenna, Gorumna (Galway) 60m. NW.

GM}1202

Marsh Harrier {Circus aeruginosas) (1; -^ year) 23.9.66 Minsmere: 52°i4'N. i°37'E. (Suffolk) HEA

(23.4.67) Rosso: i6°29TSI. I5°53'W. Mauritania (1st)

This is only the third foreign recovery of a Marsh Harrier, the other two having been in Morocco in 1937 and France in 1957.

JUV. X

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) (1; ^ year) M1252 pull. 10.7.67 Scotland DNW

/?/ c. 7.11.67 PuebladelRio: 37°i6'N. 6°04'W. (Sevilla)Spain(ist) Not unnaturally, all ringers and administrators of ringing welcome recoveries as raw material for research. That this bird should have been recovered so soon is disappointing, however, for the object of ringing the young Ospreys was to learn whether the tiny Scottish population is self-sustaining or dependent on recruitment from Scandinavia.

tinnunmlus) (53; 150 miles; 10-&- years) Kincraig: 57°o8'N. 3°56'W. (Inverness) TLE Basses: 47°o2'N. o°o7'E. Loudun (Vienne) France

Kingussie: 57°o5'N. 4°o4'W. (Inverness) DRG Kneesworth (Cambridge) 380m. SE.

Stocksfield: 54°57'N. i 05 5 'W. (Northumberland) NRG

near Boulogne: 50°43'N. i°37'E. France

Sedbergh: 54°i9'N. 2°52'W. (York) DCB Bicester (Oxford) 175m. SSE.

Sedbergh SS Bourg: 45°4o'N. o°i4'W. (Charente) France Slaidburn: 54°oo'N. 20

3o'W. (York) W&M Wargrave (Berkshire) 180m. SSE.

Coot {Fulica atra) (12; 100 miles; 7-$- years) Abberton: 5i°5o'N. 0°53'E. (Essex) Carquebut: 49°22'N. i°2o'W. (Manche) France

Slimbridge: 5i°44'N. 2°25'W. (Gloucester) Shrawley: j20i7'N. 2°i7'W. (Worcester) Ganzendiep: 52°35'N. 5°56'E. (Overijssel) Netherlands Slimbridge Shrawley Great Yarmouth (Norfolk) 165m. E.

Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) (126; 15^- years) Twenty foreign recoveries from customary localities will be tabulated in a future report.

AT9I398

3100499

EC727S0

SS4276}

3105798

EC770SO

GM23446

AJ78928

AJ78990

Kestrel (Falco pull. 6.7.67 x 18.10.67

pull. X

pull.

+ pull. X

pull. X

pull. xA

ad.

+ f-g. trs. + f-g-trs. X

29.6.66 26.4.67

24.6.67 17.9.67

5.7.66 (22.1.67)

2.7.67 19.11.67

26.6.66 5.4.67

Coot (Fu/, 6.9.65 14.1.67

12.2.63 12.2.63 15.10.67

495

B R I T I S H B I R D S

Lapwing {Vanellus vanellus) (28; 8- - years) 10.5.66 Harewood Park: 53°54'N. i°3o'W. Leeds (York) RVJ 17.1.67 Ain Sebaa: 33°4o'N. 7°33'W. (Casablanca) Morocco (10th) 9.8.64 »«ar Sutton Bridge: 52°44'N. o° 11'E. (Lincoln) JAH 25.4.67 Ostrov: 57°2o'N. 28°2i'E. (Pskov) U.S.S.R. (7th)

18.5.63 Staines: 5i°26'N.o°3i'W. (Middlesex) FKB 6.5.67 Arkhangel: 64°32,N. 4 0 V E . U.S.S.R. (8th)

In addition, there were three recoveries of this species in France (one each in January, March and December) and seven recoveries in Spain (six in January and one in December).

2089296

20817/2

20x0769

pull.

+ juv.

0 pull.

+

Ringed Plover {Charadriushiaticuld) (8:50 miles; 8^- years) Langness: 54°03'N. 4°37'W. Isle of Man GDC Agon: 49°o2'N. i°34'W. (Manche) France

Barnby Dun: 53°34'N. i°o3'W. Doncaster (York) PH Snettisham (Norfolk) 8orn. SE.

Titchwell: 52°58'N. o°37 'E. (Norfolk) C1BO Newton, Embleton (Northumberland) 200m. NNW.

Snettisham: j i ^ ' N . ' o V ' E . (Norfolk) WWRG Churston Ferrers (Devon) 240m. SW.

Blithfield: 52049 'N. i°56'W. (Stafford) C&PM

Beja: 38°oi'N. 7°52'W. (Baixo Alentejo) Portugal (3rd) near Sutton Bridge: 52°44'N. o°n 'E . (Lincoln) JAH Merville: 49°i6'N. o ' ^ ' W . (Calvados) France

Little Ringed Plover {Charadrius dubius) (2; ^ year) Frodsham: 53°i8TSI. 2°44'W. (Cheshire) MRG Abberton (Essex) 185m. SE.

Sevenoaks: 5i°i6TS[. o°i2'E. (Kent) EFP 6.8.67 Minsmere (Suffolk) 90m. NE.

BE) 8 227

BC42324

KJ1917

BAJ0404

BA15766

BB02309

BE31243

BE07206

istW. 20.8.67

f.g. 6.8.66 v 24-7-67

pull. 19.6.59 x 8.10.67

ad. 24.7.67 x 12.12.67

ad. 25.8.63 + 0.10.67

f.g. 14.8.66 + 15.8.67

Little Ringe pull. 26.7.67 v 11.9.67

pull. 28.6.67

2037536

2081308

DS14080

DS14117

DSo2ijo

VS23408

i s tW.

+ ad.

+ ad.

+ ad. / ? /

ad.

+ ad.

+

11.3.63 5.8.67

6.12.64 15.1.67

6.9.63 7.6.67

6.9.63 14.1.67

16.8.62 3-9-67

6.8.66 24.8.67

Grey Plover {Pluvialis squatarold) (6; 5 years) Benington: 53°oo/N. o°05'E. (Lincoln) WAC Hals: 5 7 W N . I O ° I 9 ' E . (Jylland) Denmark (2nd)

Benington MPFE Etables: 48°38'N. 2°5o'W. (Cotes du Nord) France (2nd) Dawsmere: 52=5iTsf. o°07'E. (Lincoln) WWRG Amderma: 69°47'N. 6i°4o'E. (Arkhangel) U.S.S.R. (1st)

Dawsmere WWRG Daoulas: 48°22'N. 4°i6'W. (Finistere) France (3rd) Terrington: 5 2°47'N. 0° 17'E. (Norfolk) WWRG Fausing: 56°27'N. io°i6'E. (Jylland) Denmark (3rd)

Harty: 5i°22'N. o°55 'E. Sheppey (Kent) NKRG Vaernengene: 55°52/N. 8°i5'E. (Jylland) Denmark (4th)

Golden Plover {Pluvialis apricaria) (1; -^ year) 2089594 pull. 11.6.67 Altnaharra: 58°i6'N.4026'W. (Sutherland)

+ 1.9-67 Douglas (Lanark) 185m. S. EGH

496

REPORT ON B I R D - R I N G I N G FOR I 9 6 7

Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) (7515 miles; 6- - years) West Kirby: 53°22'N. 3°io'W. (Cheshire) MRG Essaouira: J I ^ O ' N . 9°48'W. Morocco (2nd)

Snettisham: 52°5}TSI. o V ' E . (Norfolk) WWRG Baie de Somme: 5o°i4TSI. i°53'E. (Somme) France (2nd) St. Agnes: 49°53'N. 6°2i'W. Sctlly (Cornwall) Kuvdlorssuak: 74°35'N. 5 7 ° I I ' W . (Upernavik) Greenland

(4th)

CS22249

CK/8220

73919S

f.g.

+ juv.

+ istW.

+

12.5.67 (8.9.67)

3.9.67 6.9.67

30.9.63 16.6.67

Snipe (Gallinago gallinagd) (4255 years) Table C summarises the British-ringed Snipe reported from Ireland and abroad during 1965-67.

Table C—Countries and months of recoveries of Snipe Country of recovery Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Ireland (6) France (15) Spain (;) Portugal (3) Netherlands (1) Denmark (4) U.S.S.R. (6)

4 8 5 ----

See footnote to table A

C u r l e w (Numenius arquatd) (15 ; 100 mi les ; 11-^- years) 3061813 pull. 8.6.60

+ (6.1.67) 3028209 pull. 30.6.62

x 1.2.67

AT78139 f.g. 19.2.66 + 9-5-67

SSfS)42 f.g. 23.9.67 + 4-11-67

SS281}} pull. 27.5.67 x (16.11.67) Noya":42°47'N. 8°53'W.(Corufia) Spain (4th)

501435— pull. 10.6.56 Smeathorpe: 5o°54'N. 3°io'W. (Devon) JR 4- 0.1.67 Coulon: 46°i9'N. o°35'W. (Deux Sevres) France(2oth)

Sunbiggin Tarn: 54°28'N. 2°3 5 'W. (Westmorland) DRW Caernarvon, 115m. SW.

Sunbiggin Tarn JWA Inchamakinna (Galway) 300m. WSW.

Wolferton: 52°5o'N. o°28'E. (Norfolk) C&PM Maloshuyka: 63°47'N. 37°23'E. (Arkhangel) U.S.S.R. (2nd)

Harty: 5i°22 'N. o°55'E. Sheppey (Kent) NKRG Corsept: 47°i7'N. 2°03'W. (Loire Atlantique) France (19th)

Lundy: 5i°i2'N. 4°4o'W. (Devon)

20i'j22;

Bar-tailed God wit (Limosa lapponkd) (1; \-^ years) f.g. +

22.10.65 20.5.67

West Kirby: 5 5°22'N. 3°io'W. (Cheshire) MRG Mezen': 65°5o'N. 44°i7'E. (Arkhangel) U.S.S.R. (2nd)

Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) (1; i-& years) Erratum. 2035132, ringed on Mahee Island, Co. Down, in September 1964 and recovered at Aznal-cazar, Sevilla, Spain, in February 1966, was wrongly listed as Bar-tajled in the 1966 report.

Common Sandpiper (Tringa hypoleucos) (5; 25 miles; 5 ^ years) 728262 pull. 5.6.62 Grimersta: 58°io'N. 6°44'W. Lewis, Outer Hebrides DRW

+ 14.7-67 Jugon: 48°z5'N. 2°2o'W. (Cotes du Nord) France (9th) 81J83R f.g. 20.8.63 Tetney Lock: 53°29'N.o°oi'W. (Lincoln) CRG

x (9-1-67) Bourbourg: 5o°57'N. 2°i2'E. (Nord) France(xodj)

497

B R I T I S H B I R D S

K8222J

CX39844

DS37125

DS20508

DS14378

X

f-g. V

ad.

+ istS.

+ f-g-V

18.4.61 20.3.67

27.2.64 3.9.67

7.9.67 23.12.67

10.8.67 3.9.67

20.11.64 e. 7.5.67

Redshank (Tringa totanus) (31; 100 miles; 5 % years) Tory Island: 55°i6'N. 8°i4'W. (Donegal) TBO Leasowe (Cheshire) 240m. SE. Point of Air: 53°2i'N. 3°i9'W. (Flint) MRG Snettisham (Norfolk) 160m. ESE. Dawsmere: 52=5iTSl. o°o7'E. (Lincoln) WWRG Rufford, Ormskirk (Lancashire) 135m. TOW. Terrington: 5 2°47'N. o° 17'E. (Norfolk) WWRG lie de Re: 46°IJTSI. i^o'W. (Charente Maritime) France East Tilbury: 5 I ' ^ ' N . o°26'E. (Essex) ABO Haltwhistle (Northumberland) 270m. NW.

Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) ( 1 ; }-& years) CK.29J44 juv. 29.8.63 Abberton: JI°5O'N. o°53'E. (Essex)

v u.j.67 Amager: J5°38'N. i2°34'E. (Sjaelland)Denmark(ist)

Knot (Calidris canutus) (9; 20 miles; 3 -^ years) West Kirby: 5 3°22/N. 3°io'W. (Cheshire) MRG Westerhever: 54°23'N. 8°4o'E. (Schleswig-Holstein) Germany

( I8 t )

Benington: s sWN. o0oj'E. (Lincoln) WAC Mikoszewo: 54°2i'N. i8°j7'E. (Gdansk) Poland (1st) Benington DAW Thule: 7 6 V N . (xfzo'Vff. Greenland (6th) Dawsmere: 52VN. o°07'E. (Lincoln) WWRG Norreby Hals: J5°36'N. io°i7'E. (Fyn) Denmark (3rd) Dawsmere WWRG Knokke: 5 i°2i'N. 3°i7'W. (West Flanders) Belgium (1st)

Little Stint (Calidris minutd) (1 ; 6^- years) Shotton: 53°i2'N. foz^. (Flint) MRG El Jadida: rfitfn. 8°35'W. Morocco (1st)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina) (108; 8 years) Foreign recoveries are summarised in table D , apart from those following it.

CX6I567

CB35392

S9940K

CX26400

CX26976

76042X

f.g. X

ad. V

f.g.

