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British Birds Vol. 60 No. 1 1

N O V E M B E R 1967

Report on bird-ringing for 1966*

By Robert Spencer

Ringing Officer, B.T.O.

T H E W R I T E R O F an introduction to a ringing report must always be prepared to swallow his words: events have a tiresome (but nevertheless very satisfactory) habit of gently ridiculing his earlier pronouncements. For example, in the introduction to the 1965 report it seemed appropriate to describe the number of Sand Martins Riparia riparia ringed in that year—over 66,000—as 'truly massive', yet in 1966 the total reached a new record level of over 75,000. In the 1965 report, too, the reader was invited to consider 'the many night watches necessary to catch 3,497 Storm Petrels Hydrobatespelagicus'', but in 1966 the ringers more than doubled that figure, with a score of 8,608. Against such a background of steadily increasing proficiency on the part of ringers, it is probably impossible to comment on developments in such a way that there is no risk of lessening the impact of superlatives by employing them too generously or prematurely. Indeed, the risk must be taken, for one can compare each year only with those that have gone before. Judged this way, 1966 was most rewarding.

Two milestones were passed during the year: the ringing of the five millionth bird since the inception of the scheme; and the marking of 100,000 nestlings in a single breeding season for the first time. For many years now the former achievement has seemed inevitable: it has merely happened very much sooner than once appeared likely. On the other hand, there have often been doubts whether the annual nestling total would ever reach six figures and so it is perhaps of interest to see how this was made up. Seabirds—petrels, shearwaters, cormorants, skuas, gulls, terns and auks—formed almost half the total, with nearly

*This is the thirtieth report issued on behalf of the Ringing and Migration Committee (formerly the Bird-Ringing Committee) and is a publication of the British Trust for Ornithology. For the twenty-ninth report, see Brit. Birds, 59: 441-491.

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49,000. The other major groups were 1,533 ducks, geese and swans; 472 raptors (more than half of them Kestrels Faleo tinnunculus); 2,528 waders; 542 pigeons and doves; 243 owls; 9,048 swallows (all but 74 being Hirundo rustled); 1,092 crows; 9,792 tits; 7,969 thrushes; 2,280 chats (including Robins Erithacus rubecula and Nightingales Luscinia megarhynchos); 3,997 warblers; 1,447 flycatchers; 390 Dunnocks Prunella modularis; i,ziz pipits and wagtails; 1,311 Starlings Sturnus vulgaris; and 5,879 finches, buntings and sparrows. It is a reasonably balanced list although, considering their abundance and the con-spicuousness of some of their nests, the pigeon and crow totals are much lower than might have been expected. Conversely, the warbler and finch totals are probably rather higher.

For many years the Starling annually headed the list as the most-ringed species, but of late it seems to have been losing popularity with ringers and has slipped to sixth place, behind the Sand Martin, Swallow, Blackbird Turdus merula, Blue Tit Parus caeruleus and Greenfinch Carduelis Moris. For each of these birds the annual ringing total now exceeds 20,000, but in the next few years only- the House Sparrow Passer domestieus seems likely to move into this category. For most species, of course, the annual total is a matter of hundreds rather than thousands, and the simplest way of assessing the year's catch is to compare it with the grand total. By this test, for example, the modest totals of 57 Gadwall Anas strepera, 292 Tufted Ducks Aythya fuligula and 1,357 Fieldfares Turdus pilaris become much more impressive than they appear at first sight, while 457 out of 1,528 Siskins Carduelis spinus, 26 out of 103 Great Grey Shrikes 'Lanius excubitor and 411 out of 888 Collared Doves Streptopelia decaocto are all major contributions.

In the report for 1965, comment was made on the steady improvement in the ringing figures for the Stonechat Saxicola torquata, suggesting a gradual return to normal population levels after the severe losses of 1963. That this process continued during 1966—not only for the Stonechat, but also for the Wren Troglodytes troglodytes, another affected species—is indicated by further increases in the numbers ringed. The slight improvement in the population of the Sparrowhawk Acci-piter nisus, hinted at by the 1965 figures, seems also to have continued.

A remarkable and quite unexpected feature of the year's ringing was the addition of no fewer than seven species to the list. Perhaps not surprisingly, only one of the seven, the Goshawk Accipiter gentilis, was an Old World species (the surprise there is that a mist-net held so powerful a bird). The remaining six—dowitcher ILimnodromus sp., Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla, Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum, Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus, Rufous-sided Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus and Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus—are all North American. The total of species ringed in Britain and Ireland since 1909 is now 325, of which 25 are strictly of New World origin.

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The recovery section of this report incorporates a new feature which will, it is hoped, add appreciably to the interest of the reader. For many years now an attempt has been made to draw attention to the more unusual recoveries by means of a line or two of comment based on the formula 'This is the first recovery of a British-ringed . . . ' Inevitably, as the report has grown more selective, such comments have become proportionally more numerous and the space they have occupied has meant the publication of even fewer recoveries. To break this pernicious circle, ordinal numbers have been introduced after the name of the country of recovery. The resulting pages, sprinkled with ist 's, 2nd's and 3rd's, may remind some readers of a score sheet for the Olympic Games, but the system does permit many more recoveries to be evaluated and in less space than has been required in the past. In a sense, of course, the cjth's and ioth's are often more important than the ist's and 2nd's (and the unnumbered recoveries even more so) since the analyst is investigating the normal pattern of migration, but long lists of similar movements may be monotonous for general readers.

Seabirds, which represented nearly half of all the nestlings ringed in the year, also produced a wealth of notable recoveries. Reports of Manx Shearwaters Puffinus puffinus in Bra2il have become almost commonplace during the past ten years, but the western Atlantic seaboard further north appears to lie outside the normal range of the species and recoveries in Newfoundland and Bermuda were both exceptional. Equally beyond the normal range of the British populations concerned were a Shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis which penetrated the Mediterranean and a Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus which reached Finland. Much more striking because of the immense distance involved, and more important because the recovery locality may well lie within the normal winter range of our breeding population, was an Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea in eastern Australia.

Records of British-ringed birds in the Balkans and beyond are of such infrequent occurrence that for six to be reported in a single year suggests the possibility of some abnormal meteorological circumstances. The six concerned were a Teal Anas crecca in Turkey, a Pintail A. acuta in Greece, Fieldfares in Greece and Jugoslavia, and Redwings Turdus iliacus in Turkey and Greece. All save the Teal (dated 1 st March) were reported in the first six weeks of the year, the period when cold weather movements are most likely to occur.

For most ringers a recovery in Africa represents the ultimate goal. It is not merely that African recoveries are coveted because they are rare (although in ringing, as in most spheres of human interest, rarity does enhance the values we attach to things); but also that Africa is the winter home of many species and it is intellectually more gratifying to contribute to our still slender knowledge of movements there than to the much better documented passage through Europe. Typically,.

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perhaps, one thinks of the Swallow as the African migrant par excellence and we have come to expect that each winter will produce a quota of recoveries from the extreme south of the continent. The year 1966, with 3 3 records from South Africa, was no exception, but in addition we received an interesting and unprecedented report from Uganda; we cannot, however, be certain that this bird was of British stock.

Excluding seabirds, there were in 1966 only two other recoveries from south of the Sahara, both of them Spotted Flycatchers Muscicapa striata in Nigeria, but a Whitethroat Sylvia communis in Senegal was only the second there and may well have been near its winter quarters. A Wheatear Qenanthe oenanthe in Algeria was far into the desert country, while north of the Sahara a Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus in Libya was particularly interesting. A gem of its kind was the recovery of a Robin in Algeria. True, the bird in question was almost certainly a shy Scandinavian rather than the confiding companion of our gardens, but it is still odd to think of its forsaking the conifers of a Christmas-card landscape for the land of the Foreign Legion.

Other Scandinavian birds winter with us, and several of the less frequently ringed ones have been recovered in their summer homes. A Siskin caught in September at Gibraltar Point was reported the following June in Norway (another travelled in a subsequent winter to Italy), while a Brambling Fringilla montifringilla also caught on the east coast, at Spurn, was found dead ten months later in the far north of Sweden. Perhaps most remarkable, however, was the recovery of a Reed Bunting Emberi^a schoenklus in Sweden. Small species which spend much of their lives in marshland are seldom recovered, so that it is a difficult—and certainly slow—task to study their movements. In a sense it is only when a recovery such as this comes to light that we can know that some of the birds we handle are true migrants and not just roving individuals from a local population.

COMMITTEE The members of the Ringing and Migration Committee on 31st December 1966 were Dr. P. R. Evans (Chairman), H. J. Boyd, J. Cudworth, Dr. J. J. M. Flegg, P. A. D. Hollom, P. Hope Jones, J. M. McMeeking, Dr. C. M. Perrins and R. G. Pettitt, with J. D . Macdonald (representing the Trustees of the British Museum) and Dr. Bruce Campbell, R. C. Homes, G. M. Lewis, Dr. R. K. Murton and D. R. Wilson (ex officiis) 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 most of the scientific staff, and partly from the proceeds of the sale of rings and other equipment and from revenue derived from ringing

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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 usual grant of £25. Accommodation and certain services are provided by the British Trust for Ornithology, and their cost is normally covered by the 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, Mrs. U. V. Mead and Mrs. M. Benson.

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

The Biological Records Centre of the Nature Conservancy, especially Mrs. M. Horrill, gave invaluable help in the preparation of tables 1 and 2 of this report and we are most grateful. J. N . Dymond compiled the species summary tables A-O and R. C. Faulkner drew the maps.

Lastly, it is a great pleasure to acknowledge the dedicated work of James Ferguson-Lees in seeing this report (and its 14 predecessors) through the various stages of publication, and the co-operation of the printers in dealing with a most complex piece of type-setting.

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

AXELL, H. E. (1966): 'Eruptions of Bearded Tits during 1959-65'. Brit. Birds, 59: 5I3-543-

BERNTIS, F. (1966): Aves Migradoras Ibericas, parts 1-4. Madrid. COULSON, J. C. (1966): 'The movements of the Kittiwake'. Bird Study, 13: 107-115.

(1966): 'The influence of the pair-bond and age on the breeding biology of the Kittiwake Gull Rissa tridactyla'. J. Anim. Ecol., 35: 269-279.

DAVIS, P. (1966): 'The movements of Pied Wagtails as shown by ringing*. Bird Study, 13: 147-162.

-(1966): 'The great immigration of early September 1965'. Brit. Birds, 59: 353-376.

EVANS, P. R. (1966): 'Autumn movements, moult and measurements of the Lesser Redpoll Carduelis flammea cabaret'. Ibis, 108: 183-216.

HARRIS, M. P. (1966): 'Age of return to the colony, age of breeding and adult survival of Manx Shearwaters'. Bird Study, 13: 84-95.

HARRISON, J. G., and OGILVIE, M. A. (1967): 'Immigrant Mute Swans in southeast England'. Wildfowl Trust, iSth Ann. Rep.: 85-87.

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MURTON, R. K. (1966): 'Natural selection and the breeding seasons of the Stock Dove and Wood Pigeon'. Bird Study, 13: 311-327.

NELSON, J. B. (1966): 'Population dynamics of the Gannet {Sula bassand) at the Bass Rock, with comparative information from other Sulidae'. J. Anim. Ecol., 35: 443-47°-

———•—-(1966): 'The breeding biology of the Gannet Sula bassana on the Bass Rock, Scotland'. Ibis, 108: 584-626.

OGILVIE, M. A. (1967): 'Population changes and mortality of the Mute Swan in Britain'. Wildfowl Trust, 18th Ann. Rep.: 64-73.

PERRINS, C. M. (1966): 'Survival of young Manx Shearwaters Vuffinus puffinus in relation to their presumed date of hatching. Ibis, 108: 132-135.

•—• (1966): 'The effect of beech crops on Great Tit populations and movements'. Brit. Birds, 59: 419-432.

— —• and REYNOLDS, C. M. (1967): 'A preliminary study of the Mute Swan, Cygnus olor'. Wildfowl Trust, iSth Ann. Rep.: 74-84.

SNOW, D. W. (1966): 'Movements of British Robins as shown by ringing'. Brit. Birds, 59: 67-74.

• (1966): 'The migration and dispersal of British Blackbirds'. BirdStudy, 13:

—• (1966): 'Population dynamics of the Blackbird. Nature, 211 (5055): 1231-1233.

THOMSON, A. L. (1966): 'An analysis of recoveries of Great Skuas ringed in Shetland'. Brit. Birds, 59: 1-15.

—•—-—•—• (1966): 'Bird ringing in Scotland'. Scottish Birds, 4: 151-158. —(1965): 'The transequatorial migration of the Manx Shearwater (Puffin

des Anglais)'. Oiseau, 35 (supplement): 130-140. VAN HECKE, P. (1965): 'The migration of the West-European Stonechat, Saxicola

torquata (L.), according to ringing-data. Gerfaut, 55: 146-194. WAINWRIGHT, C. B. (1967): 'Results of wildfowl ringing at Abberton Reservoir,

Essex, 1949 to 1966'. Wildfowl Trust, iSth Ann. Rep.: 28-35.

Table 1 NUMBERS OF BIRDS RINGED AND RECOVERED

}uv.\Adult 1966 1965

1964 1963 196a

1961 i960 T959 1958 I Q 5 7

451,626

4 2 7 , 0 5 i

372,537 35 5,oo7 307,924

272,919 219,104 184,837

155,414 137,060

- 'Kinged •

Pullus* 100,611

91,689 76,700 80,918 81,551

77,443 60,085 57,488

45 ,42i 49,286

Total 552,237 518,740

449 , 2 37 435,925 389,475 350,362 279,189 242,325

200,835 186,346

Recovered

Total 13,408 14,182

12,665

M,397 11,689

9,238

7 , 9 J I

6,949 6,374

5,497

Grand total ringed 1909-66 Grand total recovered 1909-66.

5,227,234

144,279

* An explanation of the term pullus or pull, appears at the top of page 440.

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Table 2 RINGING AND RECOVERY TOTALS TO 31 ST DECEMBER 1966

Section 1-

Little Grebe Leach's Petrel Storm Petrel Manx Shearwater . . Fulmar Gannet Cormorant Shag Heron Mallard Teal Garganey Gadwall Wigeon Pintail Shoveler Tufted Duck Pochard Eider Shelduck 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 Red-legged Partridge Partridge Water Rail Corncrake Moorhen Coot Oystercatcher Lapwing Ringed Plover Little Ringed Plover Grey Plover Golden Plover Turnstone Snipe Jack Snipe Woodcock Curlew

—Species of wl

Juv.fAdult 1 9 6 0

8 ,608

i,3i5 669 1 2 6

1

1 5 3

5 3 , 7 8 6 1,362

5

2 5

3 2

7° 63

2 2 9

4 5 2 1 8

5 8

1 4 1

—. —. 5 3

2 8 8

1,311

2 9

1

1

— •

— 8

7 8

4

1 4 8 8

4 6 8 1

1 5 1

1,879 2 2 6

3 4 3 2 0

5i 28 73

5 7 0

7 3 1 6

1 9 0

lich 100 or more have

Pullus 2

— I O 9

8,883 1 ,050 1 ,844 I . I I J

5 , 0 9 4 1 3 1 3 3 8

8

— •

3 2

2 4 — •

3 63

5 7 5 1 0 2

5 6

—. —. —. 67

2 6 5

3 3

3 4

7 1 6 1

3 1

2 9 6

—. — — •

—. 5

3 8

3

4 9 4 1,615

n o 5 2

— •

2 2

— 1 5

—-7

1 6 6

1966 total

2 1

6 0

8 ,717 1 0 , 1 9 8

1 .719 1 ,970 1,1.16

5,247 i ) 6

4 , " 4 i,37°

5

5 7

5 6

7° 66

2 9 2

4 5

7 9 3 1 6 0

1 9 7

—. 5 3

3 5 5

!>576 3 3 6 3

1

7 2

6 1

3 9

3 7 4

4

1 4 8 8

9 7 1 9

1 5 4

2 ,375 1,841

4 5 3

7 2

5 1

5° 7 3

5 8 5

7 3

2 3

356

been ringc

Grand total 2 7 9

1,022 2 3 , 6 5 2

1 4 4 , 8 5 0 1 2 , 3 9 0

3 0 , 5 3 4 9 , 9 8 9

2 7 , 0 2 4

5 , " 4 5 5 , 6 0 4 4 2 , 5 9 4

2 7 9

2 6 3

2 , 7 9 9 9 1 0

889

i,553 377

5,966 2 , 2 0 4

J . 5 9 1

5 8 2

1 1 , 8 2 4 4 0 7

2 , 1 7 4 1 5 , 8 5 8

1 ,219 1 ,582

1 2 7

8 8 2

2 7 4 2 0 4

896 4,379 i,538

1 1 6

336 8 8 4

7 6 2

8 ,917 2 , 8 1 4

I 7 . 5 1 2

8 3 , 3 1 6 6 , 9 7 0

7 1 2

8 5 1

9 4 5

1,492 9 , 0 6 6

7 4 2

5,896 8 , 8 1 2

d

R f f j " " "

•1966

2

1

3 0 2 1 2

1 8

n 6 1 5 0

2 4 3 2 1

733 2 3 7

2

t 17 15 2 0

1 9 6

5 5 8

3 7

4

57 5

4 0

7 5 9

5

5

—-5

— 5

5 9

— —

1

— 3° 1 9

1 6 2

2 5

7 1

4 1

3 2 1

2

6 2 8

Grand total

1 4 8

75 2 ,026

1 5 7

1,557 2 , 1 9 1

2 , 2 5 4 846

9 , 4 2 3 8 , 0 2 7

4 1

4 4 5 4 8

1 9 7 2 0 3

2 8 5

6 4

4 2 6

1 3 4

2 9 9

1 7 9

3,i34 5 0

2 7 8

4 , 4 8 3 67

2 2 7

H 9 1

39 2 4

1 2 1

54i 176

2 0

2 0

3 2

1 2

4 0 3

3 2 2

1,101 1 ,872

1 3 1 1 6

1 4

33 2 2

5 0 4

VI 466 454

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Jtiv 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 Woodpecker Lesser Spotted Woodpecker

Woodlark Skylark Swallow House Martin Sand Martin Raven

:j Adult 1 9

4 1

2 7 2 0

4 3 7 6 5 4

2 4

3 4 9 4 1

1 5 2 9

6,364 4 0

1 6 4

8 3 1

— — 7 7

1 5 7

5 4 6 1 1 3

5 4 3 2 1 2

1 0 8

3 1 9

3

5 } 2

5 1 2

2 2 7

2 9 8 1 9

3 7 I

677 7 2

376 6 2

1 8

3 2

4 7

1 4

5

4

5,131 2 0 3

4 1 8 8

1 4

4 5

—. 3 8 9

5 1 , 0 6 1 3 ,056

7 5 , 0 9 8

—

Ringed—

Vullus t

— — — 3 4

1 2 1

— — — —. —

1

.—, —

. — 5

5° 1,397

4 9 0

3,3S5 8 ,273

2 2 7

6 , 6 7 0 1,742

2 , 5 5 9 2 , 6 2 3

856 51

3,i5i 4 5 0

9 2 1

5 5 8 9

8 7

4

3 5 8

5 8

3 5 3 0

6 2

2 8

1 1 6

2 1

1 6

6 1 7 8

—. —

z 5

1 3 8

2 8 3

8 , 9 7 4 2 1

5 3

76

1966 total

2 0

4 1

2 7 2 0

4 7 1

7 7 5

2 4

3 4 9 4 1

1 5

2 9

6,365 4 0

1 6 4

8 3

6 5°

1,397 5 6 7

3 , 5 4 2 8 ,819

3 4 0

7 , 2 1 3 i,954 2,667 2 , 9 4 2

8 5 9

5 6

•3,183 9 6 2

1,148

8 4 9 0 8

1 2 4

5 1,035

1 3 0

4 1 1

9 2 8 0

6 0

1 6 3

3 5 2 1

I O

5 , 3 0 9 2 0 3

4 1 9 0

! 9

5 8 8

6 7 2

6 0 , 0 3 5

3 ,077 7 5 , 1 5 1

76

Grand total

1 0 0

2 9 3

3 5 1 1 9 9

6,445 1 0 , 8 6 9

m 2 7 5

5 ,773 2 1 8

444 4o,35i

2 8 6

4 3 8 9 1 6

3 8 7

1,692 8 ,061

6 , 5 7 2

5 0 , 7 0 3 7 1 , 6 5 2

6 , 3 4 2

9 2 , 6 5 4 2 5 , 7 4 1 4 5 , 2 2 5 3 7 , 3 4 1 10 ,095

2 , 5 1 2

5 7 , 2 5 1 1 6 , 1 5 4 1 1 , 2 4 9

1,037 2 1 , 2 0 3

2 , 4 9 2 1 3 0

1 2 , 7 3 2 2 , 7 1 6

8 8 8

2 , 5 1 4 1,668 2 , 1 2 6

3 ,509 699 5 3 1

5 5 4 4 9 , 1 4 7

2 ,213

765 1,663

1 4 4 8 3 8

5 2 3

1 5 , 4 5 3

3 1 0 , 4 5 5 4 2 , 7 "

3 2 2 , 8 3 7 1,430

—-Recovered—-

1966

.— 1

— —

8

2 4

3

— I I

— —. 77 — —

4

.— 3

2 3

37 1 6 9

2 6 1

1 4 2 3 8

4 7

4 1

4 4

7 1

" 7

4 3

3 4 2

2 3 1 2

— 1 2 2

4

1 9

5 2 3

5

7

3

3

3 1 6 4

9 2

8

— •

— —

3 5 "

9 2 ,365

1 1

Grand total

4 1 2

12

1

66 4 0 0

5 1 0

6 0

1

1 1

527 —

7

3 4 2 2

5° 1 8 3

4 6 1

2,118 2 ,858

2 6 5

4 ,258 5 8 6

8 3 8

5 5 8 1 1 6

3 7 1,160

4 7 7

3 8 5 1 2

1 7 2

1 8 4

5 1,142

1 0 4

4 9 8 8

2 8 1

1 9 1

2 5 9

46 4 5

1 5

1,047

75 4 0

9 3

— •

!5 2

1 3 0

2 , 5 1 9 3J9

7 , 8 0 0 1 5 8

* Newly promoted from section 2

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Carrion/Hooded Crow Rook Jackdaw Magpie

>y 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 Ouze l . . 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 . . Wil low Warbler . . Chiffchaff W o o d Warbler . . Goldcrest Firecrest Spotted Flycatcher.. Pied Flycatcher Red-breasted Flycatcher Dunnock Meadow Pipit Tree Pipit Rock/Water Pipit Pied/White Wagtail Grey Wagtail Yel low Wagtail ssp.

Juv.jAdult 2 6

4 1 8

2 6 6

3 8

2 0 4

. 1

7 , 3 7 8 1 9 , 9 6 6

1,295 6 3 0

7 1 6

1,763

1 5 7 643

4 , 0 9 2 1 0 4

7 0 9

4 2 9

1,357 9 , 0 6 2 4 , 0 9 8

2 2 2

3 1 , 5 8 7 843 1 7 4

3 5 4 1,657

4 2

1 1 4 1 2

1 0 , 4 5 6

366 3 , 2 6 4

1 1

7 , 9 3 8 6

2 6

4 , 1 8 7 36

1,848 6 , 8 6 0 1,828

—. 1 1 , 0 0 1

6 , 7 0 8

2 9

3 , 1 8 1

47 1,242 i ,6oo

9 " ,975

1,77° 1 8 2

2 8 7

3 ,918 1 1 8

1,767

• •" ' -rungm

Pullus 1 6 0

5 3 1

1 7 3 1 2 1

2 4

7 3,967 5,33i

367 84 33 1 0

1 3 4 2 1

3 8 1 8 0

—. 1 8 3

2 , 8 2 8

—• 7 5

4 , 8 8 3 4 0 3

1 6 3

1 6 1

5 7 8

2 5

9 5 0

4 5 4 8 1

— 4 1 3

— 1 8 0

—. 1 0 9

754 5 1

1

1,628

! 5 2

1 8 3

— 4 7 2

9 7 5

9 3 0

4 4 7 1 3 9

56 4 0 7

4 5 1 1 8

1966 total

1 8 6

9 4 9

4 3 9 J 5 9 2 2 8

8

" , 3 4 5 2 5 , 2 9 7

1,662

7 1 4

749 i,773

2 9 1

664 4 , 1 3 °

2 8 4

7 0 9

6 1 2

i ,357 1 1 , 8 9 0 4 , 0 9 8

2 9 7

3 6 , 4 7 0 1,246

3 3 7

5 1 5

2 ,235 4 2

1 3 9

1 2

1 1 , 4 0 6

4 " 3,745

1 1

8 ,351 6

2 6

4,367 36

i ,957 7,6i4 1,879

1

1 2 , 6 2 9 6 , 8 6 0

2 1 2

3 , 1 8 1

4 7

1,714 2 ,575

9 12 ,905

2 , 2 1 7 3 2 1

3 4 3

4 , 3 2 5 1 6 3

1,885

Grand total

5 ,010

1 4 , 6 3 4 1 2 , 2 8 8

4 . I 9 1

3,446 3 5 2

118 ,005 2 5 1 , 8 2 0

13 ,535 6 , 3 9 8 3 ,810 8,696 4 , 0 1 0 3 ,891

2 6 , 6 8 3 6 , 7 2 9

2 , 7 7 8 i 5 , 0 94

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

2 4 , 3 5 1 2 , 6 9 4

3 9 1 , 5 2 5 2 3 , 1 1 0

4 , 6 4 4 9 , 4 0 0

2 3 , 1 5 3 9 0 7

4 , 2 3 4 2 8 9

I 3 S . 9 7 8 1,898

2 3 , 5 0 0

H 5

4 4 , 6 5 4 1 2 7

1 7 3 2 0 , 8 0 9

3 5 1

1 3 , 7 6 5 8 2 , 4 9 2

9 , 6 9 1 J 5 5

1 1 2 , 9 9 7

3 2 , 3 3 7 2 , 9 9 3

1 5 , 8 1 9

379 2 1 , 3 3 9 2 3 , 7 8 6

1 8 7

1 2 3 , 6 2 1

4 5 , 2 4 0 5,37°

1 1 , 0 2 5 3 2 , 6 3 0

3 ,925 2 0 , 9 1 0

ru&u

l<)66 1 7

4 5

3 7

1 4 2 8

1

1 5 2

3 3 8 1 6

5

4

1 9 6 2

1 3 2

4 1 2 8

2 5 3 0 2

5 2

4 1,446

6 1

6 2 1

1

— —

2 1 9

— •

3 4

3 0

— 2 5

6 36 1 4

3 9 2 0

—. 1 0

—• 1 9 1 2

— 1 5 8

2 6

1

2

8 7 1

1 8

Grand total 349 936 757 2 4 0

2 7 0

2 8

1,932

4 , 4 6 7 1 6 0

5 7 2 0

8 3 1 0 6

2 0

1 8 0

8 1

9 2

5 2 0

1 2 9

5 ,372 3 6 8

4 7

1 4 , 5 9 2 1 2 0

3 9

4 5 1 4 2

2 0

1 8

2

i,m 5

1 9 0

— •

1 3 7

— 2

9 8

—• 4 5

3 5 7

5 3 1

3 1 0

1 0 5

1 2

3 0

1 5 0

n o

— 1,668

4 4 5 1 0

8 5 9 4 8

3 5 1 8 9

437

BRITISH BIRDS

Juv.j'Adult 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 Snow Bunting House Sparrow Tree Sparrow

2 8

2 6

1 6

2 1 , 2 9 2

2 7

2 3 . 1 3 3 2 , 4 4 4

457 1 0 , 3 2 3

1 0 6

1,807

4 . 4 0 4 73

1 0 , 6 8 0 4 , 0 1 1 2 , 1 8 9

1 2 1

— 5 .904

9 1 8 , 4 1 7

4,783

Kinged

1966 Grand Pullus total total

- 28 338 — 2 6 103 71 87 2 , 8 4 7

1,311 2 2 , 6 0 3 4 6 8 , 8 5 1 — 27 3 2 7

5 9 6 2 3 , 7 2 9 2 1 4 , 5 8 2 1 3 7 2 , 5 8 1 2 1 , 5 7 6

— 4 5 7 1,528 1,401 1 1 , 7 2 4 1 1 0 , 0 3 2

127 2 3 3 3 , 0 4 0 7 7 1,884 1 0 , 6 1 1

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

— 73 539 345 11 ,025 1 4 3 , 6 0 6

— 4 , O I I 1 4 , 7 2 9

180 2 , 3 6 9 2 8 , 3 0 8 7 128 1 ,744

5 5 2 1 0

590 6,494 44,494 — 9 3,067

853 1 9 , 2 7 0 2 1 6 , 1 8 8

1,348 6 ,131 5 4 , 2 7 9 *Newly promoted from section 2

Section 2—Species of which fewer than 100 have been rinj (1966 total, grand total, 1966 recoveries

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-brested Merganser Goosander Smew Bean Goose. . Brent Goose Whooper Swan Bewick's Swan Goshawk* Kite Rough-legged Buzzard Golden Eagle Hobby Red-footed Falcon Black Grouse

• — 3 • — 3

3 2 7 . 12 67

— 2

• ~ 3 . — • 1

•— 2

• — 4 1 50

. — 16

6 74 2 8 1 33

. — 6 • — 3

1 18 . — 2 4

• — 73 —• 2 — 1

. — 8 8 36

. 18 36 1 I

. . — I — 1

. . I 65 2 6 7

. . — I

•• 33 97

1

—. —. —. — — — —

3 —

1

— — —

1

2

— — — — — —. — — — — —

2

Recovered

Grand 1 $66

5 1

2

977 2

5 7 0

35 1 0

88 2

43 " 7

2

93 1 5

1 7

— — 36 —

2 8 1

2 0

?ed

total 1 6

3 2 3

17,935 5

4,663 3 0 0

2 3

8 9 1

1 5 1 6 5

773 5

1,662 9 0

2 3 3

2 4 1

2 8 2

2 4

3 ,532

3 1 4

and grand total recoveries are given in that order) — Ptarmigan . . — Capercaillie

3 Quail 2 Pheasant

— Spotted Crake •— Kentish Plover — Dotterel — Solitary Sandpiper . . — Black-tailed Godwit

8 Dowitcher sp.* 5 Temminck's Stint . .

18 Least Sandpiper* . . — Semipalmated Sandpiper .

7 White-rumped Sandpiper . 1 Pectoral Sandpiper.. 1 Stilt Sandpiper 3 Western Sandpiper 2 Buff-breasted Sandpiper

12 Avocet — Grey Phalarope

1 Red-necked Phalarope 1 Pomarine Skua 3 Glaucous Gull 3 Iceland Gull

— Little Gull — Sabine's Gull — Black Tern

5 Gull-billed Tern . . 5 Little Auk

— Scops Owl 6 Snowy Owl

. —

. — 1

1

2

. — 1

1

3 1

. — 2

2

. — 2

. —

. — 2

. — 1

1

. — 2

. —

. —

. —

. —

. — 1

. — •

. —

3 3

1 3

73 2 1

1

5° 2

2 4 1

4 2

3 5

2 0

1

1

4

I

47 2 8

2

7 1

5 1

6 1

2 3 1

1

— — — — — 1

— 4

— — — 1

—. _ — — — — —. .— — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1

— —. —. — —• — — 1

— 1

—. — — 1

— — — — — — — • 2

— — — —

1 Added to the list in 1966

438


Hoopoe Short-toed Lark Shore Lark . . Red-rumped Swallow Golden Oriole Nutcracker Crested Tit . . Brown Thrasher* . . Black-throated Thrush Dusky Thrush American Robin . . Siberian Thrush Grey-cheeked Thrush Desert Wheatear . . Black-eared Wheatear Pied Wheatear Thrush Nightingale Rufous Bush Chat . . Cetti's Warbler River Warbler Savi's Warbler Lanceolated Warbler Pallas's Grasshopper Warb Moustached Warbler Great Reed Warbler Paddyfield Warbler.. Aquatic Warbler . . Thick-billed Warbler Olivaceous Warbler Booted Warbler . . Orphean Warbler . . Sardinian Warbler Subalpine Warbler Greenish Warbler . . Bonelli's Warbler Arctic Warbler Yellow-browed Warbler Pallas's Warbler . .