+ juv. X

juv. V

f-g. / ? /

6.2.65 6.10.67

23.2.65 22.7.67

22.1.66 26.7.66

6.9.63 spring 66

6.9.63 1.5.67

Little S 25.9.60

e. 5.2.67

Table D—Countries and months of recoveries of Dunlin Country of recovery Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct NOT Dec

Portugal (4) Spain (3) France (9) Netherlands (1) Germany (*) Denmark (3) Sweden (5) Finland (3) U.S.S.R. (2)

See footnote to table A

BE}82?2 istW. 28.8.67 Langness: 54°o3'N. 4°37'W. IsleofMan GDC X 14.10.67 Port Etienne: 2o°j4'N. i7°oi'W. Mauritania (2nd)

BE03619 f.g. 8.1.67 West Kirby: 53022TSJ.30io'W. (Cheshire) MRG v 9.8.67 Mikoszewo: 54°2i'N. i8°57'E. (Gdansk) Poland (4th)

498

REPORT ON BIRD-RINGING FOR 1967

East Tilbury: 5 i°28T>J. o°26'E. (Essex) ABO Casablanca: 33°4o'N. 7°3j'W. Morocco (6th) Harty: 5i°22'N. o°5 5'E. Sheppey (Kent) NKRG Vadsoya: 70°O5'N. 29°48'E. (Finnmark) Norway (1st)

Fourteen recoveries showed movements of over ioo miles within the British Isles.

BA40I;?

BA78263

f.g-

+ ad. V

22.3.63 19.3.67

19.12.64 6.8.67

Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) ( i ; 2-$ years) hAyii4i f.g. 25.10.64 «wr Sutton Bridge: 52°44'N. o°n'E. (Lincoln) JAH

+ 21.8.67 Gorodishche: 52°54'N. 35°48'E. (Orlovsk) U.S.S.R. (1st) This is the first recovery anywhere of a British-ringed Curlew Sandpiper.

Sander ling {Calidris alba) ( 1 ; -fa year) BEjoS44 ad. 6.8.67 Hoylake: 53°23'N. 3°i 1'W. (Cheshire) MRG

x i3-9-°7 Accra: O5°33 /N.O°IJ'W. Ghana(xst) There are only three previous foreign recoveries of this species, in the U.S.S.R., France and the Netherlands.

Great Skua (Stercorarius skua) (26; 5-^- years) HW02377 pull. 28.7.65 Foula: 6o°o8'N. 2°05'W. (Shetland) BEG

x 15.8.67 Furufjordur: 66°i6'N. 22°i2'W.(IsafjardarSysla) Iceland (1st) HW03039 pull. 14.7.66 Foula BEG

0 (19.5.67) Enmore: c. o6°3o'N. 58°05'W. (Demerara) Guyana (1st) HW13044 pull. 20.7.67 Foula BEG

+ 27.9.67 Lake Babite: 56°5 5'N. 23°45'E. (Riga) Latvian S.S.R. (1st) The recovery in Guyana is particularly remarkable and may be compared with the single recovery of an Arctic Skua in South American waters reported in 1965 (for an interpretive comment see Bird Study, 15: 33). A further 20 foreign recoveries from more customary localities will be tabulated in a future report.

Great Black-backed Gull (Laws marinus) (39; 7 ^ years) Fair Isle: 59°32'N. i°37'W. (Shetland) Vannvag: 7o°o4'N. 2o°oo'E. (Troms) Norway (7th) Ethie: 57°38'N. 4°o2'W. (Ross) RM Calais: 50°57'N. i°52'E. (Pas de Calais) France (14th) Isle of May: 56°nTSI. 2°33'W. (Fife) Zeebrugge: 5i°2o'N. 3°I2'E. (West Flanders) Belgium (1st) Rosevear: 49°5z'N. 6°24'W. Scilly (Cornwall) SABO Le Loch: 48°oi'N. 4 V W . (Finistere) France (15th)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larusfuscus) (163; 8^- years) AJ43904 pull. 22.8.61, Fame Islands: 55°37'N. i°37'W. (Northumberland)

x 0.6.67 Cekhira: 34°i6'N. io°o3'E. (Gabes) Tunisia (1st) A further 57 recoveries from more usual foreign localities will be tabulated in a future report.

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) (310; 14^- years) Foreign recoveries were in France (three), Netherlands (six), Denmark (one) and Spain (one); all had been ringed as pulli, some of them at colonies where Lesser Black-backed Gulls also breed. Forty-five recoveries within Great Britain and Ireland showed movements of 100 or more miles.

AT6464J

426117

41092;

HWoo6to

ad.

+ pull. X

pull. X

pull. X

8.11.59 19.7.67

20.6.66 8.10.67

4.8.62 19.8.67

29.6.66 19.1.67

499

BRITISH BIRDS

Common Gull(Larus canus) (16; ioo miles; i i - j^ years) ED50005 pull. 4.7.67 Hascosay: 6o°j6'N. i°oo'W. (Shetland) ECF

x (4-9-67) Bower, Watten (Caithness) 165 m. SW. BC77$)4 istW. 2.1.66 DeepingSt. James: 52°4o'N.o°i7'W. (Lincoln) WAC

+ 19-5-67 Lake Tornetrask: c. 68°25TSI. i8°5o'E. (Norrbotten) Sweden (9th)

SS02492 istW. 3.3.63 Rainham: 5i°3i'N.o<>i2'E. (Essex) CEJC x 11.4.67 Tranderup: 5j°i6'N. n°i7'E. (Sjaelland) Denmark(7th)

301027/ ad. 18.2.56 Sandwich: 5i^TSI. i°2o'E. (Kent) DFH + 4.7.67 Stegeborg: 58°25'N. i6°35'E.(Ostergotland) Sweden (10th)

Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) (282; 17^- years) ED19808 pull. 27.6.66 Tentsmuir: 56°27'N. 2°49'W. (Fife) JLSC

4- (20.2.67) Moul Bergui: 32°3o'N. 9°oo'w\ Morocco (3rd) EC774J2 juv. 4.8.66 war Hoddesdon: 5 i047/N.oQoo/(Hertford) RMRG

+ 14.1.67 Safi: 32°2o'N. 9°i7'W. Morocco (4th) The remaining foreign recoveries were: ringed as pulli, Spain (five) and Portugal (one); ringed as full-grown, Netherlands (two), Denmark (nine), Norway (one), Sweden (five) and Finland (seven).

Kittiwake (Rtssa tridactyld) (48; 13-^ years) EC61382 pull. 14.7.66 Fame Islands: 55037Tsi. i°37'W. (Northumberland)

x 18.12.67 Espinho: 4i°oi'N. 8°}S"W. (Douro Litoral) Portugal (3rd) ED36635 pull. 19.7.67 Fame Islands

0 5.11.67 wiw Capo dell Armi: ft 37°4j'N. 1504o'E. (Calabria) Italy (2nd) Seventeen recoveries from well-represented localities abroad, together with eleven each from 1965 and 1966, are summarised in table E.

Table E—Countries and months of recoveries of Kittiwakes Country of recovery Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jua Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec ?

Spain (5) I _ - _ _ _ _ - _ _ j I _ Biscay (2) i _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ I - _ -France (4) _ _ ! ! _ _ _ _ ! _ ! _ -Netherlands (4) I _ _ 2 - - i - - - - - -Germany (j) 1 1 1 - - 1 - - - - 1 - -Norway (2) - - - - - - - - j - ! - -Faeroe Is. (1) _ ! _ - _ - - _ _ _ _ - -Greenland (11) - - - - - a - j a a - - ! Newfoundland (5) I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 2 - -

See footnote to table A

Common Tern {Sterna hirundd) (38; 5 ^ years) Twenty-eight recoveries from western Europe and Africa will be tabulated in a future report.

Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea) (35; 20 years) Eleven recoveries from western Europe and Africa, south to the Cape of Good Hope, will be tabulated in a future report.

Roseate T e r n (Sterna dougallit) (2558 years) Twenty recoveries from Iberia and west Africa will be tabulated in a future report.

5 0 0

CSofiSS pull.

+

REPORT ON B I R D - R I N G I N G FOR 1 9 6 7

Little Tern (Sterna albifrons) ( i ; -fe year) -27.6.67 North Coates: 5 3°29'N.o<,02'E. (Lincoln) CRG 4.9.67 He de Re: 46°io'N. i°25'W. (Charente Maritime) France (5th)

17 3

Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvkensis) (131; io-J|- years) A total of 89 Sandwich Terns were recovered abroad during the year: these, together with unpublished foreign recoveries for 1964-66, are summarised in table F.

Table F—Countries and months of recoveries of Sandwich Terns Country of recovery Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jim Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec ?

Germany (4) _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 i Netherlands (4) _ _ _ _ _ _ i 2

France(i7) 1 1 - - - 1 2 3 Spain (9) _ - _ 2 _ _ _ -Portugal (16) - 1 1 - - - - 3 Italy (1) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Morocco (6) ! ! _ _ _ _ _ _ Spanish West Africa (1) - _ i - _ - _ _ Mauritania (2) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Senegal (52) 9 2 4 6 - 2 1 I Guinea (1) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Sierra Leone (29) 5 4 i j i _ _ _ Liberia (7) _ - _ i _ _ _ _ Ivory Coast (10) - - 2 1 3 1 - -Ghana(j2) 7 2 4 2 5 2 - 2 Togo(;) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Dahomey (1) _ _ _ _ i _ _ _ Nigeria (a) _ j ! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Congo (3) - _ 1 _ i _ _ _ _ _ I _ _ Angola (11) - - 2 1 i _ _ _ _ 2 2 3 -South West Africa ( i ) - - - - _ - i - _ - - - -South Africa (8) 2 i _ i i _ z - - _ _ i -

See footnote to table A

Razorbill (Alca torda) (48; 10^- years) Seventeen recoveries within home waters showed movements of more than 100 miles, including five victims of oil from the Torrey Canyon, Twenty-eight foreign recoveries, including three from France which were also probably associated with the same disaster, will be tabulated in a future report and all the 278 foreign recoveries to the end of 1967 are marked on map 3 on page 502.

Guillemot (Uria aalge) (47; 7- - years) Twenty-four recoveries showed movement of at least 100 miles within home waters, including six victims of oil from the Torrey Canyon. There were 16 foreign recoveries: these, together with unpublished ones from 1965 and 1966 are sum­marised in table G and all the 172 foreign recoveries to the end of 1967 are marked on map 4 on page 502.

Table G—Countries and months of recoveries of Guillemots Country of recovery

Norway (19) Netherlands (5) France (14) Spain (5)

Jan

2

I

I

I

Feb

1

1

3

-

Mar

1

-5

-

Apr

_ 2

3

-

May

_ -_ I

Jun

_ ---

Jul

_ _ _ -

Aug

2

-_ -

Sep

1

---

Oct

7

-2

-

Nov

3

_ _ 2

Dec

2

1

z 1

Sec footnote to table A

501

RAZORBILL

MAPS 3, 4 and 5. AH foreign recoveries of Razorbill Aim torch, Guillemot Vrta aalge and Puffin Fratenuk arctica. Recoveries in this report are marked by open circles and previous ones by solid circles (dram by R. C. Faulkner)

GUILLEMOT PUFFIN

REPORT ON B I R D - R I N G I N G FOR 1 9 6 7

Puff in (Fratercula arcticd) ( 7 : 5 0 mi les ; 7 ^ - years) AT64347 pull. 9.7.59 Fair Isle: 59°32'N. i°}7'W. (Shetland)

x 13.5.67 Aberporth(Cardigan) 520m. SSW.

AT71016 ad. 19.5.61 Skomer: 5i°44'N. 5°i9'W. (Pembroke) DRS 0 22.2.67 Porto Petro: 39°2i'N. 3°i2'E. Mallorca, Balearic Islands ( ist)

This is only t he second recovery of a Bri t i sh-r inged Puffin in the Medi te r ranean . All the 34 foreign recoveries t o t he end of 1967 are m a r k e d o n m a p 5.

Woodpigeon{Columbapalumbus) (154; 50 mi les ; 6-j^- years) 3071888 f.g. 19.2.63 Oxford: 5i°45'N. I ° I 6 ' W . OOS

-(- 2.2.67 Attenborough (Nottingham) 78m. N. 3087/77 pull. 14.9.64 Weston Colville: 5 2°o9'N.o022'E. (Cambridge) MAFF

x 27.10.67 Vernon: 49°oj'N. i°29'E. (Eure) France(10th)

T u r t l e D o v e {Streptopelia turtuf) (1055 mi les ; 8 ^ - years) 290187 f.g. 6.5.67 Spurn Point: 53°35TSf.o°o6'E. (York)

x 20.8.67 Schwartenpohl: 5z°33'N. 7°io'E. (Niedersachsen) Germany (I8t)

The remain ing fore ign recoveries are summar i sed in table H .

Table H—Countries and months of recoveries of Turtle Doves Country of tecovery Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

France (4) Spain (3) Portugal (z)

See footnote to table A

AT9SJ61

3048466

Col lared D o v e {Streptopelia decaocto) (22; 65 mi les ; 2 ^ - years) 23.4.67 Humberston: 5 3°3 z'N. o°o2'W. (Lincoln) CRG

(13.6.67) Stretford, Manchester (Lancashire) 90m. W.

PJC

f.g.

+ ad. x ad.

+

27.9.64 Avonmouth: 5i°3i'N. 2°42/W. (Gloucester) 5.4.67 Plymouth (Devon) loom. SW.

ED14007 ad. 26.3.67 Avonmouth CL 24.9.67 Galway, 295m. WNW.

Collared D o v e s r inged in K e n t at Broadsta i rs , 5 i ° 2 2 ' N . i °27 'E . , a n d near Lydd> jo°57 'N. o°5 5 'E. , we re r ecovered as fo l lows:

Ringed Recovered broadstairs 20741/0 2074202 2074048 Lydd 2037415 2067279 288/38

9.1.67 20.8.67 Barrhead (Renfrew) 400m. NW. 23.1.67 15.7.67 Valley (Anglesey) 280m. WNW. 28.1.67 26.5.67 Gorleston-on-Sea (Norfolk) 82m. N.