1

. —

. —

. —

. —

. —

. — 1

. —

. — —

. —

. —

. —

. — , — . — . —. . — . — . — . —. ler — . ~

2

. — 5

. — 1

.. —

.. — • 3

1

., — 1

7 1

15 5

H 1

4 1

72

1 1 2 2 1

3 2

3 1 6 1 2 1 2 1 1 1

12 1

47 1

3 2 1 1

15 23 12 16 82

8

.— — — .— — — __ — _ — — — — .—• — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — • —

— —

•Added

• —

— ~-— — — •—• — .— — — —

1

— — —. — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —. —

1

—

Dusky Warbler Radde's Warbler . . Richard's Pipit Tawny Pipit Olive-backed (Indian Tree)

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 Red-headed Bunting Yellow-breasted Bunting . Ortolan Bunting . . Rustic Bunting Little Bunting Fox Sparrow White-throated Sparrow . Song Sparrow Lapland Bunting . .

to the list in 1966

. — 2 1 1

. — 2

. —

. — 2

. 6 1

. —

. —

. — , — . — . — . —. . —. . — . — . —

7 1

. —

. — 1

. — 2 1

3

. —

. — 1

, — . 6

3 5 6 6

2

i 5 4 7

n 1 1 1 t 1 1 2 2 1 1 4 2

39 1 1

42 1 2

19 5

40 11

17 1 2 2

83

Selected list of recoveries reported during 1966 The following list is highly selective. To indicate the quantity and the 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 z.

An innovation in this report is the use of ordinal numbers in brackets after the names of foreign countries (and the Channel Islands) to 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 'France (3rd)' under Storm Petrel indicates that the bird carrying ring number 47425 was only the third British-ringed Storm Petrel to be recovered in France. Absence of any number means that there have been more than ten recoveries of the species in the country.

439

BRITISH BIRDS

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; juv.—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; 9—female. v—caught or trapped, and released with ring; -> 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 of recovery unknown. 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.

Great Crested Grebe {Podiceps cristatus) ( i ; i year) AJ23023 ad.(J 2.2.65 Morden: 5 i°23'N. o°i2'W (Surrey) MJC

x 25.2.66 Stanton Fitzwarren, Swindon (Wiltshire) 68 m. W. This is only the second recovery of a British-ringed Great Crested Grebe.

Leach's Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) (1; 8^- years) R24404 ad. 11.7,58 North Rona: 59°o7'N. 5°5o'W. Outer Hebrides TBB

v 13.8.66 Hirta, St. Kilda, Outer Hebrides 130m. SW.

Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagkus) (30; 50 miles; 11 years) Foula: 6o°o8'N. 2°o5'W. (Shetland) BEG Inishglora (Mayo) 510m. SW.

Foula BEG Salthavdi: 6i°49'N, 6°52'W. (Sandoy) Faeroe Islands (1st) Fair Isle: 5 9 V N . i°37'W. (Shetland) Red Banks, Fetlar (Shetland) 78m. NNE.

Roaninish: 54°52'N. 8°33'W. (Donegal) GTF Inishglora (Mayo) 75m. SW.

Inishglora: 54°i3'N. io°07'E. (Mayo) CBO Inishvickillane, Blasket Islands (Kerry) 150m. S.

Bardsey: 52°46'N. 4°48'W. (Caernarvon) Skokholm (Pembroke) 75 m. SSW.

Great Skeilig: 5i°47'N. I O V ' W . (Kerry) RRL Inishglora (Mayo) 165m. N.

Skokholm: 5i°42'N. 5°i6'W. (Pembroke) Ozeville: 49°3o'N. i°2o'W. (Manche) France (3rd)

Skokholm Bardsey (Caernarvon) 75 m. NNE.

Annet: 49°54'N. 6°22'W. Scilly (Cornwall) SABO Burhou: 49°44'N. 2°i5'W. (Alderney) Channel Islands (1st)

31188$

653751

655275

669281

669649

HC38282

659146

4742J

661554

652236

ad. V

ad. V

ad. V

ad. V

ad. V

ad. V

ad. V

ad. X

f.g. V

ad.

16.7.61 3.7.66

5.8.65 23.7.66

11.7.66 27.8.66

31.8.57 2.7.66

2.7.66 7.7.66

13.8.66 9.9.66

2.8.65 1.7.66.

19.7.59 25.9.66

15.8.66 18.8.66

1.7.65 2.7.66

440

REPORT ON BIRD-RINGING FOR 1 9 6 6

This excellent series of recoveries reflects a big increase in the activity of ringers at west coast colonies.

SS2559I

SS332SS

5063230

EC65555

EC69450

pull. X

X

pull. V

pull. X

pull.

+

26.8.65 15.10.6f

27.7.65 25.5.66 4.9.58 23.4.66 18.8.65 27.7.66

30.8.65 c. 10.8.66

Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) (212; 13-Jk years) Hallival:56°59'N.60i6'W.Rhum, Inner Hebrides PW

15.10.66 Itapua: 26°55'S.48°4o'W.(SantaCatarina)Brazil Bardsey: 52°46'N. 4°48'W, (Caernarvon) Armagh, Ballycroy (Mayo) 225m. WNW. Skokholm: 5i°42'N. 5°i6'W. (Pembroke) 175 miles NE. of Bermuda c. 34°oo' N. 62°3o'W. Skokholm Santos: 23°56'S. 46°22'W. (Sao Paulo) Brazil Skokholm Bonavista Bay: c. 49°oo'N. 53°3o'W. Newfoundland (3rd)

Recoveries in the western North Atlantic are very unusual. EC65 5 5 5 and SS25591 are, respectively, the first 'winter' recovery in Brazil and the first Brazilian recovery of a Scottish-ringed bird. In addition, three juveniles from Pembrokeshire colonies were recovered in Brazil in October and November and a fourth was reported from Uruguay in February. The recovery showing movement from the Irish Sea to the west coast of Ireland is very unusual. In the Bay of Biscay, 26 were reported off the north Spanish coast (February one, March 23, April one and May one) and 16 in French waters nor th to the Pas-de-Calais (February one, March three, April nine, September two and November one). A number of inland recoveries in September—in Northampton, Cardigan, Carmarthen, York, Stafford (two), Monmouth and Lincoln—coincided with periods of south-westerly gales or fog.

A T 5 5 6 3 4

SS09&2;

SS13319

SS;y;o2

SSimS;

SS57796

1043212

1034797

1047092

pull. X

pull.

0 pull.

+ pull. X

pull. X

pull. V

pull. X

pull. X

pull. X

2.8.58 6.8.66

13.8.65 19.4.66

7.8.63 5.5.66

11.8.66 9.10.66

31.7.64 30.5.66

22.8.66 11.9.66

Garni 21.7.63 31.7.66 19.7.64

c. 1.6.66

9.7.65 2.9.66

Fu lmar (Fulmarusglacialii) (18; 150 miles; 8 years) Foula: (SoOoSTSJ. 2°o5'w". (Shetland) DRW Tonsberg: 59°i6'N. io°25'E. (Vestfold) Norway (6th) Foula BEG off Labrador: 56°25'N. 58°2o'W. (and) Eynhallow: 59°o8'N. 3°og'W. (Orkney) AU a/Scatari: 46°o2'N. 59°43'W. Nova Scotia (2nd) Eynhallow AU Aldborough (York) 385m. SSE. TarbatNess:570

52'N. i^'W. (Ross) AJW Ameland: 53°28'N. 5°5o'E. Frisian Islands, Netherlands (2nd) Sands of Forvie: 5 7°2o'N. 2°oo'W. (Aberdeen) AU Labo: 54°25'N. io°i3'E. (Schleswig-Holstein) Germany (4th)

Gannet (Sula bassand) (116; 12-JJ- years) Bass Rock: 56°o4'N. 2°38'W. (East Lothian) PY Reykjavik: 64°o9'N. 2i°58'w\ Iceland (2nd) Bass Rock IVBP Faeroe Islands: c. 62°oo'N. 7°oo'W. (2nd) Ailsa Craig: 55°i3'N. 5°o7'W. (Ayr) B&J Cherchel: 36036':^, 2°n'E. Algeria (7th)

441

15.10.6f

1047582

1047887

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

pull, 1,7.66 Ailsa Craig B&J + 16.12.66 Golfo di Catania: J7°25'N. i5°io'E. Sicily (2nd) pull. 3.7.66 Ailsa Craig B&J 0 5.11.66 oJ"Sfax: }404j'JN. io°45'E. Tunisia (2nd)

A total of 140 recoveries reported in the years 1964-66 from more customary localities are summarised in table A.

Table A—Countries and months of recoveries of Gannets

Country of recovery Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Sweden (x) Norway {&) Denmark (S) Germany (3*) Netherlands (7) Belgium (1) France (29) 'Biscay' (8) Portugal (37) Spain (23*) NW Africa (17)

5 I

17

•Total includes one undated record

NOTE. The tables A-O 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

Cormorant {Phalacrocorax carbo) (150; 6||- years) Twenty-four foreign recoveries—in France, Spain and Portugal—will be tabulated in a future report. Movements in home waters do not call for comment.

I00pl/2 pull. x

Shag {Phalacrocorax aristotelis) (243; 15 years) 26.5.63 Grassholm: 51 °44'N. 5 "29'W. (Pembroke) SkBO 3.5,66 El Perello: 39°i7'N. o°i8'W. (Valencia) Spain (1st)

British Shags are seldom recovered further south than Brittany, and this one must be regarded as a freak. Other 1966 foreign recoveries comprise birds from Fair Isle and the Fame Islands in Germany (September) and the Netherlands (January) respectively, and three from the Isles of Scilly in Finistere, France (two January and one September).

Table B—Countries and months of recovery of Mallard


France (54) Belgium (j*) Netherlands (92*) Germany (40) Denmark (91) Norway (j) Sweden (49*) Finland (40} Poland (4) Baltic States (9) U.S,S,R.{29*)

14 2

S 1

-------

5

-3

--------

>5 *S

1

IS 14

l

3

>

7 18 4

IS IJ z 1

7

10

2 1

~ 6 6

-2

2

5 9

-5 1

-I -

•Total includes undated record(s) See footnote to table A

442

REPORT ON BIRD-RINGING FOR I966

Heron (Ardea cinerea) (21; 100 miles; 5 years) 1041064 pull. 15.5.65 Boyton: 52°04'N. i°29'E. (Suffolk) PRC

xA (12.3.66) Treddunock (Monmouth) 190m. W.

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) (733; 9 $ years) A total of 147 Mallard were recovered abroad. These, together with the 153 and 118 foreign recoveries reported in 1964 and 1965 respectively, are summarised in table B at the foot of page 442.

Teal (Anas creccd) (237; 7-^ years) 3x042)7 pull. 19.6.66 Locker Tarn: 54°i9'N. 2°oo'W. (York) KRS

+ 7.12.66 La Cava: 4o°44'N. 0^43'E. (Tarragona) Spain EC57665 ad. cj 28.11.64 Abberton: 50°ji'N. o°53'E. (Essex)

+ (1.3.66) Koca G61: 4i°2i 'N. 36°4o'E. (Samsun) Turkey (3rd) A further 99 foreign recoveries from more frequented localities will be tabulated in a future report.

Garganey (Anas querquedula) (2; 2 years) EC46676 ad. 6* 28.3.64 Abberton: 5i°5o'N. o°53'E. (Essex)

+ 17.4.66 Ilek: 51 °3 5 'N. 5 3 °24 'E. (Orenburg) U.S.S.R. (3rd) EC46684 ad. <J 24.4.64 Abberton

+ 31.3.66 Grande Briere: 47°22'N. 2°i5'W. (Loire-Atlantique) France The recovery in Orenburg is much the most easterly so far reported for this species.

Gad wall (Anas strepera) ( 1 ; -fe year) SS46528 ad. $ 8.6.66 Loch Leven: 56°i3'N. 3°23'W. (Kinross)

+ 3.11.66 Lough Corrib (Galway) 300m. SW.

Wigeon (Anas penelope) (17; 7 ^ years) 309261; f.g. $ 24.10.62 Mahee Island: 54°30'N. 5°39'W. (Down) PPM

+ 17.9.66 Arneberg: 6o°34'N. i2°oj'E. (Hedmark) Norway (tst) A total of 52 other foreign recoveries reported in the years 1964-66 are summarised in table C.

Table C—Countries and months of recoveries of Wigeon


France (7) _ - _ _ _ - _ _ i I j 2 Netherlands (2) j _ _ _ _ _ _ ! _ _ _ _ Germany (5) _ _ i - - - _ _ _ _ X I

Denmark (5) - - - - - - - - j - j ! Sweden (1) _ _ _ - _ _ - _ x _ _ _ Finland (3) _ _ ' - - - - _ 2 i - - -U.S.S.R. ( j l) - - - 4 14 2 - 4 3 5 1 -

See footnote to table A

Pintail (Anas acuta) (13; 200 miles; 6^- years) AE9874 f.g.? 21.10.62 Mahee Island: 54°3o'N. 5 °39'W. (Down) PPM

+ 0.12.66 R, Seine estuary: c. 49°3o'N. o°ij 'E. France A}B462 j f.g.? 9.1.63 Mahee Island PPM

+ 25.5.66 Mezen': 6 5 V N . 44°i7'E. (Arkhangel) U.S.S.R. AJ92956 f.g. S 4.10.64 Mahee Island PPM

+ (28.11.66) Sunk Island, R. Humber (York) 230m. ESE.

443

BRITISH BIRDS

AJ972J2

AJ2600}

AJ48614

SS46706

f.g.? + f.g. cJ + ad. 5 + ad. $ +

1.12.64 22.5.66

13.2.60 11.9.66

16.1.64 6.2.66

15.1.66 0.11.66

Mahee Island PPM Ust'-Tsil'ma: 6j°26'N. 52°n'E. (Komi) U.S.S.R. Slimbridge: 5i°44'N. 2°25'W. (Gloucester) Filso: 55°43'N. 8°i5'E. Denmark

Abbotsbury: 5o04o'N. 2°36'W. (Dorset) Thessaloniki: 40°38'N. 22°58'E. (Makedhonia) Greece (1st) Abbotsbury Illmitz: 47°46'N. i6°48'E. (Burgenland) Austria (1st)

T h e r e are n o p rev ious south-easter ly recoveries of this species.

AJ76923

SSi2j}6

AJ6)io6

SS42112

AIS}}6y

AT95993

Shove ler {Anas clypeata) (20; 25 mi les ; 3-^- years) pull. 26.6.65 Locker Tarn: 54°2o'N. 2°oo'W. (York) KRS +(=?) - - - - - . _ . . _ -21.3.66 Baie de Somme: J O ° I I ' N . i°35'E. (Somme) France

15.8.65 Sutton Bridge: 5 2 ° 4 4 ' N . O ° I I ' E . (Lincoln) CMR 27.3.66 Val Boccara: 44°54'N. I2°22'E. (Rovigo) Italy (6th) 8.7.62 Venus Pool: 52°43'N. 2°45'w°., Shrewsbury (Shropshire)

S&B 0.3.66 St. Etienne: 47°i6'N. i°47'W. (Loire-Atlantique) France jo.3.66 Deeping St. James: 52°4o'N. o°i7'W. (Lincoln) 6.5.66 Osa: 5 7019'N. 5 5 °29'E. (Perm) U.S.S.R. 21.3.64 Peakirk: 52°38'N. o°i7'W. (Northampton) 31.3.66 Anglure: 48°35'N. 3°49'E. (Marne) France

29.3.64 Slimbridge: 5i°44'N. 2°25'W. (Gloucester) + 8.9.66 «carHarfleur:49°26'N. o°i4'E. (Seine-Maritime) France

Shovelers r inged at A b b e r t o n , 5 i ° 5 o ' N . o°53 'E . (Essex) , w e r e recovered as follows:

juv. $

+ pull.

f.g 9

d*

f-g- 3

f.g. - +

-Kecovered--BJnged— ATS)96c»* 14.7-65 8.1.66 Baie de Somme, France AT&}S6i\ 22.7.64 10.3.66 Agde: 43°i9'N. 3°28'E. (Herault) France YE}o?2* 4.6.65 28.3.66 Gesnes: 48°2i'N. o°oi'E. (Sarthe) France ATSjf/2 3.6.65 28.4.66 Kunashak: 55°42'N. 6i°34 'E. (Chelyabinsk) U.S.S.R. ATSjpfg 13.6.65 15.8.66 Dybs0 Fjord: 55°o9'N. 1 i°42'E.(Sjaelland) Denmark YE307J* 4.6.65 14.8.66 Lake Ilmen: 58°26'N. 3i°22'E. (Novgorod) U.S.S.R. SS21038 3.6.66 21.10.66 Busum: 54°o8'N.8°52'E.(Schleswig-Holstein) Germany SS21008 2.4.66 6.11.66 war Casablanca: 33°39'N. 7°35'W. Morocco (1st) SSuojtf 21.7.66 19.11.66 ZwarteMeer:c. 5 2°36'N.6°oo'E.(Overijssel) Netherlands SS21026 7.5.66 27.12.66 Sanlucar: 36°46'N. 6°2i'W. (Cadiz) Spain(9th) SS21031 27.5.66 (6.12.66) Woumen: 5 i°oo'N.2°52'E. (West Flanders) Belgium

•Ringed as pultus; fringed as juvenile; the remainder were ringed as full-grown

A T 8 3 9 5 2 is the m o s t easterly recovery ever recorded for this species.