31.3.66 (16.4.67) Clare Galway (Galway) 450m. WNW. 12.4.66 0.9.67 Galway, 450m. WNW.

22.12.66 15.3.67 St. Valery: 5o°n'N. i°48'E. (Somme) France (2nd)

DS19714

DS19781

pull.

+ pull.

+

C u c k o o {Cuculus canorus) ( 3 : 3 0 mi les ; | f year) 11.6.67 Gunby: 53°n /N. o°io'E. (Lincoln) AS

(11.9.67) Legnago: 45°i2 ,N. I I ° I 8 ' E . (Verona) Italy (6th)

2.8.66 Aldbury Common: 5 i^TSI . o°36'W. (Hertford) HMG 0.11.66 Audinghen: 5o°5i'N. i°36'E. (Pas de Calais) France(ioth)

5°3

BRITISH BIRDS

9}}m pull. X

Barn O w l (Tyto alba) (12 ; 15 mi les ; 2 years) 17.7.66 Gouthwaite: j4°o8TSI. i°48'W. (York) SS&W

(30.3.67) Thorpe Bassett, Malton (York) 43m. E.

T a w n y O w l (Strix alucd) (17 ; 10 mi les ; 4 ^ - years) AHtfji pull. 23.5.67 Burneside: 54°2z'N. 2°46'W. (Westmorland) ACW

x 1-9-67 near Penrith (Cumberland) c. 20m. N. AJ76938 pull. 24.5.67 Follifoot: 53°58'N. i°28'W. (York) KRS

x 6.12.67 Garforth, Leeds (York) 13m. SSE. I t is t en years since a recovery of this species has s h o w n m o v e m e n t of m o r e thai miles .

A)'71870

AD4302

AJ84767

SEi}i2j

SCJ0973

L o n g - e a r e d O w l {Asio otus) ( 6 ; 10 mi les ; 3 ^ - years)

f-g-v

f-g-X

istW. /? /

pull.

+

11.10.66 Foula: 6o°o8TM. 2°o5'W. (Shetland) BEG 24.2.67 Overmere; J I ° 0 3 ' N . 3°57'E. (East Flanders) Belgium (is 9.11.63 Newmillerdam: J3°39'N. i°29'W. (York) AF 25.3.67 Nas: 6o°27/N. i4°29'E. (Kopparberg) Sweden (1st) 28.10.66 Gibraltar Point: 53°o6'N. o°2i'E. (Lincoln) 8.10.67 Nuottanen: 62°32'N. 26°3o'E. (Keski Suomi) Finland (is

Short-eared O w l {Asio flam meus) (1) 9.5.64 Kelloholm: 5 5°23'N. 4°oo'W. (Dumfries) 1967 Madrid: 4O°251SI. 3°45'W. Spain (2nd)

JGY

Swift {Apusapus) (124; 100 mi les ; 1 i-JJ- years) ad. 7.7.65 Ofiferton: 5 3°24'N.2°o7'W. (Cheshire) S&B + (28.1.67) Lilongwe: i3°58'S. 33°49'E. Malawi (4th) ad. 20.6.63 wear Hoddesdon: 5 i°47'N. o°oo'(Hertford) RMRG + J-J-67 Dedza: i4°2o'S. 34°i5'E. Malawi (5th)

M a p 2 o n p a g e 490 shows the e leven recoveries in Africa t o t he end of 1967.

Kingf i sher {Alcedo atthis) ( 1 1 ; 10 mi les ; 1 -^ years) A43953 juv. £ 1.8.67 Marsworth: 5 1 V N . o°4o'W. (Bucks) BTO

v 30.12.67 Frenshan: 5i°io'N. o°48'W. (Surrey) 44m. S. SE421/2 juv. 12.6.67 Cholsey: 5i°34'N. I ' ty 'W. (Berkshire) OOS

x 13.8.67 Cherington (Warwick) 35m. NNW.

Skylark {Alauda arvensis) ( 3 ; 5 mi les ; 6-^- years) BB23520 f.g. <J 20.1.67 Wellesbourne: 52°i2'N. i°36'W. (Warwick) JAH

trs. 20.1.67 St. Helens: 53°28'N. 2°45'W. (Lancashire) + 30.3.67 Wellesbourne 100m. SSE.

S w a l l o w (Hirundo rusticd) (48 5 5 5 ^ - years) Evanton: 5 7°3 9TSI. 4°21 'W. (Ross) CGH Stedje: 6i°i4'N. 7°o6'E. (Sogn og Fjordane) Norway (isi Lower Withington: 53°i4'N. 2°i7'W. (Cheshire) S&B Prang: 7°59'N. o°5o'W. (Ashanti) Ghana (2nd)

Ancaster: 5 20 5 <fft. o°3 2'W. (Lincoln) JJL Ghazaouet: 35°o8'N. i°5o'W. (Tlemcen) Algeria (6th)

Scredington: 52°57'N. o°23'W. (Lincoln) JJL Omitara: 22°i8'S. I 8 ° O I ' E . South West Africa (3rd)

HA94739

HH78032

HH240I}

AX7I474

pull. X

juv. X

juv. X

juv. X

22.6.66 25.5.67

27.9.66 18.4.67

18.8.66 c 5-7-67

5.10.66 30.1.67

504

REPORT ON B I R D - R I N G I N G FOR I 9 6 7

HC48301

N9547I

)uv. X

)UV. X

8.10.66 20.5.67

27.8.66 4.5.67 20.9.64

Bedworth: 52029'N. i°28'W. (Warwick) HL Steinsland: 59°i4'N. 6°n 'E . (Rogaland) Norway (2nd)

Coombe: 52°25'N. i°26'W. (Warwick) AWE Apparizione: 44°25'N. 9°oo'E. (Genova) Italy (3rd)

juv. 20.9.64 Elm Park: 5 i°32 'N.o 0 i i 'E. (Essex) RRS X spring 65 0$"Rogaland: c. 58°3o'N. 50jo'E. Norway (3rd)

An additional 58 foreign recoveries, together with those outstandingjfrom 1965 and 1966, are summarised in table I.

Table I—Countries and months of recoveries of Swallows Country of recovery Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec ?

At sea (4) Germany (i) Netherlands (i) Belgium (7) Channel Is. (i) France (20) Spain (is) Morocco (3) Nigeria (3) Cameroon (2) South Africa (87) 14 17 17

See footnote to table A

House Martin (Delkhon urbicd) (24; 15 miles; 2^- years) HE?? 027

HH95845

ad. x

ad. v ad.

17.5.67 Holywell: 55°o4'N. i°}o'W. (Northumberland) TTRG 30.5.67 Vagos: &3°io'N. 8°27'E. (More og Romsdal) Norway (1st) 17.5.67 Knaresborough: 54°oi'N. i°28'W. (York) KRS 12.8.67 Kilconquhar, Elie (Fife) 160m. NNW.

3.7.65 Offerton: 53°24'N.20o7'W. (Cheshire) S&B (27.4.67) Moulineaux: 49°2i'N. o°58'E. (Seine Maritime) France (6th)

HE4117S

HB23382

HA21729

HB69115

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) (1,157; 5~w years) JLSC juv. 17.8.66 Llangorse Lake: 5i°57'N. 3°i6'W. (Brecon)

x (1.5.67) Paula: 35°53^. i4°3i'E. Malta (ist) juv. 19.6.66 Ranby: 53°i9'N. i°oi'W. (Nottingham) JMM /?/ (23.6.67) Djidjelli: 3 6 V N . 5°43'E. (Constantine) Algeria (2nd) juv. 1.7.66 Hoveringham: 5s 'oi 'N. o°58'W. (Nottingham) HMD v 29.4.67 Oued el Abid: 36°54lM. io°44'E. (Cap Bon) Tunisia (1st) ad. 7.8.66 Farnham: 5i°i3'N. o°49'W. (Surrey) CSF x (24.4.67) Le Kef: 36°io'N. 8°4o'E. Tunisia (2nd)

These records provide further important evidence that British Sand Martins may follow a much more easterly route in spring than in autumn. The remaining foreign recoveries are summarised in table J.

Table J—Countries and months of recoveries of Sand Martins Country of recovery Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec ?

Belgium (2) _ _ - - - i _ . - i _ _ _ « Netherlands (2) _ _ - _ i _ i _ _ _ _ _ _ Channel Is. (10) _ _ - 2 8 - - - - - - - -France (33) - - - 9 - - - 2 0 3 - - - 1 Spain (j) - - 1 1 - - - 1 - 1 1 - -Morocco (4) _ _ _ 3 i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

See footnote to table A

505

BRITISH BIRDS

)'0J479

J045I7J

SSt86S)

309703z

AT81144

VS414J4

5082270

BC42315

AK1062J

AHS4J74

AX72243

AX72j64

AX7J008

BA72J16

AK41JS6

AS45346

SC962S2

Carrion Crow(Corvuscorone) ( 1 7 ; 15 mi les ; 6 ^ - years) pull. 22.5.65 Auchmacoy: 57°22'N. 2°oi'W. (Aberdeen) AU + 6.5.67 Dunlugas (Banff) 23m. NW.

R o o k (Corpusfrugilegus) (44 ; 30 mi les ; 1 5 ^ - years) juv. 2.6.66 Newburgh: n°K)11.2°oi'W. (Aberdeen) AU x 6.6.67 Carnoustie (Angus) 62m. SW.

pull. 24-4-59 Culcavy: 54°29TSI. 6°o5'W. (Down) JAB /? / (22.6.67) Beragh, Omagh (Tyrone) 45m. W.

J a c k d a w (Corvus monedula) (28 ; 20 mi les ; 9 ^ years) ad. 11.3.67 Applegarthtown: 55°o8'N. 3°24'W. (Dumfries) NSRG X (12.9.67) Yetholm (Roxburgh) 50m. NE. ad. 14-5-64 Copeland: 54°4o'N. 5°32'W. (Down) + 16.5.67 Derryneskin (Armagh) 40m. WSW.

juv. 13.6.63 Lansdown: 5i°25'N. 2°25'W. (Somerset) RJD + 20.5.67 Monmouth 30m. NNW.

Jay (Garrulus glandarius) (26 ; 10 mi l e s ; 11-^-years) f.g. 14.11.66 Cannop: 5i048'N.2034'W. (Gloucester) SVRG x 6.11.67 Rendcomb (Gloucester) 25 m. E.

8.8.64 Stockbury: 5i°2o'N. o°39'E. (Kent) MKRG juv

+ 1.5.67 Adisham(Kent) 25m. E :SE.

Great T i t (Parus major) (115 ; 30 mi les ; 7-^- years) ad. d* 8.1.66 Maltby: 53°26TS1. I ' I I ' W . (York) PH v 5.2.67 Market Rasen (Lincoln) 35m. E.

istW. <J 3.10.65 Waxham: 52°47'N. i°38'E. (Norfolk) FJW Colchester (Essex) 68m. SW.

pull. x

c. 1966

3.6.64 (24.4.67)

Castor Hanglands: 52°36'N. o°2o'W. (Northampton) C&F Tarrant Gunville (Dorset) 140m. SW.

istW. ? 30.10.66 Cambridge: 52°i2'N. o°o7'E. SJT Cuffley (Hertford) 33m. SSW.

Cambridge SJT Blackmore (Essex) 35m. SSE.

Oxford: 5 i ^ - N . I ° I 6 ' W . H&CE Woking (Surrey) 42m. SE.

istW. $ 20.12.64 Shenfleld: 5i°38'N. o°i9'E. (Essex) PB x c. 8.4.67 East Mersea (Essex) 30m. ENE.

Frieth: 5i°36'N. o°5i'W. (Buckingham) Cambridge 55 m. NE.

26.5.67

istW. (J 5.11.66 v 17-5-67

f-g-<? 26.2.67 8.9.67

ad. $ x

6.12.64 28.7.67

SBRG

istW. $ 6.3.65 v 21.1.67

ad .? x

3.3.67 21.5.67

Meopham: 5 i^TSI . o°22'E. (Kent) MKRG Shepherdswell (Kent) 40m. ESE.

DAB Weybridge: 5i°22 ,N. o°28'W. (Surrey) Solihull (Warwick) 90m. NW.

I n t he t en years 195 8-67 the n u m b e r s of recoveries of G r e a t Ti t s s h o w i n g m o v e m e n t o f m o r e t h a n 30 miles w e r e respectively eleven, t w o , five, one , five, th ree , four, th ree , fou r a n d ten . A l t h o u g h the samples are small , these figures d o sugges t cons iderably m o r e m o v e m e n t by G r e a t T i t s d u r i n g 1967 t h a n for a n u m b e r of years. I t is also in teres t ing t o no t e tha t n o such increase was recorded for Blue Ti ts .

506

AHS7493

HC45498

HJ09752

HC63060

AH62063

HCi22jf

REPORT ON B I R D - R I N G I N G FOR I 9 6 7

Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus) (277; 30 miles; 9- - years) f.g. x juv. V

istW. X

juv. V

ad. v v

12.3.64 (12.7.67)

24.9.66 19.11.67

26.1.67 c. 20.4.67

22.7.67 c. 15.12.67

28.2.65 14.1.67 9.12.67

Ipswich: 52°o4'N. I ° I O ' E . (Suffolk) CGDC Chatteris (Cambridge) 52m. TOW.

Pewsham: 5 i°27/N. 2°o5'W. (Wiltshire) T&B Orford (Suffolk) 160m. ENE.