S c a u p (Aylhya marila) ( 3 ; 10 mi les ; 4 ^ - years) AJ21324 istW. <J 23.2.62 Newburgh: ^ ° i ^ . 2°oi'W. (Aberdeen) AU

+ 9.10.66 Ust'-Vym': 62°io'N. 5o°4o'E. (Komi) U.S.S.R. (2nd)

T u f t e d D u c k {Aythya fuliguld) (19 ; 150 mi les ; lo - j^ years) AJ26441 f.g. 7.1.63 Newburgh: 57°i9'N. 2°oi'W. (Aberdeen) EAG

+ 2.1.66 Plon: 54°io'N. io°26'E. (Schleswig-Holstein) Germany (ist) AT95949 ad. 6" 26.1.63 Newburgh EAG

+ 25.1.66 Lough Neagh (Antrim) 250m. SW. •AT9S9H ad. 6* 26.1.63 Newburgh EAG

x 24.9.64 Lake Myvatn: 65°37'N. i6°59'W. Iceland (2nd)

444

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SS2102}

SS21028

SS21044

GM2JJ4)

GMJ4746

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AJ26200


juv. <J 18.11.65 Deeping St. James: 52°4o'N. cft-j^W. (Lincoln) () 9.7.66 Brykalansk: 65°28'N. 54°i8'E. (Komi) U.S.S.R. a d . ? 15.6.65 Abbetton: s iV 'N-°°5J 'E-(Essex) + 13.9.66 Ladva: 6i°22'N. 34°37'E. (Karelia) U.S.S.R. ad. <J 28.4.66 Abberton + 12.11.66 Lough Derg (Tipperary) 400m. W. istS. <J 19.5.66 Abberton + 8.10.66 Monkebude: J3°46'N. i}°58'E.(Mecklenburg)GeMnany(aad) ad. o* 10.6.66 Abberton + 1.9.66 Clay Lake, Keady (Armagh) 360m. WNW.

P o c h a r d {Ay thy a ferina) (6 ; 150 mi les ; 2 + years) ad. 0* 17.11.65 Deeping St. James: 52°4o'N. o°i7'W. (Lincoln) + 5.9.66 Spassk: 54°24'N. 40°23'E. (Ryazan) U.S.S.R. (7th) ad. 6* 20.6.66 Abberton: 5i°5o'N. o°53'E. (Essex) + 24.9.66 Corbet Lough, Banbridge (Down) 340m. WNW. ad. <J 17.11.59 Abberton + Jan. 61 or 62 Martot: 49°i8'N. i°04'E. (Seine-Maritime) France(6th) juv. o" 16.12.65 Siimbridge: 5i°44'N. 2°25'W. (Gloucester) + 21.11.66 Penryn, Falmouth (Cornwall) 155m. SW.

Goldeneye (Bucephala clanguld) (1; 3 ^ years) juv. $ 24.11.62 Newburgh: 57°i9'N. 2°oi'W. (Aberdeen) AU + 2.10.66 Norra Vallgrund: 63°n'N. 2i°i7'E. (Vaasa) Finland (1st)

Aj2i})8

There are only three previous foreign recoveries, all from Sweden

Eider {Somateria mollissima) (5 5; 100 miles; 7 ^ years) 422408 ad. <J 22.1.65 Newburgh: i f i ^ . 2°oi'W. (Aberdeen) AU

+ 3.10.66 Dragor: 55°36'N. I2°42'E. (Sjaelland) Denmark (2nd) T h i s is only t he second fore ign recovery of a Br i t i sh-r inged E ide r .

G o o s a n d e r (Mergus merganser) ( 2 ; 3 ^ years) Abberton: 5i°5o'N. o°53'E. (Essex) Saaler Bodden: 54°2o'N. I2°25'E. (Mecklenburg) Germany

(1st)

Walton-on-Thames: 5i°24'N. o°25'W. (Surrey) MJC Heegermeer: 52°57'N. 5°35'E. (Friesland) Netherlands (1st)

AJI6064

AJ230I2

418957

AJ8686)

AJ9J070

ad.? X

f-g. X

21.12.65 14,4.66

20.2.63 29.12.66

Shelduck (Tu ad. $

X

ad. S X

juv. X

2.3.62 18.10.66

23.3.65 5.2.66

27.8.66 26.11.66

Newburgh: 57°i9'N. 2°oi'W. (Aberdeen) AU Norderney: 53°43'N. 7°09'E., East Frisian Islands, Germany

(10th)

Newburgh AU River Ribble (Lancashire) 260m. S.

Sutton Bridge: 52°44'N- o ° n ' E . (Lincoln) C&PM Calenick Creek, Truro (Cornwall) 280m. SW.

Grey Lag Goose (Anser anser) (37; 12- - years) There were eleven recoveries in Iceland: May two, June two, August three and September four.

445

SWTJS

SWT220

SWT;u

istW.<?

+ juv. 9

+ ad. (J

+

21.2.58 24.5.66

21.2.58 I 8 . I I . 6 6

6.3.62 14.1.66


White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) (4; 8^- years)

Slimbridge: 5i°44'N. 2°25'W. (Gloucester) Snopa: 66°45'N. 47°o2'E. (Arkhangel) U.S.S.R.

Slimbridge Schorrentin: 53°5i'N. I2°46'E. (Mecklenburg) Germany

Slimbridge Zevenbergen: 5 i°39'N. 4°36'E. (Noord Brabant) Netherlands

Pink-footed Goose (Anser fabalis brachyrhynchus) (56; 13-$ years)

There was one recovery at Scoresby Sound, east Greenland, in June, and one in

Iceland in May. The remaining recoveries were from customary localities in Great

Britain.

Barnacle Goose (Branta kucopsis) (5; 4 ^ years)

1011513 f.g. $ 2.2.63 Caerlaverock: 54°58'N. 3°26'W. (Dumfries) 4- 0.8.66 Isfjorden: c. 78°i5'N. i5°oo'E. Spitsbergen

1011616 f.g. 2.2.63 Caerlaverock + 17.10.66 Hvidovre Strand: 55°39'N. i2°29'E. (Sjaelland) Denmark (1st)

Canada Goose {Branta canadensis') (40; 13 -& years)

Eleven ringed on the Beauly Firth, Inverness, while moulting, were recovered in

Yorkshire.

Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) (739; 200 miles; 8-^- years)

Z15898 istW. 12.2.65 Abingdon: 5i°4i'N. i°i7'W. (Berkshire) PBW ' ' Silloth (Cumberland) 240m. NNW.

Z4245 f.g. 21.2.63 Maidstone: 5i°i7'N. o°3i'E. (Kent) MKRG Bad Siilze: 54°o8'N. i2°4o'E. (Mecklenburg) Germany (3rd)

i s t W . X

f.g.

0 ad. V

ad. V

12.2.65 27.11.66

21.2.63 c. 1.10.66

31.1.63 18.5.66

11.2.63 29.1.66

Z06203 ad. 31.1.63 Newhaven: 5o°47'N. o°o3'E. (Sussex) CJM Olivet: 47°52'N. i°54'E. (Loiret) France (3rd)

Z12034 ad. 11.2.63 Eastbourne: 50°46'N. o°i7'E. (Sussex) CJM Insto: 57°54'N. n°39'E. (BohuslSn) Sweden (1st)

The foreign recoveries listed above are respectively the most easterly, southerly and northerly so far reported for this species. It seems reasonable to assume that the birds concerned were of Continental origin and that they reached this country in an attempt to avoid the severe weather of early 1963.

Buzzard (Buteo buteo) (3; 20 miles; ^ t year)

AJ9266- pull. 6.6.65 near Sedbergh: c. 54°23'N. 2°32'w". (York) SS v 21.4.66 near Dumfries, c. 65m. NW.

Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) (5; 10 miles; 1^- years)

EC43433 istW. ? 26.10.65 Fair Isle: 59°32'N. i°37'W. (Shetland) v (11.4.66) Trondra, Scalloway (Shetland) 45 m. NNE.

H e n Harrier (Circus cyaneus) (5; 40 miles; 2 years)

SS44208 pull. 28.6.65 Stenness: 5 9 W N . 3°i5'W. (Orkney) EB x (11.3.66) Canna (Inverness) 180m. SW.

Merlin (Falco columbarius) (5; 50 miles; 3 years) So°35': ildy(F

446

20)0919 pull. 23.7.65 Mid-Yell: 6o°35'N. i°o5 'W. (Shetland) RHD x (3.3.66) near Kirkcaldy (Fife) c. 320m. SSW.

i8.ii.66

YDojfi

EC72623

3090578

}09}26j

ED 12406

EC770OJ

EC77060

SS49316

SS32587

SS21422

3082239

AJ8821}

AJ92001

AJ76449

GM2J477

GM2)484

AJ86607

AJ86621

AJ789J6

A]26182


tinnunculus) (59; 150 miles; 6^- years) Kestrel (Falco juv. 11.8.57 + 0.9.60 pull. v

6.7.66 10.11.66

Fair Isle: 59°32'N. i°37'W. (Shetland) 0vre-Sirdal: 5 8°48'N. 6°45 'E. (Vest Agder) Norway (2nd) Birsay: 59°o8'N. 3°i8'W. (Orkney) EB Barbezieux: 45°28'N. o°09'W. (Charente) France

pull. 24.6.64 Kielder: 55°i4'N. 2°35'W. (Northumberland) NRG + (= ?) 1.4.66 Kain: 50°38'N. 3°22'E. (Hainaut) Belgium (5th)

pull. 22.6.63 »«flr Morpeth: 55°o9'N. i°43'W. (Northumberland) B&C x (27.6.66) near Dreux: 48°44'N. i°23'E. (Eure-et-Loir) France

pull. 28.6.66 Dent: 54°i7'N. 2°27'W. Sedbergh (York) SS x (11.12.66) Saxon Street (Cambridge) 185m. SE.

pull. 5.7.66 Thornton-in-Craven: 53°57'N. 2°09'W. (York) W&M x c. 20.10.66 Treowen, Newbridge-on-Usk (Monmouth) 160m. S.

pull. 30.6.65 Whitewell: 53°56'N. 2°34'W. Slaidbum(York) W&M x 25.2.66 Westerwohld: 54°io'N.9°i2'E.(Schleswig-Holstein)Germany

(3rd) pull. 21.6.66 war Burnley: 53°5o'N. 2°i5'W. (Lancashire) W&M x 23.8.66 Worcester Park, Croydon (Surrey) 190m. SE.

Moorhen (Gallinula cbloropus) (30; 40 miles; 7- - years) juv. 12.11.66 Sutton Bridge: 52°44'N. o ° n ' E . (Lincoln) C&PM + 27.11.66 Chatillon-sur-Seiche: 48°02'N. i°4o'W. (Ille-et-Vilaine) France

(3rd) f-g. x

juv.

+ istW. X

ad. + pull.

+ ad. v ad. + ad. + ad.

+ f-g-x

f-g-trs. + ad.

+

22.10.66 Dersingham: 52°5i'N. o°3o'E. (Norfolk) MP 4.11.66 Kersey, Hadleigh (Suffolk) 5 5m. SSE. 5.10.65 Abberton: 5i°5o'N. o°53'E. (Essex) 31.1.66 Marham, Swaffham (Norfolk) 57m. N. 25.12.64 Leybourne: 5i°i8'N. o°28'E. (Kent) MKRG 20.4.66 Lem: 56°36'N. 8°48'E. (Jylland) Denmark (4rd)

Coot (Fulica atra) (19 ; 150 mi les ; 4^ years) 21.11.65 Deeping St. James: 52°4o'N. o°i7'W. (Lincoln) WAC 16.10.66 Vederso: 56°i5'N. 8°i2'E. (Jylland) Denmark 25.7.64 Boyton: 52°04'N. i°29'E. (Suffolk) PRC 6.2.66 Lac de Grand-Lieu: 47°o6'N. i°4o'W. (Loire-Atlantique)

France

1.1.64 Abberton: 5i°5o'N. o°53'E. (Essex) 28.8.66 Novorzhev: 57°o3'N. 29°2o'E. (Pskov) U.S.S.R. (3rd) 24.11.65 Abberton 18.9.66 Stavning: 55°58'N. 8°23'E. (Jylland) Denmark 29.11.65 Abberton 26.1.66 Ouistreham: 49°i6'N. o°i5'W. (Calvados) France 12.12.65 Hoddesdon: 5i°47'N. o°oo (Hertford) RMRG 19.11.66 Nieuwkoop: 52°o8'N. 4°47'E. (Zuid-Holland) Netherlands 6.2.66 Hoddesdon RMRG 4.6.66 Wachtebeke: 5i°io'N. 3°52'E. (East Flanders) Belgium (and) 12.2.63 Slimbridge: 5i°44'N. 2°25'W. (Gloucester) 12.2.63 Shrawley: 52°i7'N. 2°i7'W. (Worcester) 28.8.66 Taasinge: 55'oo°N. io°35'E. (Fyn) Denmark 25.9.65 Slimbridge 10.4.66 Shatura: 55°35'N. 39°32'E. (Moscow) U.S.S.R. (4th)

447


T h e last men t ioned recovery is m u c h fur ther east t han any p rev ious recovery of a Bri t i sh-r inged Coot .

Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostrakgus) (162; 1 3 ^ - years) A total of 38 foreign recoveries f rom cus tomary localities will be tabulated in a future repor t .

L a p w i n g (Vanellus vanellus) (25 ; j-fs years) DSIJOIJ ad. 3.8.64 Blithfield: 52°49'N. I 0 J 6 ' W . (Stafford) C&PM

/?/ 17.4.66 Enkoping: 59°38'N. I7°07'E. (Uppsala) Sweden (2nd) T h e remain ing foreign recoveries are summar i sed in table D .

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

Ireland (i) i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ France (7) 3 - - - - - - ~ i - 1 2 Spain (2) 2 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Portugal ^2) i i _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _


R i n g e d P lover (Charadrius hiaticuld) (7525 mi les ; 8 years) 6}t)]00 ad. 2.9.63 Holbeach: 52°54'N. o°o4'E. (Lincoln) WWRG

+ 26.8.66 Noyelles-sur-Mer: 50^1 I ' N . 1 "43'E. (Somme) France

Litt le R i n g e d P lover [Charadrius dubius) ( 1 ; ^ year) BA82364 pull. 31.5.66 Stanton Harcourt: 5i°45'N. i°25'W. (Oxford) GRMP

v 11.7.66 Minsmere (Suffolk) 130m. ENE.

G r e y P l o v e r (Pluvialis squatarola) (4 ; 10 mi les ; 6-^- years) DS14006 ad. 6.9.63 Dawsmere: 52°5i'N. o°C7'E. (Lincoln) WWRG

X 10.9.66 Ravnsholt: 54°56'N. I I ° I 6 ' E . (Lolland) Denmark (1st) DS140/2 ad. 6.9.63 Dawsmere WWRG

x 24.4.66 Tibenham, New Buckenham (Norfolk) 50m. ESE.

T u r n s t o n e (Arenaria interpres) ( 3 ; 15 mi les ; 6 years) CA8j)2j f.g. 9.12.64 Heysham: 54°02'N. 2°54'W. (Lancashire) AJM

+ 25.5.66 Egedesminde: 68°4o'N. 52°4o'W. Greenland (3rd)

R-7379% Juv . 10.8.60 Spurn Point: 53°35'N. o°o6'E. (York) v 6.8.66 Harty, Sheppey (Kent) 155m. S.

S n i p e (Gallinago gallinago) ( 2 1 ; 3 ^ years) Recover ies in I re land (five), France ( four) , D e n m a r k (one) , Por tuga l (one) and U.S.S.R. ( three) will b e tabula ted in a fu ture r epor t . All recoveries wi th in Grea t Bri tain showed m o v e m e n t s of less than three miles.

W o o d c o c k (Scolopax rusticola) (6, 100 mi les ; 3 ^ years) EC43424 f.g. 23.10.65 Fair Isle: 59°32'N. i°37'W. (Shetland)

+ 6.4.66 Hvidbjerg Plantage: 56°52'N. 8°2i'E. (Jylland) Denmark (3rd) EC 45243 f.g. 17.4.66 Fair Isle

+ 26.12.66 Castletown Bere (Cork) 625m. SW.

2J1296 f.g. 16.4.66 Spurn Point: 53°35'N. o°o6'E. (York) + 28.12.66 Dungarvan (Waterford) 340m. WSW.

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REPORT ON BIRD-RINGING FOR I966

277774 f.g. 22.11.62 Colchester: 5 i°5j'N. o°53'E. (Essex) RVAM + 23.1.66 Royan: 45°38'N. i°02'W. (Charente-Maritime)^France(ioth)

Curlew {Numenius arquota) (28; 80 miles; 8-^- years) near Ukley: 54°oo'N. i049'W. (York) WNS Laurencetown, Ballinasloe (Galway) 260m. W. Walcot: 52°42'N. 2=32^. Wellington (Shropshire) JML Norra Billinge: 59°24'N. i5°07'E. (Orebro) Sweden (ist) Walcot CEW near Kingsbridge (Devon) 170m. SSW. Walcot JML Darum: 55°26'N. 8°37'E. (Jylland) Denmark (4th) Frampton-on-Severn: 5i046'N. 2°22'E. (Gloucester) KJG Terschelling: rfz^H. 5°3o'E., Frisian Islands, Netherlands

(2nd) Stoke: 5 i°27'N. o°3 8'E. Rochester (Kent) NKRG Hojer: 54°58'N. 8°48'E. (Jylland) Denmark (5th)

Bar-tailed God wit (Umosa lapponica) ( 1 ; 1 ^ years) Mahee Island: 54°3o'N. fi<fW. (Down) PPM

+ 6.2.66 Assnalcazar: 37°i8'N. 6°i5'W. (Sevilla) Spain (ist) There are four previous foreign recoveries for this species—in Denmark (two)> France and the U.S.S.R.

}02J}73

3086123

3101165

SS344H

SS43876

EC281S1

2035132

pull.

+ f.g. /?/

f.g. /?/

f-g-

+ f-g-V

f-g-+

12.7.64 4.10.66

24.3.62 4.9.66

30.9.65 26.11.66

1.10.65 1.8.66

7.4.66 19.5.66

17.8.62 4.8.66

Bar-tailed C f-g. 8.9.64

Common Sandpiper (Tringa hypoleucos) (8; 10 miles; 7 ^ years) Sutton Bridge: 52°44'N. o°n'E. (Lincoln) JFWB Sandouville: 49°29'N. o°i9'E. (Seine-Maritime) France (8th) Abberton: 5i°5o'N. o°53'E. (Essex) East Tanfield, Ripon (York) 190m. NW. Abberton Sondica: 43°i7'N. 2°52'W. (Vizicaya) Spain (3rd) Abberton Zele: 5i°o4'N. 4°02'E. (East Flanders) Belgium (2nd)

Redshank (Tritiga totanus) (24; 100 miles; 7-jV years) Rockcliffe: 54°56'N. 2°59'W. (Cumberland) RHB Noyelles: 5o°n'N. i°43'E. (Somme) France Point of Air: 5 }°2i'N. 3°i9'W. (Flint) MRG Coleraine (Londonderry) 185m. NW. Dawsmere: 52°5i'N. o°o7'E. (Lincoln) WWRG near Carentan: c. 49°22'N. i°o8'W. (Manche) France Sutton Bridge: 52°44'N. o°ii'E. (Lincoln) C&PM Foucauld: 33°n'N. 7°55'W. (Casablanca) Morocco (ist) East Tilbury: 5i028'N. o°26'E. (Essex) ABO Stadur: 65°46'N. 2i°5i'W.(Strandasysla) Iceland (2nd)

The recovery in Morocco is much the most southerly one reported for a British-ringed Redshank.

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BA89754

CC20002

CX39855

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DS18054

DS09470

f-g-

+ ad. X

ad.

+ ad. V

30.8.64 30.8.66

9.7.64 7.5.66 6.8.64 13.3.66

21.7.66 31.7.66

Redshank (1 pull.

+ f-g. X

ad.

+ juv.

+ f-g-X

29.5.66 25.8.66

10.4.64 (26.4.66)

26.8.60 17.1.66

28.8.66 23.10.66

8.4.64 e. 10.7.65

Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) (3; 5 miles; 1 ^ years) DS19914 f.g. 25.8.66 Chew Lake: 5i°2o'N.2°38'W. (Somerset) CVRS

v 25.9.66 near Orford (Suffolk) 180m. ENE.

449


CXz)}i!

CXzjyn

CX2660}

CV36052

CX66779

ad.

+ juv. X

juv. X

f-g-V

f-g.

+

3.9.63 20.6.66

3.9.63 2.9.66

6.9.63 15.5.66

18.8.59 22.1.66

22.10.65 31.5.66

Knot {Calidris canutus) (11; 10 miles; 6^- years) Holbeach Marsh: 52°54'N. o°04'E. (Lincoln) WWRG Egedesminde: 68°4o'N. 52°4o'W. Greenland (4th)

Holbeach Marsh WWRG Hals: 57°oo'N. io°i9'E. (Jylland) Denmark (2nd) Dawsmere: 52°5i'N. o"o7'E. (Lincoln) WWRG estuary of R. Tees (Durham) 135m. NNW.

Terrington Marsh: 52°47'N. o°i7'E. (Norfolk) WWRG West Kirby, Wirral (Cheshire) 150m. WNW.

Hoylake: 53°23'N. 3 ° I I ' W . , Wirral (Cheshire) MRG Akunak: 68°45'N. 52°2o'W., Egedesminde, Greenland(5th)

Dunlin {Calidris alpind) (77; 6 years) Table E—Countries and months of recoveries of Dunlin

Country of recovery Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct

Portugal (1) Spain (1) France (i i) Netherlands (i) Germany (j) Denmark (i) Sweden (9) Finland (3) U.S.S.R. (3)


One of the Russian recoveries in table E was from unusually far to the south-east and is given in full: CBS9108 f.g. 7-3.65 Canvey Island: 5i°32'N. o°35'E. (Essex) DGH

+ 0.8.65 Znamenovka: 48°39'N. 35°28'E. (Ukraine) U.S.S.R.

Ruff {Philomachuspugnax) ( 4 ; 10 mi les ; 3-^- years) Shotton: 53°i2'N. 3°02'W. (Flint) C&T Storsjon: 62°48'N. i3°o7'E. (Jamtland) Sweden (1st) Abberton: 5i°5o'N. o°53'E. (Essex) Puyoo: 43°32'N. o°5 5'W. (Basses-Pyrenees) France (6th) Harty: 5i°22'N. o0

5 5 'E. Sheppey (Kent) SWG Vellezzo Bellini: 45°i7'N. 9°o5'E. (Pavia) Italy (6th)

4}J7*&

DSo9j)2

DS14642

juv.? X

ad. cJ

+ f-g-

+

17.8.62 16.5.66

19.2.65 17.1.66

10.10.64 13.3.66

2044340

424619

HW074I3

HW07432

A]90)j2

Arctic Skua (Stercorariusparasiticus) (3; 40 miles; 6^- years) pull. 8.7.62 Fair Isle: 59°32'N. i°37'W. (Shetland) x (19.9.66) Henck, Grangemouth (Stirling) 255m. SSW.

Great Skua {Stercorarius skua) (23; 200 miles; 4 years) pull. xA

pull.

+ pull.

+ pull.

19.7.63 3.8.66

23.7.66 22.10.66

23.7.66 11.11.66

19.6.65 3.2.66

Hermaness: 6o°52'N. o°53'W., Unst (Shetland) NJG Goes: 43°i2'N. o°36'W. (Basses-Pyrenees) France

Hermaness FIBO off Risor: 58°44'N. 9°I5'E. (Aust Agder) Norway (2nd) Hermaness FIBO off Nazare: 39°36'N. 9°04'W. (Estremadura) Portugal Noss: 6o°o8'N. I ° O I ' W . (Shetland) WJE Magescq: 43°46'N. i°i3'W. (Landes) France

450


AJ90365 pull. 20.7.66 Noss WJE + 18.10.66 Ribe: 55°2o'N. 8°47'E. (Jylland) Denmark (7th)

Great Skuas ringed as pulli on Foula: 6o°o8'N. z°o5'W., Shetland, were recovered as follows:

Ringed-

423994 4211J) 4**JJJ 421426 421608 421916 HW02423 HW0242J B.W02484 UW01S06 HW01898 HW03036 HW03655 WW0}}2) HW03S04

-Kecovered-

17.7.63 23.7.63

3.8.63 6.8.63

30.7.64 14.7.65 17.7.65 17.7.65 23.7.65 30.6.66 6.7.66

13.7.66 15.7.66 17.7.66 25.7.66

24.1.67 LeBoucau:43°32'N. i°29'W.(BassesPyrenees)France (13.6.66) Porkeri: 61 °29'N. 6=45 ' W. (Suderoy) Faeroe Islands (3rd) 15.12.63 Ault: 5o°o6'N. i°27'E. (Somme) France r.8.6.66 Sandur: 6 i V ' N . 6°48'W. (Sandoy) Faeroe Islands (4th) 4.12.65 Moeze: 45°54'N. i°o2'W. (Charente-Maritime) France 5.12.65 Soulac: 45°3o'N. i°o6'W. (Gironde) France

(10.1.66) St. Georges: 45°59'N. I°I8'W.(Charente-Maritime)France 26.9.66 Bay of Biscay: 46°oo'N. 2°o4'W.

(21.1.66) Bay of Biscay: 43°45'N. 3°4o'W. 7.10.66 Pesse*: 52°46'N. 6°27'E. (Drenthe) Netherlands

(29.12.66) De Koog: 53°o6'N. 4°46'E., Texel, Netherlands 5.ii.66 Hossegor: 43°39'N. i°25'W. (Landes) France 29.12.66 Le Boucau: 43°32'N. i°29'W. (Basses-Pyrenees) France 18.9.66 Lough Ree* (Westmeath/Roscommon) 500m. SW. 1.12.66 o^Cabourg: 49°i7'N. o°07'W. (Calvados) France 16.9.66 Sychevka*: 55°5o'N. 34°i4'E. (Smolensk) U.S.S.R. (2nd)

•Denotes inland recovery locality (as is that of 424619 on page 450)

HW03804 is much the most easterly recovery reported for this species.

Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) (37; 200 miles; 7 years) HW00955 pull. 7.7.64 Castlecraig: 57-41^. 3°59'W., Nigg (Ross) PRC

x (24.9.66) estuary of R. Medway (Kent) 470m. SSE. 4*443J pull. 8.6.65 Skomer: 5i°44'N. 5°i9'W. (Pembroke) DRS

x 6.2.66 Cap Ferret: 44°37TSI. I°I5 'W. (Gironde) France (6th)

Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) (169; 8- - years) AJ83270 pull. 7.7.63 Flanders Moss: 56°io'N.40i3'W., Kippen (Stirling) BEW

x 5.7.66 Raahe: 64°4o'N. 24°29'E. (Oulu) Finland (1st) The exceptional nature of this recovery may be judged by the fact that in the past 5 7 years only four British-ringed Lesser Black-backed Gulls have been recovered in Scandinavia—two in Denmark, one in southern Sweden and one on the west coast of Norway. Other foreign recoveries reported in the years 1964-66, 249 in all, are summarised in table F.

Table F—Regions and months of recoveries of Lesser Black-backed Gulls Region of recovery Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Belgium (3) 'Channel*

France (8) •Biscay'(35) W Spain* and

Portugal (160) Mediterranean

Spain (13) Morocco (27) Mauritania-^)

•Total includes one undated record See footnote to table A

451

BRITISH BIRDS

Herring Gull (Lartts argentatus) (261; 9 ^ years) GM29460 pull. 30.6.66 Skokholm: 5 i°42'N. 5°i6'W. (Pembroke)

x 11.12.66 Fouesnant: 47°54'N. 4°oi'W. (Finistere) France Only 30 recoveries within the British Isles showed movements of over 100 miles.

Common Gull {Icarus canus) (14; 120 miles; 7-^- years) }0};66</ ad. *7-i.59 Avoch: 57°34'N. 4°io'W. (Ross) JL

+ 7.8.66 Sjona: 66°i8'N. i3°oo'E.(Nordland) Norway AT46108 ad. 3.1.65 Newburgh: 57°i9'N. 2°oi'W. (Aberdeen) AU

x 9.6.66 Lovunden: 66°2i'N. i2°2o'E. (Nordland) Norway EC436J3 f.g. 22.1.66 Benington: 53°oo'N. o°05'E. (Lincoln) JAH

+ 4.9.66 Silkeborg: 56°io'N. 9°4o'E. (Jylland) Denmark (6th) 3007916 2ndW. 3.2.63 Shellhaven: 5i°3i'N. o°32'E. (Essex) VSW

v c. 10.8.66 Lyngor: 58°38'N. 9°io'E. (Aust Agder) Norway

Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus) (238; 16-^- years) EC72927 pull. 22.6.66 Linnheads Lake: 55°o8'N. 2005'W. (Northumberland) NRG

x (8.12.66) Mohammedia: 33°43'N. 7°2o'W. Morocco (2nd) EC70392 pull. 12.6.65 Stoke: 5i°27'N. o°38'E. (Kent) MKRG

+ (16.4.66) Port St. Louis: c. 43°25'N. 4°52'E. (Bouches-du-Rhone) France

Lack of space makes it possible to publish only these two extreme examples of movement by British birds. Other recoveries of birds ringed as pulli were in the Netherlands (one), France (three), Spain (four) and Portugal (two). Black-headed Gulls ringed in the autumn and winter months were recovered in Spain (one), Netherlands (four), Germany (two), Denmark (four), Norway (two), Sweden (eight), Finland (one), Czechoslovakia (two), Latvia (one) and the U.S.S.R. (one).

Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) (47; 11 yg- years) Eleven recoveries from well-frequented overseas localities will be tabulated in a future report.

Common Tern (Sterna hirundd) (41; 12 years) Eleven recoveries from well-represented localities abroad will be tabulated in a future report.

Arctic Tern (Sternaparadisaea) (44; 350 miles; i8-}|- years) There were only four foreign recoveries, but all merit publication in full. The recovery in Australia is much the most distant for any species to result from British ringing and would command a very high place in any world list of the most spectacular recoveries. CK32897 juv. 6.9.66 Fair Isle: 59°32'N. i°37'W. (Shetland) 19.zj hours

. + 8.9.66 0rre: 56°i4'N. 8°53'E. (Jylland) Denmark (4th) //.00 hours CK66P90 pull. 16.7.66 Fame Islands: 55°37'N. i°37'W. (Northumberland)

x (12.8.66) Bad-Oldesloe: 53°49'N. io°22'E. (Schleswig-Holstein) Germany (5th)

CA08600 ad. 1.8.65 Spurn Point: 53°35'N. o°o6'E. (York) v (breeding) 25.5.66 Scharhorn: 53°57'N. 8°26'E., Elbe estuary, Germany (6th)

CKJ1037 pull. 28.6.66 Valley: 53°i7'N. 4°34'W. (Anglesey) J&E x 31.12.66 Bega: 36°4o'S. i49°55'E. (New South Wales) Australia (1st)

452


Roseate Tern {Sterna dougallit) (7; 100 miles; 4-JJ- years) A first-summer bird was recorded in Senegal in May, two in their first-winter and one in its second-winter were reported in Ghana in March, and a two-year-old bird was found oiled in northern Spain in June.

Little Tern {Sterna albifrons) ( 1 ; 6 days) BC33696 juv. 21.8.66 Bradwell-on-Sea: 5i°44'N. o°54'E. (Essex)

+ 27.8.66 Leixoes: 4 i ° n ' N . 8°44'W. (Douro-Litoral) Portugal (6th) Note that the journey was completed in not more than seven days.