Chichester: 50-50^. o°48'W. (Sussex) NFS Haywards Heath (Sussex) 30m. ENE.

Chichester CHI Appleshaw (Hampshire) 43m. NW.

Camborne: J O - I Z ' N . 5°i9'W. (Cornwall) CJB Lanhydrock, Bodmin (Cornwall) 30m. ENE. Lanhydrock

Coal Tit (Parus ater) (13; 5 miles; 5-$- years) pull. 14.6.66 Bakewell: 53°I3'N. I ° 4 O ' W . (Derby) AC x (2.1.67) Rillington (York) 75m. NE.

Long-tailed Tit {Aegithalos caudatus) (31; 15 miles; 1 % years) Seven Long-tailed Tits out of a flock of eight ringed at Donna Nook, 53°3i'N. o°09'E., Lincolnshire, on 21st October 1967 were mist-netted, still together, at Gibraltar Point, 27 miles SSE, on 25 th October.

Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) (28; 15 miles; 2^- years) Hilbre: 53°23'N. 3°I4'W. (Cheshire) HiBO Matlock (Derby) 70m. ESE.

Lower Withington: 53°i4'N. 2°i7 'W. (Cheshire) S&B Worsthorne (Lancashire) 36m. N.

Stock: 5 1 V TSI. o°26'E. (Essex) AGH Mill Hill (Middlesex) 28m. W.

Marlow: 5i^sTN. o°48'W. (Buckingham) SBRG Marsworth (Buckingham) 17m. NNE.

B e a r d e d T i t (Panurus biarmicus) (59 ; 2-^- years) Snodland: 5 I ' Z O ' N . o°z7 'E. (Kent) MKRG Heligoland: 54°n'N. 7°55'E. Germany (1st)

Farlington: 5 o° 5 o'N. 1 °o2'W. (Hampshire) DFB Minsmere (Suffolk) 150m. NE. Farlington Minsmere Farlington DFB Minsmere Farlington

The movements of Bearded Tits from their East Anglian breeding colonies have generally been regarded as eruptive. Now, however, they appear to occur annually and it is of considerable interest that individuals may return to the same reed bed in successive winters. In addition to those published, there were 17 recoveries showing movement of more than 30 miles.

Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) (22; 4^- years) CXjvjjo ad. 30.10.66 Gnosall: 5 z^TST. 2°i5W. (Stafford) C&PM

x 12.12.67 Martutene: 43°i8'N. i°57'W. (Guipvtecoa) Spain (4th)

PSII44

P68724

Pfojiy

P58722

P42917

AR55926

AR55923

f-g. X

f.g. V

juv. X

f-g-V

f.g.<? V

f.g.? V V V

f.g. 6" V V

8.10.66 c. 15.4.67

6.11.66 19.7.67

3.7.66 24.6.67

4.1.66 11.5.67

Bearded' 2 1 . n . 6 4 22.3.67

18.12.66 5.7.67 25.11.67 5.7.68

18.12.66 5.7.67 25.11.67

507

B R I T I S H B I R D S

CX?o6}6 f.g. 20.11.66 Sutton Coldfield: 52°34'N. i°48'W. (Warwick) MG x 17.12.67 Lipovets: 49°27'N. 29°o4'E. (Ukraine) U.S.S.R. (2nd)

CVWJI f.g.? 2.11.66 Stockbury: 5i°2o'N. o°39'E. (Kent) MKRG x 3.9.67 Serpukhov: 54°53'N. 37°24'E. (Moscow) U.S.S.R. (3rd)

The remaining foreign recoveries are summarised in table K.

Table K—Countries and months of recoveries of Fieldfares Country of recovery Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Italy (5) I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 France (5) _ 2 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Belgium (2) - - - - - - - - - - 2 Denmark (2) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Norway (3) _ _ _ _ I I I _ _ _ _

Finland (3) _ _ _ _ 2 i _ - - - _

See footnote to table A

Dec

Song Thrush (Turdus pbilomelos) (347; 9^- years) Hartley: 55°05'N. i°26'W. (Northumberland) TTRG Andvikgrend: 6o°49'N. 5°23'E. (Hordaland) Norway (1st)

Tattershall: 53°o7'N. o°n 'W. (Lincoln) RKS Tauvo: 64°49'N. 24°35'E. (Oulu) Finland (1st)

Gibraltar Point: 53°o6'N. o°2i'E. (Lincoln) Glomnes: 6i°5 5 'N. 7°o6'E. (Sogn og Fjordane) Norway (2nd) Eddystone Lighthouse: 5o"io'N. 4°i6'W. HST Leer: 53°i4'N. 7°25'E. (Niedersachsen) Germany (1st)

The remaining recoveries are summarised in table L.

Table L—Countries and months of recoveries of Song Thrushes Country of recovery Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct ' Nov Dec ?

CV00976

C C 1 0 4 5 0

CX27)o8

93162R.

f-g-X

i s t W . V

f-g. X

f-g. X

I Z . 3 . 6 6 9 . 1 0 . 6 7

9 . 1 0 . 6 6 2 2 . 5 . 6 7

2 .10 .65 2 5 . 7 . 6 7

4 . 1 0 . 6 4 3 0 . 4 . 6 7

Great Britain 0-2 miles 3-10 miles n - i o o miles 100+ miles

Netherlands (1) Belgium (1) France (19) Spain (9) Portugal (2)

16 1

7

---4 2

1

9 3 2

1

--2

1

16 7 5

----

27 4

-1

---

34 3 2

-1

--

53 4 4 1

-1

-

39 4 4

----

17 r 2

----

1 0

3 3

---1

-

4 5 X

---2

1

6

--_ -_ 4

-

7 2

4

---6 5 1

1

--------

See footnote to table A

Redwing (Turdus iliacus) (41; 3 ^ years) 73444S f.g. 22.1.66 Elie: 56°i2TSI. 2°5o'W. (Fife) DWO

+ 1.1.67 Kafr-'Aqqa: 34°i8'N. 35°5o'E. (Tripoli) Lebanon (1st) CX96J40 f.g. 22.10.65 Low Hauxley: 55°i9TSI. i°33'W. (Northumberland) NRG

+ 24.1.67 Batumi: 4i°38'N. 4i°38'E. (Georgia) U.S.S.R. (13th) CA$2}6} f.g. 28.12.63 Capernwray: 54°o9'N. 2°43'W. (Lancashire) WP&M

+ 4-2-67 Archivan: 38°32,N. 48°49'E. (Azerbaydzhan) U.S.S.R. (14th) CV34280 f.g. 23.10.66 Skelton: 53°59'N. i°07'W. (York) SR

+ 12.11.67 Zegharta: 34°25'N. 35°53'E. Lebanon (2nd) CV18269 f.g. 28.11.65 Cleethorpes: 53°34'N. o°o2'W. (Lincoln) CRG

x 20.8.67 Serov: 59°38'N.6o038'E. (Sverdlovsk) U.S.S.R. (15th)

jo.8

REPORT ON BIRD-RINGING FOR I967

CV60629 f.g. 26.2.67 Gawsworth: 53°i3'N. 2°o9'W. (Cheshire) S&B x (2.10.67) Froskeland: 68°46'N. 15 °07'E. (Nordland) Norway (5th)

CV18269 presumably met a gruesome end, for the ring was found in the gut of a Pike Esox lucius. The remaining foreign recoveries are summarised in table M.

Table M—Countries and months of recoveries of Redwings Country of recovery Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct N O T Dec

Italy (j) - 1 - - - - - - - 1 1 2 Portugal (2) I ! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Spain (3) i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 2 France (5) 1 1 - - - - - - - - I a Belgium (9) _ _ _ _ - _ . _ - - . 4 4 1 Germany (1) - - I _ _ _ ' _ _ _ _ _ _ Norway (2) - - - - - - - - I J - -

Finland (1) — - _ _ — _ _ — ! _ _ _ U.S.S.R.(;) - 1 , _ _ - _ _ _ _

See footnote to table A

Ring Ouzel (Turdus torquatus) ( i ; i-& years) CVjfon f.g. _. 12.4.66 Fair Isle: 590

32'N. i°37'W. (Shetland) + 16.10.67 warMillau: c. 44°io'N. 3°io'E. (Aveyron) France

Blackbird (Turdus merula) (1,501; 9^- years) The recoveries reported during the year are summarised in table N .

Table N—Countries and months of recoveries of Blackbirds Country of recovery Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec ?

Great Britain (1, 0-2 miles j-ioo miles 100+ miles

Spain (3) France (6) Belgium (3) Netherlands (14) Germany (20) Denmark (25) Norway (32) Sweden (25) Finland (11)

,62) 87 '9 4

-4

-2

1

1

1

--

90

9 1

--1

2

1

--_

»53 2 0

3 1

1

2

4 6 1

2

-

170

17 2

_ -i

6 4

1 0

9 1

146 I !

2

--2

I

-2

3 2

191

13

----2

1

1

2

1

1 2 1

1 0

----2

2

3 5 3

6 9

4

---1

-1

1

2

2

48 3

----2

--»--

32

3 1

--2

--9 1

-

29

1 0

7 1

i

1

1

-6 2

1

2

60

14

5 1

1

1

2

-3

---

5

-1

------2

--

See footnote to table A

Two of the recoveries included in the table are published in full, as being of more than usual interest: CV90693

CX90191

istW. $ V

ad. <J x

27.4.67 29.4.67 i}.ijhrs 12.6.66 18.3.67

Fair Isle: 59°32'N. I 0 J 7 ' W . (Shetland) Heligoland: 54°n'N. 7°55'E. Germany

Aysgarth: 54°i7'N. 2°oo'W. (York) HEB Elizondo: 4j°o8'N. i°3o'W. (Navarra) Spain (18th)

Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) (8; 40 miles; 2 years) nC7)})9 istW. 31.8.66 Fair Isle: 59°32'N. i°37'W. (Shetland)

x 29.8.67 Zaragoza: 4i°39'N. o°54'W. Spain BB01830 juv. 6.8.66 CalfofMan: 54°o3TSt. 4°49'W.

0 26.3.67 Islas Columbretes: 39°53'N. o°4i'E. (Castell6n) Spain

509

BRITISH BIRDS

AS39790

BC64I2I

BE4V37

HH)ji6i

AX6}}i)

HN14192

HJS214;

AS78267

HH00474

HK42819

AR.6S9J2

HHo696)

HJ07207

AS278JJ

istW. 22.8.65 Minsmete: 52°I4TSI. i°37'E. (Suffolk) HEA /?/ 27.8.67 Tudela: 42°o4'N. i°37'W. (Navarra) Spain istW. 9.9.65 Minsmere HEA /?/ (15.10.65) Elche:38°i6'N.o°4i'W. (Alicante) Spain ad.? 28.7.66 Puffin Island: 5 i°5o'N. io°23'W. (Kerry) C&K v 18.8.67 L'Aiguillon-sur-Mer: 46°2o'N. I ° I 8 ' W . (Vendee) France ad. <J 27.8.67 Swingate:5i°o8'N. i°i9'E. (Kent) CAC + t. 3.9.67 Seixal: 38°38'N. 9°o6'W. (Estremadura) Portugal (8th)

S tonechat {Saxicola torquatd) ( 1 ; -fe year) 6.8.67 Beachy Head: 50°44'N. o°i6'E. (Sussex) BHRS 10.12.67 Castell6n: 39°59'N. o°03'W. Spain(9th)

W h i n c h a t {Saxicola rubetra) ( 3 ; 5 mi les ; 1 year) 2.9.66 Hightown: 53°32'N.3°05'W. (Lancashire) DJL

(25.4.67) Setif: 36°!iT^J. 5°24'E. (Constantine) Algeria(ist)

juv.

+

juv.

0 istW. 6* i3-9-<>7 Dungeness: 50°55^. 0°59'E. (Kent) 0 5.10.67 Escalos de Cima: 39°56'N. 7°24'W. (Beira Baixa) Portugal

(15th)

Redstart {Phoenicurusphoenicurus)(8; 5 mi les ; z-fe years) pull. 18.6.67 Kielder: 55°i4'N.2°35'W. (Northumberland) NRG 0 0.9.67 Arizala: 42°45'N. 2°oo'W. (Navarra) Spain

ad.? 10.5.65 CalfofMan: 54°oj'N. 4°49'W. v 9-5-67 Copeland(Down) 50m. NW.

istW. (J 29.9.66 Spurn Point: 53°35'N. o°o6'E. (York) () 22.9.67 Jaca: 42°34'N. o°33'W. (Huesca) Spain

is tW.$ 16.9.67 Huttoft Bank: 53°i7'N.o°2o'E. (Lincoln) 0 21.10.67 Linares: 38"o5'N. 3°38'W. Qaen) Spain

f.g.? 12.5.65 Blakeney Point: 52059'N.o059'E. (Norfolk) RGHC x (6.10.67) Vilches: 38°i3'N. 3°3o'W. (Jaen) Spain

i s tW.? 7.10.66 Blakeney RGHC + 30.9.67 Paderne: 37°io'N. 8°n 'W. (Algarve) Portugal ad. <J 5-5-67 Holme: 52°58'N.o033'E. (Norfolk) HBO + 0.9.67 Mogadouro: 41 °2o'N. 6°44'W. (Tras os Montes) Portugal

B l a c k Redstart {Phoenicurus ochruros) ( 1 ; 2 years) f.g. 9.10.65 Dungeness: 50°55'N. o°59'E. (Kent) x 24.10.67 Couvignon: 48°i2/N. 4°39'E. (Aube) France(4th)

R o b i n {Erithacus rubecula) (193 ; 150 mi les ; 6 ^ years) Low Hauxley: 55°i9'N. i°33'W. (Northumberland) NRG El Helechar: 38°4o'N. 5°23'W. (Badaj6z) Spain(18th)

Tynemouth: 55°oi'N. i°24'W. (Northumberland) B&C LeMarais: 49°29TM. 2°33'W. (Guernsey) Channel Islands (ist)

Walney: 54°05'N. 3°i5'W. (Lancashire) Ludchurch (Pembroke) 165m. SSW.