Sandwich Tern {Sterna sandvkensis) (117; 8-^- years) 2009102 pull. 26.6.57 Ravenglass: 54°2i'N. 3°25'W. (Cumberland) K.OMF

•y {breeding) 28.5.66 Langerrwerder: 54°02'N. n°5o'E., Poel (Mecklenburg) Germany (German ring Hiddensee 60051188 added)

0 2-3-67 Denu: c. o6°oo'N. I ° I O ' E . , Keta, Ghana A total of 61 other foreign recoveries will be tabulated in a future report. During the breeding season 21 Sandwich Terns were recovered in colonies between 80 and 230 miles from their natal colonies.

Razorbill {Aha tordd) (43; 300 miles; 7-^- years)

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

Italy (1) i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Spain (12) 5 - 1 i - - - - - - 1 4 France (n*) i i 3 1 _ - - - ' x 1 1 1 Belgium (1) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i Netherlands (3) i _ _ i _ _ - _ - - i ~ Norway (3) - _ _ _ - _ _ _ i a - -

•Total includes one undated record See footnote to table A

Two of the recoveries in table G were in the Mediterranean and are published in full: SSj2)66 pull. 2.7.66 Great Saltee: 52°07'N. 6°35'W. (Wexford) DRG

+ 2.12.66 Salobrena: 36°4j'N. 3°35'W. (Granada) Spain SS23610 pull. 29.6.65 Skokholm: 51VN. 5°i6'W. (Pembroke)

x 31.1.66 Portovenere: 44°o3'N. 9°5i'E. (Liguria) Italy (9th)

Guillemot {Uria aalge) (34; 9-Ji- years) Seven recoveries in Norway, two in the Netherlands, four in France and two in Spain will be tabulated in a future report.

Black Guillemot {Uria grylle) (2; -fe year) EC43278 pull. 31.7.65 Fair Isle: 59°32'N. i°37'W. (Shetland)

x 4.4.66 Westray (Orkney) 50m. WSW.

B.C94166 pull. 18.7.66 Fair Isle x 13.8.66 Stronsay (Orkney) 45 m. SW.

The Black Guillemot is the subject of a special study on Fair Isle and most of the ringing of this species is now carried out there. The only long-distance recovery to date involved a Fair Isle bird in Essex in 1953.

453

BRITISH BIRDS

Puffin (Frafercula arctkd) (23; 100 miles; 1 1 ^ - years) SS31386 ad. 13.7.64 Faraid Head: 58°56'N.4°46'W. (Sutherland) PRC

0 (28.2.66) Suances: 43°25'N. 4°03'W. (Santander) Spain (4th) AT51344 ad. $ J7-4-59 Fame Islands: 55°37'N. i°37'W. (Northumberland)

x 22.11.66 South Ness, Lerwick (Shetland) 315m. N . SS24ffi ad. 13.7.64 Rathlin: 55o i7 'N.60 i5 'W. (Antrim) TE

x 5.4.66 Llandudno (Caernarvon) 165m. SE.

Stock Dove (Columba oenas) (12; 10 miles; 2^- years) SS40777 pull. 27.3.66 Glazebury: 5 j°28'N. 2°3o'W., Leigh (Lancashire)

-f 3.7.66 Todmorden (Lancashire) 25m. NE. MRG

Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus) (121; 50 miles; 10-& years) 300406; f.g. 14.2.63 Cranborne: 5o°56'N. ic55'W. (Dorset) JSA

-f 26.3.66 Winners!}, Wokingham (Berkshire) 57m. NE.

20 SopS7

2030018

DS14501

pull.

+ ad. X

pull.

16.7.66 16.9.66

15.5.64 27.6.66 17.7.66 10.9.66

Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) (4; 5 miles; 4 years) Armthorpe: 53°32'N. i°o}'W. (York) PG Cabo de Espichel: 38^24'N. 9°i3'W. (Estremadura) Portugal Great Saltee: 320o7 'N. 6°35'W. (Wexford) F&M Ashdon, Saffron Walden (Essex) 290m, E.

Mentmore; 5i°52'N. 0^41'W. (Buckingham) PED Ericeira: 38°59'N. 9°25'W. (Estremadura) Portugal

Collared Dove {Streptopelia decaocto) (19; 30 miles; i | | - years) EC90017, f.g. 30.1.66 Bradwell-on-Sea: 5i°44'N. o°54'E. (Essex)

x (13.12.66) Youghal (Cork) 370m. W. B.C9006S f.g. 25.6.66 Bradwell-on-Sea

+ 28.10.66 Scarborough (York) 185m. NNW. Collared Doves ringed at Avonmouth, 5i°3i 'N. 2°42'W. (Gloucester), were recovered as follows:

3088585* ;ogU6) 3088671 }0$8672

3088762 3088713

-Ringed- -Remvered-25.10.64 16.10.66 Kilrush (Clare) 295m. WNW.

14X65 29.9.66 Dublin 200m. NW. 30.8.65 r.15.6.66 Drogheda (Louth) 215m. NW. 30.8.65 26.12.65 Avonmouth

22.3.66 at sea St. George's Channel: 49°2o'N. n°o6'W. c. 400m. WSW. 2.1.66 f.7.8.66 Troqueer, Maxwelltown (Kirkcudbright) 250m. N.

17.4.66 3.5.66 Perranporth (Cornwall) 130m. SW. •Ringed as adult; the remainder were ringed as juvenile or first-year

This series provides impressive evidence of the continued westward expansion of this species. There are no previous recoveries in Ireland. See also map 1.

Barn Owl (Tyto alba) (23; 20 miles; 5-J years) 933579 puH- n.7.65 Gouthwaite: 54°o8'N. i°48'W. (York) SS&W

x 16.3.66 Anlaby, Hull (York) 60m. ESE.

Little Owl (Athene noctua) (5; 30 miles; 3 ^ years) SS07008 istW. 29.9.64 Portland Bill: 5o0

3 I 'N. 2°27'W. (Dorset) x 6.11.66 Lower Heyford, Woodstock (Oxford) 105 m. NNE.

454


M A P I . All recoveries of Collared Doves Streptopelia decaocto showing movement of more than 30 miles {drawn by E.. C. Faulkner)

45 5


Swift (Apus apus) (164; 100 miles; 10 years) Worsborough: 53°33'N. i°29 'W. (York) A&B Faira: 55°2o'N. 8°3o'E. (Jylland) Denmark (3rd)

Leigh: 53°3o'N. 2°33'W. (Lancashire) MRG North Sea: 57°oo'K 4°oo'E.

Offertcn: 53°24'N. 2°09'W., Stockport (Cheshire) S&B Le Verdon: 45°3o'N. i°o6'W. (Gironde) France (9th)

Offerton S&B Hoddesdon (Hertford) 145m. SE.

Nantwich: 53°04'N. 2°3i'W. (Cheshire) G&W Beddington, Croydon (Surrey) 155m. SE.

Marston: 52°59 'N. o04 i 'W. (Lincoln) WMP

near Lilongwe: I3°58'S. 33°49'E. Malawi (2nd)

Marston WMP Fordley, Dudley (Northumberland) 15 om. N.

Coven: 52°38'N. 2°c8'W. (Stafford) WAC Pitlessie, Cupar (Fife) 260m. N.

Hoddesdon: 51 "47'N. o°oo'(Hertford) RMRG Hindley, Wigan (Lancashire) 165m. NW.

Hoddesdon RMRG Coven 105 m. WNW.

Epsom: 5i°2o'N. o°i6'W. (Surrey) CE&Q near Lilongwe, Malawi (3rd)

I t is a remarkab le coincidence tha t the t w o African recoveries shou ld b o t h have been in the vicini ty of L i l ongwe in Malawi .

SEI9642

SE.21919

SC9J264

SEI3596

SC26437

SC94J8J

SC94664

SE0056I

SC5097I

SC54397

A44533

f.g. X

ad. X

ad. X

ad. V

f-g. V

ad.

+ ad. V

f.g-V

ad. V

ad. V

ad. X

24.5.66 31.7.66

27.5.65 c. 1.9.66

4.7.65 17.5.66

17.7.65 10.7.66

30.5.62 19.6.66

3.7.65 10.2.66

3.7.65 3.8.66

5.7.65 9.7.66

20.6.63 7.7.66

29.6.63 25.6.66

22.7.60 17.1.66

SC32337

SE28503

JUV. V

v juv. v

Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) (9; 5 miles; 1 year) r (Alcedo atthis) (9; 5 miles; 1 year) Minsmere: 52°i4'N. i°37'E. (Suffolk) HEA Minsmere Holland-on-Si ' " ' " Holbrook: 51

12.9.66 Minsmere 25r

29.8.66 „ „ „ „ . „ » Minsmere

. , . , Holland-on-Sea (E , ,_, . . .

12.8.66 Holbrook: 5 i°59'N. i°io 'E. (Suffolk) PRC 12.9.66 Minsmere 25m. NE.

29.8.00 ivunsmere: 52 14 IN. 1 3 7 c . (,aunou 12.9.66 Minsmere 25.9.66 Holland-on-Sea (Essex) 33m. SSW.

Swallow (Hirundo rustica) (511; 5^- years) 26.9.64 Shotton: 53°i2'N. 3°02'W. (Flint) MRG

Alcora: 40°05'N. o°i4'W. (Castellon) Spain

Bedworth: 52°29 'N. i°28'W. (Warwick) HL AnakaParomo: 2°4i'N. 32°27'E. (Acholi) Uganda (1st)

Bedworth MJD Luluabourg: 5°5 3'S. 22°26'E. (Kasai) Congo (7th)

AR35940, which the finder identified as a Swallow, and which he reported (in a letter dated February) as dying 'one day last month', was presumably wintering in southern Spain. The two African recoveries are from localities unusually far to the east. A further 42 foreign recoveries, no fewer than 3 3 of them from South Africa, will be tabulated in a future report.

AR3J940

HH55749

HH15332

JUV. X

juv. 0 juv. 0

0.1.66

12.9.66 5.12.66

20.9.66 10.11.66

SE05939 House Martin (Delichon urbicd) (9; 25 miles; 3^ - years)

juv. x

5.9.64 20.6.66

West Wycombe: 5i°39'N. o°48'W. (Buckingham) Snitterfield (Warwick) 53m. NW.

SBRG

456

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

AS92663

AR02756

Sand Martin (Riparia riparia) (2,365; 5^- years) ad. 30.5.65 Dunblane: 56°i2'N. 3°59'W. (Perth) RJD v 9.4.66 Sebha: 27°o4'N. I4°25'E. Libya (1st) ad. 20.5.65 Trysull: 52°33'N. 2°i4'W. (Stafford) PD v 22.4.66 Tour du Valat: 43°3o'N. 4°4o'E. (Bouches-du-Rh6ne) France

Evidence is steadily accumulating that, as in the case of Swallows, some Sand Martins return to Britain in spring by more easterly routes than are used for departure in autumn. In addition to the two recoveries above, both indicative of the easterly return, a Sand Martin ringed in Malta in April 1966 was controlled at a Hampshire breeding colony in July. The recovery in Libya is the most southeasterly so far recorded for this species. The remaining foreign recoveries are summarised in table H.

Table H—-Countries and months of recoveries of Sand Martins

Country of recovery Jan Feb Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Nov Dec

Denmark (i) Belgium (3) Biscay (1) France (27) Spain (7)


Recoveries showing movement within Great Britain and Ireland may be tabulated according to distance travelled:

Miles moved Number of birds Miles moved Number of birds

O-IO 11-25 26-50 51-100 101-150

733 432 335 318 207

151-200 201-300 301-400 over 400

122

94 62

15

3102691

EC778IO

)oo}S6o

SS138J}

P12137

BC33468

Rook (Corvus frugilegus) (45; 30 miles; 13^- years) istS. 22.6.65 Newburgh: 57°i9'N. 2°oi'W. (Aberdeen) AU () 12.7.66 Ballogie, Aboyne (Aberdeen) 32m. SW.

Jackdaw {Corvus moneduld) (37; 15 miles; 8^- years) istW. 0

1.12.65 21.5.66

Deeping St. James: 52°4o'N. o0i7'W. (Lincoln) West Acre, King's Lynn (Norfolk) 38m. E.

WAC

Magpie {Picapica) (14; 10 miles; 6^- years) 16.3.60 Duddingston Loch: 55°56'N. 3°09'W. (Midlothian) 27.7.66 Auchenbowie, Bannockburn (Stirling) 32m. WNW. 31.5.64 Mentmore: 5i°53'N. o°4i'W. (Buckingham) HMG 30.4.66 Hemel Hempstead (Hertford) 14m. SE.

Jay (Garrulusglandarius) (28; 10 miles; 9^- years) pull. 1.6.64 East Mailing: 5i°i8'N.o°26'E. (Kent) MKRG x 22.7.66 Ashford (Kent) 20m. ESE.

f-g-x

pull. X

DRA

Great Tit (Parus major) (152; 30 miles; S% years) f.g. 16.10.65 Bamburgh: 55°36'N. i°42'W. (Northumberland) v 30.4.66 Arcot, Cramlington (Northumberland) 35 m. S.

BRS

457


pull. X

f.g.c X

BA?}7r? f.g.

BB07293

AH49797

4.6.66 Ancaster: 52°59'N. o°32'W. (Lincoln) JJL 20.12.66 Staveley, Chesterfield (Derby) 38m. WNW. 5.10.65 Bradwell-on-Sea: 5i°44'N. o°54'E. (Essex) 26.8.66 West Wittering (Sussex) 100m. SW.

8.11.65 Frieth: 5i°36'N. o°49'W. (Buckingham) SBRG 20.5.66 Horndon, Stanford-le-Hope (Essex) 55m. E.

B l u e T i t (Parus caeruleus) (338; 30 mi les ; 7 ^ - years) SE16791 istW. 25.12.65 Gravesend: 5i°27'N. o°24'E. (Kent) B&K

v 21.12.66 Crawley Down (Sussex) 33m. SW. I t is a n u m b e r of years since there have been so few 'd is tant ' recoveries t o list for this species.

HB58803

AN17293

HA29406

L o n g - t a i l e d T i t {Aegithalos caudatus) (19; 10 mi les ; 3-^- years) f.g. 20.10.65 Holme: 52°58'N. o°33'E. (Norfolk) HBO v 10.4.66 North Walsham (Norfolk) 35m. ESE. f.g. 26.12.64 Walcot: 52°42'N. 2°32'W. (Shropshire) RES v 20.5.66 Tettenhall, Wolverhampton (Stafford) 17m. ESE.

f.g. 27-9-65 Minsmere: 52°i4'N. i°37'E. (Suffolk) HEA v 27.5.66 Weald Park, Brentwood (Essex) 70m. SW.

i-JI years) ABS0691

Treecreeper {Certhia familiaris) ( 2 ; 3 mi les ; f.g. 29.3.64 Edinburgh: 55°57'N. 3°i3'W. (Midlothian) DEB X 17.2.66 Aberlady (East Lothian) 13 m. E.

Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) (13 ; 15 mi les ; 2 ^ - years) Thomhill: 5 5 ° 15 'N. 3 °46'W. (Dumfries) NSRG Murraythwaite, Ecclefechan (Dumfries) 20m. SE.

anurus biarmicus) ( 4 1 ; 30 mi les ; 2 ^ - years) Walberswick: 52°i8'N. i°37'E. (Suffolk) DBC Springhead, Northfleet (Kent) 80m. SW. Minsmere (Suffolk) 75 m. NE.

Chew Lake: 5i°2o'N. 2°38'W. (Somerset) CVRS Chichester (Sussex) 85 m. ESE.

Chichester: 50°48'N. o°48'W. (Sussex) CJM Minsmere 140m. NE.

Stanpit: 5o°44'N. i°44'W., Christchurch (Hampshire) CHRS near Alkmaar: 52°39'N. 4°47'E. (Noord-Holland) Netherlands

( i s t )

Stanpit CHRS Minsmere 175m. NE.

T h e recoveries selected for publ icat ion reveal that an e rup t ion sou th-wes twards f rom the b reed ing g r o u n d s may be (and perhaps normal ly is) fol lowed by a re tu rn m o v e m e n t . A l t h o u g h the recovery in the Ne the r l ands is un ique , there are nine records of D u t c h - r i n g e d Bearded Ti ts in E n g l a n d and Wales . D u r i n g the year Suffolk-ringed bi rds were recovered in K e n t (four) and H a m p s h i r e ( three).