HH116J4

HE51751

AS96961

AN73258

HHoij/7

istW. 0 f-g-V

f-g-X

f-g. V

f.g. X

14.10.66 21.1.67

l6.I0.66 5.2.67

3O.4.66 16.4.67

4.IO.64 I4.i2.67

I5.IO.66 (26.II.67]

Wintersett Reservoir: 53°38'N. Errol (Perth) 205 m. NNW.

i°i6rW. (York) JSA

Spurn Point: 5}°35'N. o°o6'E. (York) (26.11.67) Puente Genii: 37°24'N. 4°46'W. (Cordoba) Spain(19th)

510

HHiS6}8

HAWK

N;98S4

AN22616

HHS0192

AN00811

HK.7J24)

HJ86407

HB9),98

HH3Z714

nwm,

AE6o892

HK1J761

HK.J8461

N708J6

HC17955

AR84542

AN71714

REPORT ON B I R D - R I N G I N G FOR I 9 6 7

istW. 22.12.66 Skegness: 5}0io'N.o°2i'E. (Lincoln) AS x (2}.11.67) Watten: 50°jo'N. 2°i3'E. (Nord) France

pull. 21.5.66 Llandysilio: 52°46'N. }°05'W. (Montgomery) PWC + 27.1.67 Feria: 38°3o/N.6°35'W.(Badaj6z) Spain(20th)

juv. 11.7.64 Sutton Coldfield: 52°34'N. i°48'W. (Warwick) C&PM x 10.1.66 Olivenza: 38°4i'N. 7°o6'W. (Badajdz) Spain (21st) f.g. 25.3.65 Barton: 5 i V N . o°27'W. (Bedford) H&DL x 29.1.67 Vaudancourt: 49° 14'N. i°46'E. (Oise) France

f.g. 15.10.66 Sandwich: 5i"i7'N. l°2o'E. (Kent) 0 13.1.67 FreixodeEspada:4ic05'N. 6°49'W.(Tras os Montes) Portugal

(8th) f.g. 21.11.64 Loose: 5i°i4'N.o°32'E. (Kent) MKRG v 22.10.67 MierzejaWi^lana: 54°i9'N. I9°I4'E. (Gdansk) Poland (1st)

Reed Warbler. (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) (80; 100 miles; 7 $ years)

juv. + juv. V

ad. X

istW. X

f-g. V

ad.

+ f-g-

+ juv.

+ juv. / ? / ad.

0 juv. V

istW. V

juv.

0

20.8.67 Hornsea: 53°55'N.o°io'W. (York) JESW 11.9.67 Angoulerne: 45°4o'N. o°io'E. (Charente) France (10th) 9.7.67 Knutsford: 53°i8'N.2°23'W. (Cheshire) S&B 4.8.67 Weston Turville (Buckingham) 125m. SE.

15.7.67 Anderby Creek: 53°i6'N.o0i9'E. (Lincoln) HRG 3.10.67 Semara: 26°44'N. n°4 i 'W. Spanish West Africa (3rd)

10.9.67 Anderby Creek HRG (14.11.67) Pozo del Camino: 37°i5'N. 7°2o'W. (Huelva) Spain (6th)

25.8.66 Scredington: 52°57'N. o°23'W. (Lincoln) JJL Murston, Sittingboume (Kent) 120m. SSE.

Attenboroughf5z°54'N. i°i4'W. (Nottingham) ARG Mohamedia: 33°45'N. 7°22'W. Morocco (5th)

near Hoddesdon: 5 i°47'N. oBoo' (Hertford) RMRG C6rdoba: 37°53'N. 4°46'W. Spain( 7 th)

near Hoddesdon RMRG

8.6.67

13.7.67 20.9.67

13.9.62 15.8.67

2.9.67 (23.11.67) Galdacano: 43°I4'N. z°5o'W. (Vizcaya) Spain (8th)

9.9.67 HighHalstow: 5i°27'N. o°34'E. (Kent) MKRG 23.9.67 Meschers:45°34/N. o°57'W. (Charente Maritime) France(nth) 16.7.64 Burham: 5i°2o'N. o°29'E. (Kent) MKRG 20.4.67 Agadir: 30°3o'N. 9°4o'W. Morocco (6th)

9.9.66 Sandwich: 5i°i7'N. i°2o'E. (Kent) 26.8.67 Brough (York) 185m. NW.

28.8.67 Icklesham: 50°55'N. o°4o'E. (Sussex) CSC 7.9.67 Caudebec: 49°i7'N. i°02'E. (Seine Maritime) France(12th) 25.7.64 Slapton: 5o°i7'N. 3°39'W. (Devon) SBO 18.5.67 Lavau: 47°i8'N. i°58'W. (Loire Atlantique) France (13th)

In addition, there were eleven recoveries in Portugal, bringing the total for that country to 61. This species and the Sedge Warbler are the subjects of a special enquiry and many more are now being ringed.

Sedge Warbler {Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) (39; 140 miles; 6^- years) AS77248 ad. 14-5-65 Copeland: 54°4o'N. 5°52

/W. (Down) x 11.8.67 Bardsey (Caernarvon) 145m. SSE.

HK95335 ad. 29.8.67 Killough: 54°i6'N. 5°39'W.Pown) WR Zwartemeer-West: 52°37'N. 5°54'E. IJsselmeer Polders

Netherlands (1st)

29.8.67 15.9.67

i n

B R I T I S H B I R D S

AS9722I

H K 4 I 9 8 7

HK92668

HB)j?82

HB9))88

H J 0 7 3 5 -

HA29712

HH31069

HB53129

HJ9J904

HB04504

HB10807

HH}42ji

H E ? 0496

H]j 29 00

HC41699

HK19155

HB35671

HC}8664

HE63813

HH64520

HK}2J46

f-g-

+ juv. V

i s tW. X

juv. X

f-g. X

f-g. V

juv. V

juv. X

juv. X

juv.

/ ? /

juv. V

i s tW. X

i s tW. X

juv. X

3.5.66 5.4.67

27.7.67 6.8.67

6.9.67 12.9.67

7.7.66 (18.4.67)

5.8.67 (17.10.67)

0.6.67 13.8.67

13.8.66 1.5.67

27.7.67 (19.8.67)

19.8.66 26.4.67

20.8.67 (18.9.67)

7.8.65 3.7.67

5.9.66 (14.6.67)

14.9.66 31.5.67

28.8.66 (26.6.67)

Blackcap (Sy/, i s tW. c? 19.9.67 x 10.12.67

ad.?

+ ad. <?

+ i s t W . $

+ f-g-? X

juv.? V

f-g.? V

juv.

9.5.67 (19.7.67)

21.10.67 17.11.67

10.10.65 0.2.67

27.9.66 26.2.67

15.7.67 4 . I I .67

20.9.67 3.10.67

31.7.67 3.10.67

Calf of Man: 5 4°03 'N. 4°49'W. Ecija: 37°33'N. 5°04'W. (Sevilla) Spain (2nd) Hornsea: 53°55TSI. o°io'W. (York) JESW Sandwich Bay (Kent) 190m. SSE.

Swillington Ings: 53°47'N. i°25'W. (York) RVJ Egham (Surrey) 165m. SSE.

Tetney Lock: 53°29TSI. o°oi"W. (Lincoln) CRG Fougeres: 48°2i'N. i°i2'W. (Ille et Vilaine) France (17th)

Anderby Creek: 53°i6'N. o°i?'E. (Lincoln) HRG Elorrio: 43°o7'N. 2°33'W. (Vizcaya) Spain (3rd)

Holme: 52°58'N. o°33'E. (Norfolk) HBO He du Migron: 46°i7'N. o°46'W. (Loire Atlantique) France

(18th)

Minsmere: 52°i4'N. i°37'E. (Suffolk) HEA Gatteville: 49°4i'N. i°i7'W. (Manche) France (19th)

Abberton: 5i°5o'N. o°53'E. (Essex) Fontaine: 47°59TSI. i°o8'E. (Loir et Cher) France (20th) Bradwell: 5i°44'N. o°54'E. (Essex) near Tarbes: c. 43°io'N. o°oo' (Hautes Pyrenees) France

(21st)

Chew Lake: 5 i°2oTSf. 2°}8'W. (Somerset) CVRS Praia da Rocha: 37°07'N. 8°32'W. (Algarve) Portugal (5th)

Chichester: 50°48'N. o°48'W. (Sussex) CHI Whisby (Lincoln) 165m. N.

Beachy Head: 50°44'N. o°i6'E. (Sussex) BHRS Cramlington (Northumberland) 300m. NNW.

Beachy Head BHRS Glengarnock, Beith (Ayr) 400m. NW.

Slapton: so"^™. 3°39'W. (Devon) SBO Catrine, Mauchline (Ayr) 365m. N.

Fair Isle: 59°32'N. i°37'W. (Shetland) Carbognano: 42°2o'N. I2°I5'E. (Viterbo) Italy (2nd) Isle of May: 5 6 ° I I ' N . 2°33'W. (Fife) Hotham (York) 175m. SE.

Marske: 54°36'N. i0O I 'W. (York) PR

Pedra de Ouro: 390I9TSI. 7°26'W. (Alto Alentejo) Portugal (3rd)

Tetney Lock: 53°29'N. o°oi'W. (Lincoln) CRG Elvas: 38°53'N. 7°io'W. (Alto Alentejo) Portugal (4th)

Bardsey: 52°46'N. 4°48'W. (Caernarvon) Povoa de Sao Miguel: sS^TSI. 7°2o'W. (Baixo Alentejo)

Portugal (5th)

Tewinbury: 5i°49'N. o°o9'W. (Hertford) T&JG Spurn Point (York) 120m. N.

Great Holland: 51 °49'N. 1 ° 13 'E. (Essex) THW Heligoland: 54°n'N. 7°55'E. Germany (2nd)

Kings Stanley: 5 ^ T s l . 2°i6'W. (Gloucester) SVRG Villafranca: 42°i8'N. i°45'W. (Navarra) Spain (19th)

512

R E P O R T ON B I R D - R I N G I N G F O R 1 9 6 7

Stock: 51 °4i 'N. o°26'E. (Essex) AGH Tomar: 39°36TSI. 8°25'W. (Ribatejo) Portugal (6th) Pewsham: 5i°26'N. 2°o4'W. (Wiltshire) T&B Tortosa: 4o°49'N. o°3i'E. (Tarragona) Spain (20th)

Chew Lake: 5 i°2o'N. 2°38'W. (Somerset) CVRS L'lle Rousse: 42°37'N. 8°56'E. Corsica (1st)

East Boldre: 50°47'N- i°33'W. (Hampshire) NDP Villafranca, Spain (21st)

Slapton: 5O0i7'N. 3°39'W. (Devon) Alenquer: 39°03'N. 9°oo'W. (Estremadura) Portugal (7th) Slapton St. Brieuc: 48°3i'N. 2°45'W. (Cotes du Nord) France (9th)

Of particular interest are the two controlled by Spanish ringers at Villafranca on 3rd October and the recoveries of those apparently wintering in Europe.

HC08494

HJ80724

HEwjg

HH80634

AR40482

HE30724

ad. c? / ? /

juv.

+ juv. X

ad. V

juv. / ? /

i s tW. X

18.9.66 23.1.67

19.7.67 1.10.67

19.8.66 3.1.67

13.7.67 3.10.67

17.7.65 (25.1.67)

$ 10.9.66 (22.1.67)

Whitethroat {Sylvia communis) (44; 100 miles; 3^ - years) Low Hauxley: 5 f i ^ . i°33'W. (Northumberland) NRG Oujda: 34°4o'N- i°45'W. Morocco (5th)

Barrow: 54°07'N. 3°i4'W. (Lancashire) BS Blavand: 55°33'N. 8°o8'E. (Jylland) Denmark (1st)

Calf of Man: 54°o3'N. 4°49'W. Tempo (Fermanagh) 110m. WNW.

Spurn Point: 53°35'N. o°o6'E. (York) Wells (Somerset) 200m. SW.

Foryd Bay: 53°o8'N. 4°i5'W. (Caernarvon) EJP Trowbridge (Wiltshire) 150m. SE.

Gibraltar Point: 53°o6'N. o°2i'E. (Lincoln) Barzan: 45°32'N. o°5i'W. (Charente Maritime) France

Wirmleighton: 52°i9'N. i V ' W . (Warwick) BOS St. Loup sur Thouet: 46°47'N. o°io'W. (Deux Sevres)

France

Carlton: 52°io'N. o°23'E. (Cambridge) NJW Lignieres: 48°33'N. o°i3'W. (Mayenne) France

Skokholm: 5 1 V N . 5°i6'W. (Pembroke) near Athy (Kildare) c. 120m. NW.

Skokholm Redruth (Cornwall) 100m. S.

Skokholm Urlingford (Kilkenny) 120m. NW. Lundy: 5i°i2'N. 4°4o'W. (Devon) Castlebar (Mayo) 265m. NW.

Streat: 5o°55'N. o°o4'W. (Sussex) HS&C Betete: 46°22'N. 2°03'E. (Creuse) France

Dungeness: 50°55Tsf. o°59'E. (Kent) Ayr, 385m. NW.