Mist l e T h r u s h (Turdus viscivorus) (28; 15 mi les ; 7 ^ - years) CX77968 pull. 10.5.66 Castor Hanglands: 52°36'N. o°2o'W. (Northampton) C&F

4- 15.11.66 Mourens: 44°39'N. o°i2'W. (Gironde) France (15th) All foreign recoveries for this species have been in France .

AX28I6S

AH46680

H B 8 7 I I 3

N72406

AX36330

AX36459

f.g. X

28.8.65 (26.9.66)

Bearded Ti t (J juv. S V V

f.g-6" V

f.g.c? V

f.g.c? V

f.g-? V

6.7.64 3.11.65 7.10.66

14.11.65 30.1.66

30.1.66 23.9.66

21.10.65 20.8.66

6.3.66 25.9.66

458

64S4JX.

67397S

CVjo<>4;

CB49803

CA78092

CB21782

CX52303

CX9790J

CX}<249

CV16422

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

Fieldfare (Turduspilaris) (23; 20 miles; 4 ^ years) f.g. $ 11.8.61 Spurn Point: 53°35'N. o°o6'E. (York) x end 1.66 Alt-Lichtenwarth: 48°38'N. i6°48'E. Austria (ist) istW. 2.11.63 Spurn Point + (6.2.66) near Khiliomodhion:

+ ad.

37°48'N. 2 2 ° J I ' E . (Corinth) Greece (ist)

Cleethorpes: 53°34'N. o"o2'W. (Lincoln) CRG Jonsvatn: 63°24'N. io°3j'E. (Sor-Trondelag) Norway

near Skegness: 53Qi6'N. o°i7'E. (Lincoln) KA Cuba: 38°09'N. 7°54'W. (Baixo-Alentejo) Portugal (and) Holbeach: 52°49'N. o°oi'E. (Lincoln) RKS Raski Kanal: 44°58'N. I4°03'E. (Hrvatska) Jugoslavia (ist) Thorpe: 52°37'N. i°2o'E. (Norfolk) JFWB Marzabotto: 44°2i 'N. 11 ° 12'E. (Bologna) Italy (7th)

Boughton: 52°35'N. o°3o'E. (Norfolk) GRMP war Verona: 45°26'N. n°oo'E. Italy (8th)

Little Clacton: 5i°jo'N. i°09'E. (Essex)- SC Tormine di Mozzecane: 45°i8'N. io049'E. (Verona) Italy (9th) Stock: 5i°4i'N. o°26'E. (Essex) AGH Godunovo: 56-29^. 39°02'E. (Vladimir) U.S.S.R. (ist)

Navestock: 51 > ' N . 0° 12'E. (Essex) DGH Somi6: 43°32'N. 5

036'W. (Oviedo) Spain (3rd) In addition to the above remarkable list of recoveries, there were five reported from France between October and January, and six breeding season recoveries— three in Norway and three in Finland. It is interesting to compare these recoveries with the map published in the 1964 report (Brit. Birds, 58: 5 66).

ad. «J /? /

f-g-

+ ad.

+ istW. $

+

27.12.65 23.10.66

23.10.6; 0.12.66

5.1.64 13.1.66

2.1.65 27.12.66 15.1.66 24.12.66

15.1.66 10.12.66

f.g. 18.1.66 () (breeding) 22.5.66

f-g-

+ 13.3.66 21.11.66

Song Thrush (J'urdusphilomelos) (302; 7^- years) Table I—Countries and months of recoveries of Song Thrushes


Great Britain (276*) o-z miles 5-10 miles n-100 miles 100+ miles

Netherlands (1) Belgium (1) France (16*) Spain (6) Portugal (a)

49 4 S

27 4 i


Published in full are all recoveries of birds ringed April-August and travelling more than ioo miles. Table I summarises all recoveries reported during the year.

St. Andrews: 56°2o'N. 2°48'W. (Fife) JLSC St. Estephe: 45°i6'N. o°46'W. (Gironde) France

Benacre: 5z°2i'N. 1 "43'E. (Suffolk) AGH Bermeo: 43°25'N. 2°44'W. (Vizcaya) Spain

Cholsey: 5i°34'N. i ^ W . (Berkshire) OOS Cherac: 45°43'N. o°27'W. (Charente-Maritime) France

CV6528I

CX}629)

CB71372

CX40271

pull.

+ f-g.

+ juv. X

f-g.

+

6.6.66 20.11.66

30.5.66 13.H.66

9.6.65 0.1.66

4.6.65 17.1.66

Dungeness: 50°55'N. o°59'E. (Kent) St. Malo: 48°39'N. 2°oo"W. (Ille-et-Vilaine) France

459

BRITISH BIRDS

;$744R. juv. 9.8.64 Portland Bill: 5o°3i'N. 2°27'W. (Dorset) + 1.1.66 St. Suliac: 48°34'N. I°J8 'W. (Ille-et-Vilaine) France

R e d w i n g (Tardus iliacus) (53; 3 ^ years) A total of 41 foreign recoveries are summarised in table J, the more outstanding amongst them also being published in full. Whilst many of the recoveries in southern France and Iberia are in the winter of ringing, this is rarely the case with the more south-easterly ones and CX46768 is thus of added interest.

Table J—Countries and months of recoveries of Redwing Country of recovery Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nor Dec

Belgium (3) _ - _ _ - _ _ _ _ 2 i -France (14) 5 1 I - - - - - I 2 5 1 Spain (3) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - i a Portugal (6) 1 - 1 - - - - - - - 1 1 Italy (8) - - 1 - - - - - - 2 4 1 Greece (1) ! - - - _ _ _ _ - _ - -Turkey (1) i - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -Iccland (1) - - - r - _ - - - - - -Finland (2) - - - - J - J - - - - -U.S.S.R.{2) - _ _ ! _ _ _ _ , _ - _

CXli)4J

CX}0247

CX46768

CX37419


f.g-

+ ad. x

f-g-X

f.g.

+

13.10.65 (7.1.66)

Fair Isle: 59°32'N. 50$7'W. (Shetland) Kadirli: 37°22'N. 36°05'E. (Adana) Turkey (ist)

12.4.64 Fair Isle c. 20.4.64 Raudkollsstadir: 64°49'N. 22°2c/W. (Hnappadalssysla) Ice

land (and) 1.10.65 Fair Isle early 1.66 near Volos: 39°25'N. 23°o5'E. (Magnisia) Greece (ist) 19.1.65 Swansea: 5i°38'N. 3°57'W. (Glamorgan) CMR 1.3.66 Roccaforte: 38°03'N. I5°53'B. (Calabria) Italy

CAoS6fj

CXS2224

CV}7ij6

R i n g Ouze l (Tardus torquatus) (4; 5 miles; 3 ^ - years) istW. cj 1.10.65 Spurn Point: 53°35'N. o°o6'E. (York)

Argeles-Gazost: 43°oi'N. o°o6'W. (Hautes-Pyr&iees) France Gibraltar Point: 53°o6'N. o°zi'E. (Lincoln) Vieux-Mareuil: 45°26'N. o°3o'E. (Dordogne) France Bardsey: 52°46/N. 4°48'W. (Caernarvon) Pointe ds Branne: 44°42'N. i°04'W. (Gironde) France

+ c. 4.4.66 istW. cj 8.10.66 x 16.10.66 istW. $ 9.10.66 -+- 23.10.66

Blackbird (Tardus merula) (1,446; 9^- years)

Published in full are a Spanish recovery of a bird of probable British or Irish origin, two recoveries from unusually far north in Finland and a south-easterly record from Germany:

CX8J864

CB94230

CV18206

CA30858

juv. 17.8.65 CalfofMan: 54°03'N. 4°49'W. x 12.2.66 Comillas: 43°23'N. 4°i7'W. (Santander) Spain istW.? 7.11.6$ Hornsea: 53°55'N.o0io'W. (York) CC x 7.5.66 Kivesjarvi: 64°28'N. 27°28'E. (Oulu) Finland ad. J /?/ f-g-9 x

7.5.66 12.12.65 Cleethorpes: 53°34'N.o°o2'w". (Lincoln) CRG

(24.10.66) Peltovuoma: 68°24'N. 24°io'E. (Lappi)Finland 17,11.63 Kesgrave: 520051S1. t°i3'E. (Suffolk) PRC 5.8.66 ««<wFloha: 5o°55'N. i3°07'E. (Sachsen) Germany

460

zoo 9 l

•5* 7 -

48 8 z

29 5 -

37 2

-

61

! 1

46 7 4

REPORT ON BIRD-RINGING FOR I 9 6 6

Table K—Countries and months of recoveries of Blackbirds


Great Britain (1,287*) 0-2 miles 64 78 134 159 181 3-100 miles IJ 12 10 12 xoo-f- miles - l a — '

Ireland (10) 2 - 4 - - - - - 1 -Spain(6) 1 j - - ! - - - - -France (17) 3 1 1 - 1 - - - - 4 Belgium (1) 1 - - - - - - - - -Netherlands (11) z - 2 2 1 1 - 1 - 1 Germany (21) - 1 5 5 4 1 2 3 - -Denmark (8) - _ 4 2 _ _ I _ » _ Norway (37*) - - 6 8 1 1 3 — — 15 Sweden (34*) - 1 3 18 2 1 2 2 - 3 Finland (13) - - - 3 1 2 3 x 1 2 Estonia (1) _ - _ i _ - _ _ - -


BA52159

BC740SS

BBi28oi

AX07258

BC<>27}8

Wheatear {Oenanthe oenanthe) (6; 70 miles; 1^- years) 2.8.64 10.3.66 20.8.66 25.9.66

Fair Isle: 59VN. i°37'W. (Shetland) Aoulef e) Arab: z7°oo'N. i°04'E. (Tidikelt) Algeria (1st) Fair Isle near Sanlucar: 36°46'N. 6°2i'W. (Cadiz) Spain Copinsay: 58°54'N. 2°4i'W. (Orkney) EJW Orellana: 39°oo'N. sV'W. (Badajoz) Spain St. Mary's Island: 55°05'N. i°29'W. (Northumberland) B&C Spurn Point (York) 115m. SE. Goyt Valley: 53°i8'N. i°59'W. (Derby) S&B mar Alconbury (Huntingdon) c. 90m. SE.

Aoulef el Arab, the recovery locality of BA52159, is an oasis in the Sahara, and the recovery is the most southerly recorded for this species. Out of a grand total of 120 recoveries, all the 53 foreign ones are shown on map 2.

istW.

+ istW.

+ f.g. 19.8.66 + autumn 66 istW. v pull. X

4.9.65 26.4.66 3.6.66

(8.8.66)

Whinchat (Saxhola rubetrd) (6; 5 miles; i-JJ- years) Fair Isle: s g V N . i°37'W". (Shetland) Puerto de Santa Maria: 36°36'N. 6°i2'W. (Cacliz) Spain (10th) Cumnock: 55°27'N. 4°i6'W. (Ayr) JSP St. Vincent de Tyrosse: 43°39'N. I ° I8 'W. (Landes) France Bamburgh: 55°36'N. i°42'W. (Northumberland) BRS Gosforth (Northumberland) 40m. S. Spurn Point: 53°35'N. o°o6'E. (York) Faro: 37Doi'N. 7°56'W. (Algarve) Portugal Spurn Point La Granja: 40°53'N. 4°oi'W. (Segovia) Spain (nth)

The grand total of recoveries of this species is now 45, of which 33 have been abroad. The latter are all marked on map 3.

HC4J7J6

4Xi7994

AN49j76

AS23540

AS2}6)j

istW. ?

pull.

+ juv. x e.

istW. $ X

istW. $ X

9.9.66 30.10.66

9.7.66 17.10.66

19.7.64 2.7.66

4.9.65 8.10.66

4.9.65 25.9.66

Redstart (Pboenicurus pboenkurus) (21; 70 miles; 3 $ years) AX37577 istW.? 25.9.65 Isle of May: 56on'N.2033'W. (Fife)

0 6.4.66 Zanzur: 32°49'N. i3°oi'E., Tripoli, Libya (1st)

461

WHEATEAR WHINCHAT BLACK REDSTART

M A P S 2, 3 and 4. All foreign recoveries of Wheatear Oenantbe oenanthe, Whinchat Saxicola rubelra and

Black Redstart Pboemcurus ochrnros. Recoveries mentioned in this report are marked by open circles and

previous ones by solid circles {drawn by R. C. Faulkner)

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

Hamsterley: 54°4i'N. i°49'W. (Durham) ND&N St. Andrew: 49°26'N. 2°35'W. (Guernsey) Channel Islands

(3rd) Calf of Man: 54°03'N. 4°49'W. Vitoria: 42-5 I ' N . 2°4o'W. (Alava) Spain

Hilbre: 53°23'N. 3°4i 'W. (Cheshire) HiBO Dunning (Perth) 210m. N.

Bardsey: 52°46'N. 4°48'W. (Caernarvon) Cafede: 39°55'N. 7°32'W. (Beira-Baixa) Portugal

Reydon: 52°2i'N. i°39'E. (Suffolk) CGDC Palaciosdela Sierra: 4i°58'N. 3°07'W. (Burgos) Spain

Benacre: 5 2°21TS1. 1 "43 'E. (Suffolk) AGH Furusjoen: c. 6i°45'N. 9°4j'E. (Opland) Norway (1st)

Parkend: 5i°46'N. 2°33'W. (Gloucester) BC Bacilly: 48°42'N. i°26'W. (Manche) France

Parkend EGI Eibar: 43°io'N. 2°28'W. (Guipuzcoa) Spain Havering: 5i°37'N. o ° n ' E . Romford (Essex) JEF Hovingham, Malton (York) 185m. N.

Meopham: 5i°23'N. o°22'E. (Kent) MKRG Hesketh Bank (Lancashire) 210m. NW.

Dungeness: jo°55'N. o°59'E. (Kent) Albufeira: 37°o5'N. 8°i5'W. (Algarve) Portugal

Black Redstart {Phoenkurus ochruros) ( i ; i^- years) AS26660 istW. 28.3.65 Dungeness: 5o°55'N. o°59'E. (Kent)

x 0.7.66 Chambray: 47°2o'N. o°43'E. (Indre-et-Loire) France (3rd) All the eleven foreign recoveries to the end of 1966 are shown on map 4.

ASj7}}6

AS78164

HB08467

AS48100

HA77971

HAjiS)2

H53416

HC48762

AK)S/o4

HA22J02

HB74100

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ad. S

+ f.g. & X

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+ juv. X

f-g-x A

f-g-<? x

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i s tW. X

R E P O R T

10.6.66 c. 18.9.66

2.5.65 0.9.66

23.4.66 21.6.66

23.4.65 27.9.66

5.9.65 early 4.66

4.9-65 8.7.66

6.6.62 (26.4.66)

18.5.66 10.9.66

3.9.63 5.5.66

3 30.8.65 23.4.66

<J 20.4.66 (1.10.66)

AS88429

HB82640

HE41264

YLC66971

AR24819

HH70061

HB2J20I

HB82I98

AR46465

HE489I2

f-g-X

f-g-X

f-g-

+ f-g-X

f-g.