Beachy Head: 50°44'N. o°i6'E. (Sussex) BHRS Ciboure: 43°23'N. i°4o'W. (Basses Pyrenees) France

Beachy Head BHRS Pailton (Warwick) 135m. NNW.

W}2)6i

AXj 071?

AS87042

HB63442

HE19895

HB83739

H]6}778

AA74817

HAVJ47

HA2)!!)

HA2)72)

AS85400

SE12784

HB74941

AX12241

HBioo)4

pull.

+ i s tW. X

ad.? X

i s tW. X

f-g.9 X

ad.$

+ ad. $

+ ad. § X

ad. $ X

a d . $ X

ad. (J X

i s t W . X

juv. X

i s tW. X

i s t W .

+ i s t W . X

11.6.66 c. 4.5.67

1.8.66 (24.6.67)

12.5.65 8.6.67

27.8.66 17.5.67

4.6.67 29.8.67

31.8.66 1.9.67

21.8.67 (1.9.67)

16.5.66 (18.5.67)

11.5.67 4.8.67

11.5.67 15.5.67

14.5.67 4.7.67

23.8.66 (13.6.67)

25.7.67 16.8.67

31.8.66 3.6.67

15.8.65 29.4.67

5.9.65 29.5.67

513

BRITISH BIRDS

HH)404) ad. $ 9.9.66 BeachyHead BHRS x 20.6.67 Stranraer (Wigtown) 560m. NW.

The recoveries published include a most informative series of long-distance move­ments within Great Britain and Ireland. Note particularly HA23553, an apparent case of 'overshoot'. Omitted, due to lack of space, are three recoveries in Spain and four in Portugal, bringing the grand totals for those countries to 42 and 75 res­pectively.

Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) (5; -fe year) Knaresborough: 54°oi'N. i°28'W. (York) KRS Adwick-le-Street (York) 52m. SSE.

Anderby Creek: 5}°i6'N. o°2o'E. (Lincoln) HRG Maltby, Rotherham (York) 62m. W.

Frampton-on-Severn: 5i°46'N. 2°2i'W. (Gloucester) SVRG Portogruaro: 45°46'N. i2°5i'E. (Venezia) Italy (17th)

Stock: 51 V ' N . o°26'E. (Essex) AGH Montecchio: 45°4o'N. 1 i°3i 'E. (Vicenza) Italy (18th)

Cholsey: 5i°34/N. i°o9'W. (Berkshire) OOS Yotvata: 29°53'N. 35°03'E. Israel (2nd)

By a remarkable coincidence, the only other British-ringed Lesser Whitethroat to be recovered in Israel, twelve years ago, had been marked by the same ringer in the same garden at Cholsey. The present recovery locality is exceptionally far to the south-east, on the Gulf of Aqaba.

HJ75386

HH40965

HK)298o

H]76082

AX/9404

juv. V

ad. X

f-g.

+ juv.

+ juv. X

9.7.67 20.8.67

7.5.67 t. 10.5.67

13.8.67 30.10.67 15.7.67 10.9.67 25.7.66 29.3.67

P74924

PEiojg

PE.J9J)

AR67211

HC90J41

PA7115

PBjti;

SEiijyo

PE8681

AH37070

P57358

P9J8j2

Willow Warbler (. ad.

+ f.g. X

juv. X

ad. V

ad. X

ad. V

istW. + juv. X

juv. V

juv.

+ f-g-X

juv.

+

6.5.67 2.11.67

10.7.67 31.8.67

7.9.67 mid 9.67 11.5.65 6.5.67

23.8.66 30.4.67

16.4.67 17.4.67

22.8.67 0.8.67

28.8.67 5.11.67

1.8.67 27.8.67

14.8.63 29.10.67

27.8.66 1.5.67

15.7.67 25.8.67

Warbler (Pbylloscopus trochilus) (26; 100 miles; 4-^- years) Bamburgh: 55°36'N. i°42'W. (Northumberland) BRS Beja: 38°oi'N. 7VW". (Baixo Alentejo) Portugal

Applegarthtown: 55°o8'N. 3°24'W. (Dumfries) NSRG Ortuella: 43°i9'N. 3°04'W, (Vizcaya) Spain

Barrow: 54°07'N. 3°i4'W. (Lancashire) KB Estella: 42=41 'N. 2°o2'W. (Navarra) Spain

Walney: 54°05'N. 3°i5'W. (Lancashire) Calf of Man 63m. W.

Atherton: 53°3i'N. 2°3i'W. (Lancashire) MRG Ferques: 5o°5o'N. i°46'E. (Pas de Calais) France(13th)

Bardsey: 5z°46'N. 4°48'W. (Caernarvon) 0600 hrs Walney (Lancashire) uom. NE. 1400 hrs

Oulton Broad: 52°28'N. i°43'E. (Suffolk) RSB Jerez de la Frontera: 36°4i'N. 6°o8'W. (Cadiz) Spain

Osterley: 5i°29 'N. o°2i'W. (Middlesex) DGH Arcangues: 43°26'N. i°3i'W. (Basses Pyrenees) France (16th) Marsworth: 5i°5o'N. o°4o'W. (Buckingham) BTO Skokholm (Pembroke) 195m. W.

Hornchurch: 5i°34'N. o°i3'E. (Essex) MPT Arrigorriaga: 43°n 'N. 2°54'W. (Vizcaya) Spain

Haslemere: 51 °o6'N. o V W . (Surrey) PGD Triangle, Halifax (York) 190m. NNW.

Winchester: 51 °o4'N. 1 °i 9W. (Hampshire) GRMP Lerma: 4z°02'N. 3°46'W. (Burgos) Spain

514

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AS84598 17.8.66 Portland Bill: 50°}i'N. 2°27'W. (Dorset) 0.5.67 Mira: 40°25'N. 8°48'W. (Beira Literal) Portugal

Note the rapid movement of PA7115 and the unexpected direction taken by PE8681.

juv.

+

P74953

PQ)i7

?S}4<>4

P93328

PA7454

PE2402

P80808

?E?)22

VC674S

P84677

P53287

N47994

Chiffchaff(Phylloscopus collybita) (22; 100 miles; 3-^- years) Bamburgh: 55°36'N. i V ' W . (Northumberland) BRS Spurn Point (York) 160m. SE.

Wragby: 53°i8'N. o0 i9 'W. (Lincoln) A&P Jerez de la Frontera: i6°4irN. 6°o8'W. (Cadiz) Spain Bardsey: 52°46'N. 4°48'W. (Caernarvon) Horn: 47°29'N. 9°28'E. (St. Gallen) Switzerland (1st) Dungeness: 50°55'N. o°59'E. (Kent) Bardsey (Caernarvon) 275m. WNW.

ad. v

ad.

+ ad. x

f.g. V

ad. v

f.g-V

juv. V

f.g. /?/ f.g.

+ juv. V

ad.

+

28.5.67 23.6.67

25.7.67 0.8.67

1.6.66 12.1.67

17.9.66 17.4.67

6.5.67 17.5.67

30.9.67 13.10.67

11.7.66 20.9.67

29.8.67 22.10.67

14.10.67 11.11.67

17.8.66 30.9.67

17.3.66 0.11.67

Bardsey Lundy (Devon) 107m. S. Bayston Hill: 52°43'N. 2°45'W. (Shropshire) DPLW Sandwich Bay (Kent) 195m. SE.

Tytherton: 5i°28'N. 2°05'W. (Wiltshire) JCR Dungeness (Kent) 145m. ESE.

Cholsey: 5 i°34'N. i°o9 'W. (Berkshire) OOS Irissary: 43°i6'N. i°i4'W. (Basses Pyrenees) France (9th) Kempton Park: 5i°25'N. o°24'W. (Middlesex) HRS Las Arenas: 43°i9'N. 3°oo'W. (Vizcaya) Spain

Chew Lake: 5 i°2o'N. 2°3 8'W. (Somerset) CVRS Kempton Park (Middlesex) 95 m. E.

Lundy: 5i°i2'N. 4°4o'W. (Devon) Oliveira de Azemeis: 4o°49'N. 8°28'W. (Beira Litoral) Portugal

( n t h )

f.g. 9.4.64 Dungeness: 5o°55'N. o°59'E. (Kent) v 18.6.67 Warsop (Nottingham) 18om.NW.

The recovery of a Chiffchaff in Switzerland is striking enough, but that it should be in winter is even more remarkable. Of the several interesting movements within Great Britain and Ireland, note particularly PA7454, an apparent case of returning southwards after 'overshooting' on spring passage.

Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) (1 ; - ^ year) H] 14486 pull. 6.7.67 Haslemere: 5 i°o6'N.o°42'W. (Surrey) PGD

x 29.8.67 San Marcello: 44°03'N. io°47'E. (Pistoia) Italy (7th)

Goldcrest (Regulus regulus) (8; 3 miles; 1 year) Toothill: 5 3 V N . i°47'W. (York) TDB Bailleul: 50°3i'N. 2°23'E. (Pas de Calais) France (1st)

Spurn Point: 53°35'N. o°c6'E. (York) Montfaucon: 47°i7'N. 7°03'E. (Berne) Switzerland (1st)

Spurn Point Gibraltar Point (Lincoln) 35m. SSE. Holkham: 52°58'N. o°48'E. (Norfolk) EJP Lake Bukowo: 54°2i'N. i6°i7'E. (Koszalin) Poland (1st) Holme: 5 2°5 8'N. o°3 3'E. (Norfolk) HBO Brudager: 5 5°o7'N. io°4i'E. (Fyn) Denmark (2nd)

AX6/624

t7)}72

PB1421

P95724

PAJ2J2

f.g.<J X

f.g.c? X

f.g-c? V

f.g-c? V

f.g.? X

8.9.66 25.3.67

13.10.66 26.3.67

21.10.67 25.10.67

28.3.67 2.10.67

27.10.66 24.10.67

515

B R I T I S H B I R D S

PB0674 f.g. $ 22.10.66 Sandwich Bay: 5 i°i7'N. i°2o'E. (Kent) v 15.4.67 Bardsey (Caernarvon) 280m. WNW.

ASS0706 f.g. $ 2.3.67 Possingworth: 50°58TSJ.o0i2'E. (Sussex) GRM x (28.6.67) Bishopton (Renfrew) 400m. NW.

The recoveries from Switzerland and Poland are particularly striking, but difficult to evaluate. Continental Goldcrests are probably annual winter visitors to Britain, but the numbers arriving—and possibly the areas of origin—seem to vary con­siderably from one year to another. Reports from bird observatories showed that unusually large numbers of Goldcrests were moving on the east coast of England during October 1967.

Firecrest (Regulus ignicapillus) (1; -fe year) PA?2)3 f.g. (J 31.10.67 Dungeness: 50°55'N. o°j9'E. (Kent)

0 31.12.67 Irun: 43°2o'N. i°48'W. (Guipdzcoa) Spain (1st) This is the first recovery of a British-ringed Firecrest (out of a total of 467 marked by the end of 1967).

Spotted Flycatcher {Muscicapa striata) (14; 100 miles; 6-Jfj- years) LowHauxley: 55°i</N. 1 "33'W. (Northumberland) NRG Corfu: c. 39°45'N. i9°45'E. Greece (1st)

Calf of Man: 54°03'N. 4°49'W. La Reole: 44°35'N. o°o2'W. (Gironde) France (7th) Wollaton: 52°58'N. i°i3'W. (Nottingham) ARG La Carlota: 37°4i'N. 4°56'W. (Cdrdoba) Spain

Bardsey: 52°46'N. 4°48'W. (Caernarvon) Schull (Cork) 215m. WSW.

Bardsey Athenry (Galway) 170m. W. Great Saltee: 5 2°o7'N. 6°3 5'W. (Wexford) F&M Skokholm (Pembroke) 65 m. ESE.

Kempton Park: 5i°25'N. o°24"W. (Middlesex) HRS Sanlucar: 36°46TSI. 6°2i'W. (Cadiz) Spain

Lundy: 5i°i2'N. 4°4o"W- (Devon) Tudelilla: 42°I7'N. 2°o7'W. (Logrono) Spain

Portland Bill: 5 0 V N . z°zj'W. (Dorset) Olhao: 37°oi'N. 7°5o'W. (Algarve) Portugal (10th)

The bird recovered in Corfu was presumably of Continental origin and ringed as a drift migrant to Britain.

HH11231

P22957

HHSfji)

AS48721

HC38132

N95319

HJSJS48

AS85115

N35190

ad.

+ istW. X

ad.

+ ad. X

ad. V

ad. V

juv.

0 istW.

+ f-g. X

28.8.66 15.9.67

13.8.64 c. 7.8.67

23.6.67 c. 10.9.67

8.8.65 (26.5.67)

22.5.66 30.5.67

15.5.64 6.5.67

12.8.67 23.10.67

19.8.65 8.9.67

12.9.63 20.9.67

Pied HJS222I

HJ240J9

mg}fi7

ASfonS

AS90126

pull. X

pull. X

istW.

+ pull.

+ pull. X

26.6.67 13.10.67

18.6.67 24.8.67

29.8.66 17.9.67

2.6.66 1.5.67

2.6.66 5.5.67

Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) (16; 50 miles; 4 years) Dipton: 54°53'N. i°46'W. (Northumberland) NRG Langoiran: 44°42'N. o°2i'w\ (Gironde) France (12th)

Cilcain: 5 3 ° n ' N . 30 i4 'W. (Flint) MRG

Puente del Puerto: 43°09'N. 9°07'w'. (Corufia) Spain(14th) Gibraltar Point: 53°o6'N. o°2i'E. (Lincoln) Braganca: 4i°48'N. 6°45'W. (Tras os Montes) Portugal Parkend: 5i°46'N. 2°33'W. (Gloucester) EGI Setif: 36°n 'N. 5°24'E. (Constantine) Algeria (ist)

Parkend BC Le Havre: 49°3o'N. o°o8'E. (Seine Maritime) France (13th)

516

REPORT ON B I R D - R I N G I N G FOR 1 9 6 7

ASSjjgj istW. 23.8.66 Lundy: s^iaTSf. 4°4o'W. (Devon) 0 5.6.67 Moscow, SW suburbs: 55°43'N. 37°33'E.U.S.S.R.(ist) y

Although the recovery of a British-ringed Pied Flycatcher in Moscow seems veffl remarkable, Russian-ringed ones from the same area are recovered in Portugas every autumn. One may deduce that AS85385 was of Russian origin and arrived ais a drift migrant to Britain: reports from bird observatories showed that thin species was unusually abundant on the east coast of England during the last te days of August 1966.

HB82696

AX37938

Dunnock {Prunella modularis) (126; 15 miles; 6-^ years)

ad. v

f-g-V

Fair Isle: 5 9 V N . i°37'W. (Shetland) l> Soumoulou: 43°i6'N. o°n 'W. (Basses Pyrenees) France (4th

2.10.65 Isle of May: 56°n 'N. 2°33'W. (Fife) n . n . 6 7 Herve: 5o°38'N. 5°48'E. (Liege) Belgium(ist)

25.4.66 18.2.67

f.g. 11.5.66 Isle of May x 3-4.67 Hawick (Roxburgh) 5 3m. SSW. rs

There have been only six other foreign recoveries of this species in the 5 8 yeaiy since ringing started. The one in the Basses Pyrenees is much the most souther so far reported.

Meadow Pipit {Anthus pratensis) (14; 10 miles; 5 ^ years) 25.9.66 Ilkley: 53°56'N. i°49'W. (York) WNS

(19.1.67) Ryarsh (Kent) 200m. SE.

19.9.65 Minsmere: 52°i4'N. i°37'E. (Suffolk) HEA (20.6.67) Khouribga: 32°54'N. 6°57'W. Morocco (6th)

2.8.67 Frensham: 5i°io'N.o°48'W. (Surrey) PGD 10.12.67 Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. 43m. SW. i e

In addition, there were four recoveries in Spain and two in Portugal, making tl totals for those countries 87 and 78 respectively.

SEI7378

HA2f)62

HJ14865

f-g-X

f-g-

+ pull. X

lAjiiu

BC73857

BE48098

HH39060

HCfi2j;

HHofitf

AH73765

HH24417

pull. X

pull. X

istW. V

5.6.65 27.3.67

22.6.67 c 25.9.67

30.8.67 28.11.67

P i e d / W h i t e W a g i ad. 1.9.66 X 8.12.67

juv.

+ istW. X

f-g-V

ad.<? X

II.7.66 (21.2.67)

16.9.66 c. 26.1.67

5.2.64 27.6.67 23.9.66

(25.3.67)

Rock Pipit {Anthus spinokttd) (3; 1^- years) Fair Isle: 59°32TSI. i°37'W. (Shetland) North Berwick (East Lothian) 240m. SSW.

Fair Isle Tankerness, Kirkwall (Orkney) 5 5 m. SW. Fair Isle Deerness (Orkney) 55 m. SW.

Keir: 55°i4 ,N. 3°48'W. (Dumfries) NSRG Rennes: 48°o6'N. i°4o'W (Die et Vilaine) France

Carnforth: 54°o8'N. 2°46'W. (Lancashire) MBRG near Sidi Brahim: c. rfocSN. 8°3o'W. Morocco (4th)

Carnforth MBRG Lorient: 47°45'N. 3°2i'W. (Morbihan) France Ferrybridge: 53°43'N. i ^ W . (York) CW Longmorn, Elgin (Moray) 280m. NNW.

Shifnal: 5 2°4i'N. 2°22'W. (Shropshire) PD Carrazedo: 4i°34'N. 7°26'W. (Tras os Montes) Portugal

517

BRITISH BIRDS

A&.12061

HElftte

HE1J77)

f-e-i x ad. <J x

16.1.65 17.8.67

7.1.67 21.8.67

4.2.67 c. 10.8.67

Birmingham: 52°3i'N. i V ' W . (Warwick) EJP Bighouse, Melvich (Sutherland) 425 m. N.

Birmingham EJP Rosehall, Invershin (Sutherland) 390m. NNW.

ad. <J 4.2.67 Birmingham ELW x c. 10.8.67 Deskryshiel, Strathdon (Aberdeen) 330m. N .

HB87317 ad. 8.4.66 Chew Lake: 5 i°2o'N.2°38'W. (Somerset) CVRS + 0.11.67 Murtosa:4o°43'N. 8°38'W.(BeiraLitoral) Portugal

The wagtails from Ferrybridge and Birmingham were captured while roosting in industrial buildings, to which they were apparently attracted by the warmth. HB87317 was identified as Motacilla a. alba.

AS91496

SC75807

AX00899

Grey Wagtail {Motacilla cirured) (4; 10 miles; 2-& years) pull. 26.5.67 Colinton: 55°54'N.3c'i6'W. (Midlothian) IVBP

" refoi

juv. v f-g-V

(13.12.67) Leintwardine (Hereford) 245m. S.

30.7.64 Addingham: J3°57'N. i°53'W.(York) WNS 21.5.67 Llanferres (Denbigh) 75m. SW.

23.12.65 Cholsey: 5 i°34'N. i^g'W. (Berkshire) OOS 24.6.67 West Burton (York) 190m. N.

Yellow Wagtail ssp. (Motacillaflava) (16; 80 miles; 4-$- years)

HKvw

HK07215

AS)ij?2

ASJ2478

HH}i2SS

HE42SJI

HC04447

juv. x

f-g-X

ad. <J /?/ juv.

+ juv.

juv.

22.7.67 18.9.67

5.8.67 15.9.67

4.5.65 (27.4.67)

20.8.65 c. 15.4.67

21.8.67 17.9.67

31.7.66 x(=6>.i7-4-67

juv,

+ 8.8.67 0.9.67

ad. o* 3.9.62 x 11.3.67

Wigan: 53°33'N. 2°38'W. (Lancashire) MRG Uhavo: 40°35'N. 8°4o'W. (Beira Litoral) Portugal

Shotton: 53°i2'N. 3°o2'W. (Flint) MRG St. Brieuc: 48°3i'N. 2°45'W. (Cdtes du Nord) France (8th) Abberton: 5i°5o'N. o°53'E. (Essex) Tirig: 4o°25'N. o°05'E. (Castelldn) Spain(19th) Abberton Alfaro: 42°n 'N. i°45'W. (Logrofio) Spain (20th) Abberton Ilhavo, Portugal

near Hoddesdon: 5 I ' ^ ' N . o°oo' (Hertford) RMRG, El Kela& des M'gouna: 32°o2'N. 7°23'W. (Ouarzazate) Morocco

(8th)

Stanford le Hope: 5i°3i'N. o°26'E. (Essex) MPT Esmoriz: 40°57'N. 8°37'W. (Beira Litoral) Portugal

Bickton: 50°56'N. i°48'W. (Hampshire) JA Bouskoura: 33°25'N. 7°39'W. (Casablanca) Morocco (9th)

AJS10699

Map 2 on page 490 shows the 14 recoveries in Africa to the end of 1967.

Starling {Sturnus vulgaris) (924; io-^- years) Published in full are the foreign and distant movements of Starlings of presumed British stock and a rare example of movement between Britain and Ireland.

CV142J1

CV18970

CS4H48

uv. 2.7.66 Spurn Point: 53035'N.o°o6'E. (York) + 7-5-67 La Chapelle: 47°37'N. o°i8'W. (Maine et Loire) France IUV. 6.6.67 Cleethorpes: 5 3°34'N. o°02'W. (Lincoln) CRG x 12.8.67 Farr (Inverness) 310m. NNW. uv. 25.6.67 Hunstanton: 52°57'N. o°3o'E. (Norfolk) HBO x 30.12.67 Coldingham (Berwick) 225m. NW.

518

REPORT ON B I R D - R I N G I N G FOR I 9 6 7

CX56226

CV71974

ad. <J 8.1.66 Stock: 5i°4i'N.o°26'E. (Essex) AGH 0 c. 23.1.67 Hacketstown (Carlo-w) 300m. WNW. juv. 16.7.66 ElmPark:ji°32'N. o°n'E. (Essex) RRS /?/ (25.5.67) Noyelles: 5o°i7'N. 3°23'E.(Notd) France

A total of 144 foreign recoveries, together with 220 and 151 held over from 1965 and 1966 respectively, are summarised in table O.

Table O—Countries and months of recoveries of Starlings Country of recovery Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct NOT Dec

France (15) Belgium {49) Netherlands (69) Germany (108) Denmark (47) Norway (34) Sweden (46) Poland (ar) Baltic States (38) Finland (32) U.S.S.R. (j6)

4 2

3 4 2

------

--7 4 1

--1

---

-1

5 9 4 5 4 2

2

1

S

_ -

1 1

8

'! 1 1

6 7

14 1 0

14

2

1

9 14

2

5

'! 3 J 7

18

3 1

7 •J 4 6 9 2

5 6 9

1

3 8

2 1

; -6

-2

2

-

--4 6 6 i 3

-4 4 6

1

1

4 5 2

3 4

-2

2

4

1

24 5

1 2

4

--2

1

-1

3 16

2

4

---2

2

--

_ -4 2

1

--2

1

--

_ --4 1

1

1

-2

-1

See footnote to table A

Greenfinch (Carduelis Moris) (613; 150 miles; -]-fe years) C&SZI96 istW. 6* 5-4-65 Friskney: 5}004'N.o°n'E. (Lincoln) JRM

x 14.3.67 Eastbourne (Sussex) 160m. S. 'BCJJZII juv. <J 7.9.66 Rhydwyn: 5 3°22'N. 2°32'W. (Anglesey) M&G

0 30.1.67 Balbriggan (Dublin) 70m. WNW. CA00671 ad. <J 9.1.66 Luton: 5i°53'N.o°25'W. (Bedford) SWR

x 11.3.67 Redcar (York) 190m. N. CC06146 istW. <J 5.4.66 Great Holland: 5i°49'N. i°i3'E. (Essex) THW

x 28.5.-67 Estaimbourg: 50°4i'N. 3°i8'E. (Hainaut) Belgium (4th) BC02866 ad.? 18.12.65 South Weald: 5 I°37 'N.O°I6 'E . (Essex) MPT

X (6.1.65) La Fresnaye: 48°27'N. o°i5'E. (Sarthe) France

Goldfinch {Carduelis carduelis) (43; 80 miles; 2-^- years) A total of 32 foreign recoveries are summarised in table P.

Table P—Countries and months of recoveries of Goldfinches Country of recover

Belgium (6) France (5) Spain (21)

f] Jan

5 2

Feb

2

2

Mar

_

Apr

2

May

1

Jun

_

Jul

I

Aug

_

Sep

-

Oct

5

4

Nov

1

8

Dec

1

See footnote to table A

HC35946

HJoi2?7

ad. <J xA

Siskin (Carduelis spinus) (11; I-& year) 16.4.66 Walton on Thames: 5 i°24'N. o°25'W. (Surrey) GHG 14.1.67 De Bilt: 52°o6'N. J ° I I ' E , (Utrecht) Netherlands (2nd)

istW. 3 1.3.67 Weybridge:5i°22'N. o°28'W. (Surrey) GHG x 29.12.67 Poitiers: 46°35'N. o°2o'E. (Vienne) France (1st) istW. $ 18.3.67 Weybridge GHG x 17.6.67 Andebu: 5 9°2o'N. ioco8'E. (Vestfold) Norway (2nd)

519

M A P 6. All foreign recoveries of Siskin Carduelis spinus. Recoveries in this report are marked by open circles and previous ones by solid circles {drawn by R. C. Faulkner)

HH66760 ad. $ 18.3.67 Weybridge DAB v 19-4-67 Solingen: 5i°io'N. 7°05'E. (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Germany

(1st) HB61641 f.g.o. 13.3.66 Brandon: 52024TS(. i°24 'W. (Warwick) AWE

x 27.8.67 Vuori: 6i°o4 'N. 22°32'E. (Turku jaPori) Finland (1st) In addition, there were six recoveries in Belgium in October and November, bringing the total for that country to 20.

Linnet {Acanthis cannabina) (91; 5 -^ years) HE)9)i2 f.g. 2.10.66 Shrewsbury: 52°43'N.2°45'W. (Shropshire) M&G

x 3.1.67 Montalegre:4i049'N.7°48'W.(TrasosMontes)Portugal(3td) Twenty-eight recoveries in France and 18 in Spain will be tabulated in a future report.

Twite {Acanthis flavirostris) (5:35 miles; z^- years) HJ86234 pull. 30.6.67 Whitegate: 53°32'N. 2°oo'W. (York) S&B

0(=cJ ) 21.10.67 Rumst: 5i°o5 'N. 4°25'E. (Antwerpen) Belgium (2nd) HC44922 pull. 11.6.66 Tintwistle: 53°28'N. 1 °58'W. (Cheshire) S&B

v (=<J) II.2.67 Benington, Boston (Lincoln) 90m. ESE. AR64475 f-g.? 7-3-65 Gibraltar Point: 5 3°o6'N.o°2i'E. (Lincoln)

v 6.5.67 Crowden (Cheshire) 93m. WNW.

R e d p o l l {Acanthisflammed) (24 ; 60 mi les ; 4 ^ years) HC62422 juv. 7.8.66 Keir: 5 5 ° i 4 'N . 3°48'W. (Dumfries) NSRG

/?/ (10.4.67) Fox-Amphoux:43°35 'N. 6°o6'E. (Var) France (loth)

520

REPORT ON B I R D - R I N G I N G FOR I 9 6 7

Keir NSRG Ruislip (Middlesex) 290m. SE.

Siddington: 53°i4'N. 2°i4'w". (Cheshire) S&B Balavil, Kingussie (Inverness) 275m. NNW.

Cobham: 51 °2o'N. o°2 5 ' W. (Surrey) PJM St. Helens (Lancashire) 175m. NW.

A further 17 were recovered in Belgium, bringing the total for that country to 123: as in previous years, most of these were caught and caged.

HJ26992

VLA38774

HH42302

f.g. V

ad.? X

f.g.? 0

12.9.67 8.10.67

17.10.65 (5.6.67)

2.10.66 0.4.67

Chaffinch {Fringilla coelebs) (1 i4;Jioo miles; 9-$- years) f.g. <J 14.10.66 Spurn Point: 53035'N.o0o6'E. (York) v c, 23.2.67 Delgany (Wicklow) 255m. W.

15.11.64 Glazebrook: 53°27TSI. 2°27'W. (Lancashire) MRG (3.7.67) Hunstanton (Norfolk) 125m. ESE.

Billericay: 51°3 8'N. o°25 'E. (Essex) PJW Frampton-on-Severn (Gloucester) 120m. W.

Thirty-one recoveries from various foreign localities will be tabulated in a future report.

HH01234

AS.42820

HC14558

ad.$ x

f.g. 6" 13.3.66 8.1.67

HB52081

AX17242

AX17293

AX49411

HB^i}62

HH96529

HJ22979

HE97319

HJ2201J

HJ6900}

HE}87y 8

HJ02591

HE38248

Brambling (Fringilla montifringilld) (35; 50 miles; 5 years) f.g.? 3.4.66 SeatonDelaval: 55°04'N. i°3i 'W. (Northumberland) B&C v 15.1.67 Astley, Leigh (Lancashire) 115m. SSW.

f.g.? 4.12.65 Nunthorpe: 5 4 V N . I ° I O ' W . (York) AB x 15.12.67 Veenwouden: 53°i4'N. 6°oo'E. (Friesland) Netherlands (6th) istW. (J 28.12.65 Nunthorpe AB v 12.1.67 Wattenscheid: 5i°27'N. 7°07'E. (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Ger­

many (5th) ad. <J 28.1.67 Nunthorpe TAB v 2.11.67 Kroonspolders: 53°i6'N. 4°58'E. Vlieland, Netherlands (7th) ad. <J 14.12.66 Skelton: 53°59'N. i°o7'W.(York) SPS v 7.11.67 Vlieland: 53°i6'N.4°58'E. Netherlands (8th)

istW. $ 28.12.66 Rixton: 5 3°27'N.2°27'W. (Lancashire) MRG v 26.10.67 Recoaro Terme: 45°42'N. n ° i 3 ' E . (Vicenza) Italy (2nd)

istW. (J 19.2.67 Burton: 53°i6'N. 3°02'W. (Cheshire) MRG x 23-4-67 Nordborg: 5 5°04'N. 9°4i'E. Als, Denmark (2nd)

f.g.? 9-4.67 Skellingthorpe: 53°i4 ,N.o037'w'. (Lincoln) A&P + 18.11.67 Arcugnano: 45°3o'N. u °3 i 'E . (Vicenza) Italy (3rd)

istW. tj 27.1.67 Shotton: 53°i2'N. 3°02'W. (Flint) MRG v 5.11.67 Westenschouwen: 5i°4i'N. 3°43'E. (Zeeland) Netherlands

(9th) Dersingham: 52°5i'N. o°3i'E. (Norfolk) WAC near Roros: 62°35'N. n°23'E. (Sor Trondelag) Norway (2nd) Hinstock: 5205i'N.2°28'W. (Shropshire) JML

31.10.67 Pacengo: 45°3o'N. io°44'E. (Verona) Italy (4th)

17.12.66 Hinstock MP 14.10.67 Wassenaar: 52°o8'N. 4°2o'E. (Zuid Holland) Netherlands

(10th)

istW. S 1.1.67 Hinstock JML v 15.3.67 Boughton, Downham Market (Norfolk) 115m. E.

ad . ? 15.4-67 x 23-7.67 istW. (J 3.12.66

+ f.g.?

521

B R I T I S H B I R D S

Bardsey: 52°46'N. 4°48'W. (Caernarvon) Montese: 44°i6'N. lo°57'E. (Modena) Italy (jth)

Leziate: 52°45'N.o°3o'E (Norfolk) JFWB (22.12.67) Serrieres: 45°i9'N. 4°45'E. (Ardeche) France (12th)

Boughton: 52°j5'N. o°5o'E. (Norfolk) GRMP Bergseng: 6i°o2'N. io°32'E. (Hedmark) Norway (3rd)

Elm Park: 5 i°32'N. o°i I ' E . (Essex) RRS Allons: 44°i2'N. o°03'W. (Lot et Garonne) France (13th) Bicknor: s 1 ° 18'N. o V ' E . (Kent) MKRG Graveson: 43 "51 'N. 4°47'E. (Bouches du Rh6ne) France (14th)

A further twelve were recovered in Belgium in October-December. This is by far the largest number of Brambling recoveries to be reported in a single year, the movements to eastern France and Italy being of particular interest—see map 6 in the 1966 report (Brit. Birds, 60: 472).

HAf9)r4

AS71870

HH62}j}

HJ19114

HB78411

istW. $

+ f.g. 6*

+ a d . ? X

istW. 9

+ ad. $

+

27.10.65 16.10.67

12.3.66 (22.12.67;

15.3.67 16.8.67

15.1.67 26.12.67

9.1.66 10.1.67

Reed Bunting(Emberisp schoeniclus) (48; 35 miles; 6- - years) Low Hauxley: 55°i9TSI. i°33'W. (Northumberland) NRG Skage: 64°28'N. n°45'E. (Nord Trondelag) Norway (1st)

Crag Bank: 54°o8'N. 2°46'W., Carnforth (Lancashire) MBRG Astley (Lancashire) 50m. SSE.

Knaresborough: 545oi'N. i°28'W. (York) KRS Saxilby (Lincoln) 65m. SE.

Killamarsh: 53°i9'N. I°I9'W. (Derby) SNHS Wellington (Derby) 35m. SSW.

The recovery of HA90130 lends prompt support to the suggestion made in the 1966 report that there is a regular passage of Scandinavian Reed Buntings through Britain.

HA90I30

HE79I92

HC97916

AC82669

istW. 3 X

juv. v ( = < ? )

f . g . ? X

ad.<? V

9.1.66 . 5.9.67

17.6.67 8.10.67

28.1.67 25.6.67

t4.10.62 16.6.67

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) (306; 30 miles; 10- - years) Knaresborough: 54°oi'N. i°28'W. (York) KRS Crossgates, Scarborough (York) 46m. ENE.

Spurn Point: 53°35'N. o°o6'E. (York) York, 53m. WNW.

Cleethorpes: 5 3°34'N. o°02'W. (Lincoln) KR Skegness (Lincoln) 32m. SE.

Tetney Lock: 53°29'N. o°oi'W. (Lincoln) CRG Skellingthorpe (Lincoln) 33m. SW.

Gibraltar Point: 53°o6'N. o°zi'E. (Lincoln) Norwich (Norfolk) 5 2m. SE. Ancaster: 5z°59'N. o°32'W. (Lincoln) JJL Lakenheath (Suffolk) 57m. SE.

Gibraltar Point: 53°o6TSI. o°2i'E. (Lincoln) Spurn Point (York) 35 m. N.

Elm Park: 5i°32'N. o° i i 'E . (Essex) RRS Gosfield (Essex) 30m. NE.

Dungeness: 5o°55'N. o°59'E. (Kent) Streat, Ditchling (Sussex) 47m. W.

BAf}Sf2

AR;o40)

AK6}947

BE06605

AR./22jy

BB07267

HH82522

P2790S

AS 26144

juv. <J 3.8.65 x 27.4.67

f.g. $ 25.10.64 + 1.5.67

f.g. § 6.2.65 x A («#/) 2.4.67

istW. $ 31.10.66 x 24.10.67

istW. <J 2.11.64 x 11.2.67

ad. <J 28.4.66 X I9-5-67

Tree Sparrow f.g. 8.10.67 v 21.10.67

f.g. 13.3.65 x c. 2.10.67

istW. 8.9.64 v 25.7.67

522

KEY TO RINGERS' INITIALS IN LIST OF RECOVERIES

DGA HEA

JA JSA

]WA AB

CJB DAB DCB DFB FKB HEB JAB

JFWB KB PB

RGB RSB TAB TDB

AC BC

CAC CEJC

CGDC CSC

GDC JLSC

PJC PRC

PWC RGHC

WAC PD

PGD HMD RJD

AWE MFPE

TLE AF

CSF

D. G. Argue H, E. Axell J. Ash J. S. Atmitage J. W. Allen A. Barnard C. J. Booth D. A. Bullock D. C. Bishop D. F. Billed: F. K. Bennett H. E. Beaumont J. A. Benington ]. F. W. Bruhn K. Brown P. Byron R. G. Bibby R, S. Briggs T, A. Bowbeer T. D. Bisiker A. Critchlow B. Campbell C. A. Copley C. E. J. Carter C. G. D. Curtis C. S. Clapham G. D. Craine J. L. S. Cobb P. J. Chadwick P. R. Catchpole P. W. Challinor R, G. H, Cant W, A. Cook P. G. Deans P. G. Davis H. M. Dobinson R. J. Douthwaite A. W. Evans M. F. P. Elliott T. Lloyd-Evans A. Frudd C. S. Finbow

ECF MAFF

ARG

BEG CRG EAG GHG HMG HRG

MG MBRG

MKRG MRG

NKRG NRG

NSRG

RMRG SBRG SVRG TTRG

WWRG AGH

CH CGH DFH DGH ECH EGH JAH

PH CHI EGI RVJ

CL DJL HL

JJL JML

E. C. Fellowes Ministry of Agriculture,

Fisheries & Food Attenborough Ringing

Group Brathay Exploration Group Cleethorpes Ringing Group the late Miss E. A. Garden G. H. Gush H. Mayer-Gross Huttoft Ringing Group M. George Morecambe Bay Ringing

Group Mid-Kent Ringing Group Merseyside Ringing Group North Kent Ringing Group Northumbria Ringing Group North Solway Ringing

Group Rye Meads Ringing Group South Bucks Ringing Group Severn Vale Ringing Group Tyne-Tweed Ringing Group Wash Wader Ringing Group A. G. Hurrell C. Hudson C. G. Headtam D.F.Harle D. G. Harris E. C. Hemsley E. G.Holt J. A, Hardman P. Hurt Chichester Ringing Group Edward Grey Institute R. V. Jackson C. Lachlan D. J. Low H. Lap-worth J. J. Latham J. M. Langford

CJM GRM JMM JRM PJM PPM RM

JBN ABO BTO CBO C1BO DBO

DWO HBO HiBO SABO

SBO TBO EFP EJP

GRMP IVBP

MP NDP JCR

JR KR PR SR

SWR WR AS BS

BHRS

BOS BRS

CVRS DRS HRS NFS

C. J. Mead G. R. Mountfort J. M, McMeeking J. R. Marshall P. J. Mawby P. P. Mackie R. Moat J. B. Nelson A. B. Old British Trust for Ornithology Copeland Bird Observatory Cley Bird Observatory Dungeness Bird Observatory D, W. Oliver Holme Bird Observatory Hilbre Bird Observatory St, Agnes Bird Observatory Slapton Bird Observatory Tory Bird Observatory E. F, Pithers E. J. Pratley G. R. M. Pepler I. V. Balfour-Paul M. Potts N. D. Pullen J. C. Rolls J. Reynolds K. Robinson P.Reid S. Rowlands S.W.Rodell W. Russell the late A, Sykes B. Sutton Beachy Head Ringing

Station Banbury Orn. Soc. Bamburgh Ringing Station Chew Valley Ringing Station D. R. Saunders Hersham Ringing Station the late N. F. Stewart

KRS

OOS RKS RRS

SS SNHS

SPS HST MPT SJT A0

ACW CW

DAW DNW

DPLW DRW ELW FJW

JESW NJW PJW

THW JGY A&P B&C C&F C&K

C&PM F&M

H&CE H&DL HS&C M&G

S&B SS&W

T&B T&JG W&M

WP&M

Knaresborough Ringing Station

Oxford Orn. Soc. R. K. Summerfield Romford Ringing Station Sedbergh School SorbyN.H.S. St. Peters School H. S. Taylor M. P. Taylor Mrs. S, J. Tyler Aberdeen University A. C. Whiteside C. Winn Mrs. D. Watson The Hon. D. N. Weir D. P. L. Williams D. R. Wilson E. L. Watterson F. J. Walker J. E. S. Walker N. J. Westwood P. J. Wood T. H. Watson J. G. Young Atkin & Prince Belshaw & Colley Collier & Forster Cork & Kerry Seabird Group C. & P. Minton Flegg & Musson H. & C. Elliott H. & D. Lees Harbott, Sayer & Cocker Moulsdale & Gladstone Sorensen & Burgess Sanderson, Summersgill &

Walker Tyler & Bellingham T. & J. Gladwin Watts & McConville Wilson, Ponting & McLean