+ ad. X

f-g-

+ ad. /?/

f-g-V

f-g-X

9.4.66 19.11.66

14.4.66 (26.11.66)

15.10.66 21.11.66

15.10.66 22.11.66

29.4.65 (12.2.66)

19.10.66 (28.12.66)

15.10.66 c. 22.11.66

16.10.66 (28.11.66)

25.10.64 24.4.66

10.10.66 17.11.66

Robin (Erithacus rubecula) (219; 6 ^ years) Fair Isle: 59°32'N. i°37'W. (Shetland) Tongeren: 50°47'N. 5°28'E. (Limburg) Belgium (6th) Fair Isle Vejer de la Frontera: 36°i5'N. 5°58'W. (Cadiz) Spain St. Andrews: 56°2o'N. 2°48'W. (Fife) JLSC Adamuz: 38°02'N. 4°32'W. (C6rdoba) Spain

Fife Ness: 56°i7'N. 2036'W. (Fife) JLSC

Bayonne: 43°3o'N. i°28'W. (Basses-Pyrenees) France

Isle of May: J 6 ° I I ' N . 2°35'W. (Fife) mar Orleansville: 36°ii 'N. i°2i 'E. Algeria (1st) Newton-by-Sea: 5 5°32'N. i°36'W. (Northumberland) Talairan: 43°o2'N. 2°39'E. (Aude) France

Scarborough: 54°i7'N. o°24'W. (York) RH Chiclana de Segura: 38°i9'N. 3°02'W. (Jaen) Spain

Tetney Lock: 53°29'N. o°oi'W. (Lincoln) CRG Villafranca: 37°58'N. 4°34"W. (Cordoba) Spain

Gibraltar Point: 5 3°o6'N. o°2i'E. (Lincoln) Akeroya: 59°02'N. io°53'E. (0stfold) Norway (5th)

B&C

Holme: 52°58'N. o°33'E. Hunstanton (Norfolk) Villanueva: 38°oo'N. 3°54'W. (Jaen) Spain

463

HBO

BRITISH BIRDS

AR}ni4 uv. X

AK4I482

HH80I79

AS 3 08 20

AS26611

AK28}}0

4.7.65 20.1.66

Walberswick: 52°i8'N. i°4i 'E. (Suffolk) DBC Moas en Baroeul: 5o°38'N. 3°o7'E. (Nord) France

17.6.64 Fteith: 5i°38'N.o°52'W. (Buckingham) SBRG (24.12.66) La Chevroliere: 47°o6'N. i°37'W. (Loire-Atlantique) France

Sandwich Bay: 5i"i7'N. i°2o'E. (Kent) Languevoisin: 49°44"N. 2°j6'E. (Somme) France

Ewhurst: 5i°o9'N. o°z6'W. (Surrey) L&JW LaBernerie: 47°oj'N. 2°02'W. (Loire-Atlantique) France

Dungeness: 5o°55'N. o°59'E. (Kent) Entroncamento: 39°28'N. 8°28'W. (Ribatejo) Portugal (8th) BeachyHead: 50°44'N.o°i6'E.(Sussex) BHRS Linghem: 50°36'N. 2°22'E. (Pas-de-Calais) France

A frontal system moving northwards up the North Sea on 14th and 15 th October 1966 produced a substantial fall of Robins, which is reflected in the ringing dates of several of the above.

uv. x uv. X

f.g. X

istW.

/?/ f-g-X

15.10.66 6.11.66

7.8.65 16.1.66

31.10.64 2.12.66 25.9.64 0.1.66

Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) (34; 50 miles; 4^- years) Anderby: 53°i6'N. o°i8'E. Skegness (Lincoln) HRG Safi: 32°2o'N. 9°i7'W. Morocco (3rd)

Wiggenhall: 52°4i'N. o°23'E. (Norfolk) JAH Anadia: 40°26'N. 8°26'W. (Beira-Litoral) Portugal

Walberswick: 52°i8'N. i°37'E. (Suffolk) DBC Bustos: 4o°3o'N. 8°36'W. (Beira-Litoral) Portugal

Fuiboum Fen: 52°n'N. o°i4'E. (Cambridge) ASC Paderne: 37°io'N. 8°n 'W. (Algarve) Portugal

Abberton: 5i°5o'N. o°53'E. (Essex) Ain Sebaa: 33°4o'N. 7°33'W. Casablanca, Morocco (4th) Cliffe: 5i°28'N. o0

3o'E. (Kent) NKRG Tangier: 35°49'N. 5°52'W. (1st)

Chew Lake: 5i°2oTSI. 2°}8'W. (Somerset) CVRS Golega: 39°24'N. 8°29'W. (Ribatejo) Portugal

Chichester: 5o°5o'N. o°48'W. (Sussex) CHI Abrantes: 39°28'N. 80iz'W. (Ribatejo) Portugal

Eastbourne: 50°46'N. o°i7'E. (Sussex) RHC Carreiras: 4i°4o'N. 8°29'W. (Beira-Litoral) Portugal

Portland Bill: 50°3i'N. 2°27'W. (Dorset) Walcot, Wellington (Shropshire) 150m. N.

Sprotborough: 5 3 V ' N - I ^ I ^ . (York) FW Gatteville: 49°4i'N. I ° I 8 ' W . (Manche) France (7th)

Old Denaby: 53°28'N. i°i5'W. (York) HEB Chichester (Sussex) 185m. S.

Willington: 52°5i'N. i034'W. (Derby) W&W

Lavadores: 4i°o8'N. 8°4o'W. (Douro-Litoral) Portugal (2nd) Holbrook: 5i°59'N. I ° I O ' E . (Suffolk) PRC Chichester 110m. SW.

Weston Turville: 51 °47 'N. o°46'W. (Buckingham) SBRG Uddingston, Bothwell (Lanark) 310m. NNW.

464

HH40760

AR05530

AN9II29

SC77373

AS 00) 84

HE40247

HA07082

HE70669

AX32610

N98165

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+ juv.

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+ ad. / ? /

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juv. X

ad.

+ juv.

+ f-g.

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24.9.66 1.11.66

29.8.64 0.9.66

3.8.64 5.9.66

21.5.64 (27.9.66)

20.8.64 31.10.66

16.9.66 5.11.66

31.7.65 27.8.66

15.8.66 24.9.66

5.9.65 (16.2.66)

f.g. 24.5.64 v [breeding) 5.7.66

Sedge Warbler (Acr AN8i8}<S

HE35503

HC02851

EH13290

HA68539

f-g-X

juv. V

f-g-X

juv. V

ad. X

5.6.65 23.4.66

8.8.66 16.8.66

2.7.66 8.9.66

29.8.66 9.9.66

15.8.65 13.5.66

HCS4909

HB07523

HBSy}6)

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AS26148

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AS22520

HB04344

HB04430

HB16018

HB16126

HB57038

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UA6S864

HB59981

HBg/294

AN/41y 4

AX} 6 029

HB66090

HE}o8j}

AX50455

ad. 0

juv. V

f-g. V

ad. X

i s tW. V

juv. X

JUV. V

R E P O R T

25.8.66 13.9.66

4.9.65 3.5.66

24.4.66 19.8.66

19.8.65 0.8.66

8.9.64 1.5.66

4.8.64 (13.6.66)

20.9.64 3.5.66

juv. 22.8.65 v {breeding) 11.7.66

juv. V

juv. V

juv.

+

23.8.65 10.5.66

24.8.65 23.6.66

29.8.65 (11.4.66)

Blackcap (Syh ad. <? 19.9.65 x (17-3-66)

ad. <J

+ juv. $ X

juv.

+ f.g.6*

+ juv. <J X

f-g.? + i s tW. <J X

i s tW. 3

+ f-g-9 V

17.8.66 25.10.66

5.9.65 1.4.66

25.8.66 29.12.66

7.4.66 2.10.66

31.7.64 2.4.66

12.9.65 17.5.66

16.9.65 end 10.65

14.9.66 14.10.66

21.8.66 29.10.66

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

Colnbrook: 5i°29'N. o V ' W . (Buckingham) FKB Sao Marcos da Serra: 37°2i'N. 8°23'W. (Algarve) Portugal

(J«i)

Chew Lake: 51 °2o'N. 2°3 8'W. (Somerset) CVRS Bardsey (Caernarvon) 130m. NW.

Chew Lake CVRS Birjdid: 33°26'N. 8°oo'W. (Casablanca) Morocco (ist) Lundy: 5i°i2'N. 4°4o'W. (Devon) Midleton (Cork) 165m. TOW.

Dungeness: 50°55'N. o°59'E. (Kent) Great Saltee (Wexford) 330m. W.

Chichester: 50°5oTSf. o°48'W. (Sussex) CHI Kilmore, Drumsna (Roscommon) 370m. NW.

Chichester CHI Wilsford, Sleaford (Lincoln) 145 m. N. Chichester CHI Attenborough (Nottingham) 140m. N. Chichester CHI Calf of Man 280m. NW.

Chichester CHI Polesworth (Warwick) 125m. NNW. Chichester CHI Colomb-Bechar: 3i°35'N. 2°i7'W. Algeria (ist)

Knaresborough: 54°oi'N. i°28'W. (York) KRS Carmona: 37°28'N. 5°38'W. (Sevilla) Spain

Glasbury: 52°o3'N. 3°i2'W. (Radnor) JLSC Bin-el-Ouidane: 32°o5'N. 6°25'W. (Beni Mellal) Morocco (3rd)

Weston Turville: 51 " 4 7 ^ . o°46'W. (Buckingham) SBRG Essaouira: 3i°3o'N. 9°48'W. Morocco (4th)

Stock: 5i°4i'N. o°26'E. (Essex) AGH near Beni Mellal: 32°2o'N. 6°4o'W. Morocco (5U1) Chew Lake: 5i°2o'N. 2°38'W. (Somerset) CVRS Zaldivar: 43°io'N. 2°33'W. (Vizcaya) Spain

Sandwich Bay: 5i°i7'N. i°2o'E. (Kent) Tourriers: 45°48TM. o ° n ' E . (Charente) France (8th) Hengistbury Head: 50°43'N. i°45'W. (Hampshire) CHRS Bilbao: 43°i5'N. 2°55'W. (Vizcaya) Spain

Slapton: 50°i7'N. 3°39'W. (Devon) SIBO Loja: 37°io'N. 4°09'W. (Granada) Spain

Slapton SIBO Taounate: 34°25'N. 4°39'W. Morocco (6th) Marazion: 50°o8'N. 5°3o'W. (Cornwall) EG Lasseube: 43°i3'N. o°29'W. (Basses-Pyrenees) France (9th)

Garden Warblef {Sylvia boriri) ( 6 ; 15 mi les ; z% years) AX02909 f.g. 13.8.65 Isle of May: 56°n'N. 2°33'W. (Fife)

x 25.4.66 Biarritz: 43°29'N. i°33'W. (Basses-Pyrenees) France (4th)

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11.9.66 27.9.66

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Isle of Mav Heligoland: 5 4 ° I I ' N , 7°55'E. Germany (2nd) Benacre: 52°2i'N. i°43 'E. (Suffolk) AGH Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh (Hampshire) 160m. SW.

Weston Turville: 5i°47'N. o°46'W. (Buckingham) SBRG Sincey-les-Rouvray: 47°26'N. 4°o8'E. (Cdte-d'Or) France (5th)

Slapton: 5o°i7'N. 3°39'W. (Devon) SIBO El Ksiba: 32°32'N. 6°02'W. Morocco (3rd)

Bamburgh: 55°36'N. i°42'W. (Northumberland) CC Chemaia: 32°05'N, 8°4o'W. Morocco (4th)

SeatonBurn: 55'03'N. i°37'W. (Northumberland) NRG Gouveia: 40°29'N. 7°35'W. (Beira-Alta) Portugal

Barrow: 54°07'N. 3°i4'W. (Lancashire) BS Sor: i6°02'N. i6°29'W., St. Louis, Senegal (and)

Formby: J J ^ ' N . 3°o6'W. (Lancashire) MRG Cisse: 46°39'N. o°i5'E. (Vienne) France

Berrick Salome: 5 i °38 'K 1 °o7'W. (Oxford) _ OOS Forges les Eaux: 49°37'N. i°33'E. (Seine-Maritime) France

Lundy: 5i°i2'N. 4°4o'W. (Devon) Soulac: 45°3i'N. i°o6'W. (Gironde) France Dungeness: 5o°55'N. o°59'E. (Kent) Braganca: 4i°48'N. 6°45'W. (Tras-os-Montes) Portugal Chichester: 50°5o'N. o°48'W. (Sussex) CHI Great Leighs, Chelmsford (Essex) 85m. NE.

Beachy Head: 5o°44'N. o°i6'W. (Sussex) BHRS Braganca, Portugal

Beachy Head BHRS Newquay (Cardigan) 225m. TOW. Porthgwarra: 50°02'N. 5°4o'W. (Cornwall) NRP Zaldivar: 43°io'N. 2°33'W. (Vizcaya) Spain

Spurn Point: 53°35'N. o°o6'E. (York) Attleborough (Norfolk) 80m. SE.

Hoddssd M: 51 °47'N. o°oo (Hertford) RMRG Alzano Lombardo: 45°44'N. 9°43'E. (Bergamo) Italy (13th) Willingale: 51 °46'N. o° 19'E. (Essex) TFP Gardane Valtrompia: 45°42'N. io°io'E. (Brescia) Italy (14th) Cholsey: 5i°34'N. i°o9 'W. (Berkshire) OOS Great Wilbraham (Cambridge) 72m. NE.

Chew Lake: 5i°2o'N. 2=38'W. (Somerset) CVRS near Seriate: 45°4i'N. 9°44'E. (Bergamo) Italy (15th)

Chew Lake CVRS Innsbruck: 47°i7'N. u°25'E. (Tirol) Austria (2nd) Chew Lake CVRS Treviglio: 45°32'N. 9°36'E. (Bergamo) Italy (16th) Sandwich Bay: 5i°i7'N. i°2o'E. (Kent) Choueifat: 33°48'N. 35°3o'E. (Beirut) Lebanon (4th)

466

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AS27281 f.g. 16.8.65 Dungeness: jo055'N. o°59'E. (Kent) x j 1.5.66 Weeley, Thorpe-le-Sokea (Essex) 65m. N.

AN88822 f.g. 25.8.64 Eastbourne: 5o°46'N. o°i7'E. (Sussex) RHC ( ) 1.4.66 Anfa: 34°22'N. 35°44'E. (Tripoli) Lebanon (5th)

AR29497 ad. 16.5.65 Beachy Head: 5o°44'N. o°i6'E. (Sussex) BHRS + 11.4.66 Roum: 33°32'N. 35°27'E. (Sidon) Lebanon (6th)

H i t h e r t o four has been t h e greates t n u m b e r of fore ign recover ies in o n e year.

W i l l o w Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) (39 ; 100 mi les ; 4 years) Reay: 58°33'N. 3°47'W. (Caithness) DMS Baracaldo: 43°i8'N. 3°oo'W. (Vizcaya) Spain

Isle of May: 5 6 ° I I ' N . 2°33'W. (Fife) Cadima: 4o°i9 'N. 8°38'W. (Beira-Litoral) Portugal Arcot: 550o4 'N. i°37'W. (Northumberland) TTRG Spurn Point (York) 125m. SE.

Gosforth: 55°o2'N. i°37'W. (Northumberland) PB&W Sidi Bettache: 33°35'N. 6°55'W. (Casablanca) Morocco (6th)

Gosforth NRG Edgmond, Newport (Shropshire) 155m. SSW. Ilkley: 53°46'N. i°49 'W. (York) WNS Havering, Romford (Essex) 180m. SE.

Weston Turville: 51 °47'N. o°46'W. (Buckingham) B&S Heligoland: 54°n 'N. 7°55'E. Germany (is*)

Lane End: 5i°37'N. o°48'W. (Buckingham) SBRG Alza: 43°i9'N. 2°oo'W. (Guipuzcoa) Spain

Sandwich Bay: j i ° i7 'N. i°2o'E. (Kent) Newtown (Montgomery) 215m. WNW.

Haslemere: 5i°o6'N. o°42'W. (Surrey) PGD Aysgarth, Leyburn (York) 225m. N. Aysgarth

Hengistbury Head: 50a43'N. i°45'W. (Hampshire) CHRS Partington (Cheshire) 190m. N.

Portland Bill: J O 0 J I ' N . 2327'W. (Dorset) Ramalheiro: 4o°24'N. 8°43'W. (Beira-Litoral) Portugal Slapton: 5o°i7'N. 3°39'W, (Devon) SIBO Howth (Dublin) 240m. NNW.

Isle of May: 56°n'N. 2°23'E. (Fife) Trapani: 38°oi'N. i2°}i'E. Sicily (1st)

Copeland: 54°4o'N. 5<*32'W. (Down) Dungeness (Kent) 370m. SE.

Walney: 54°o5'N. 3°I5'W. (Lancashire) Tempo, Enniskillen (Fermanagh) 175m. W.

Brighouse: 53°42'N. i°47'W. (York) TDB Dungeness (Kent) 225m. SE.

Minsmere: 52°i4'N. i°}7'E. (Suffolk) HEA Santurce: 43°2o'N. 3°03'W. (Vizcaya) Spain

Wolvercote: 5i°47'N. I ° I 6 ' W . (Oxford) GRMP Faro: ^"oiTN. 7°56'W. (Algarve) Portugal

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BRITISH BIRDS

PA2612 juv. 20.8.66 Thorpe: 5i024 'N. O°J4 'W. (Surrey) DAB V 23.10.66 Coto de Dofiana: 37°oo'N. 6°3o'W. (Huelva) Spain

juv. 29.7.63 Norton Malreward: 5 I ^ J ' N . 2°34'W. (Somerset) DMC v 3.3.66 Dungeness (Kent) 155m. E.

f.g. 29,9.65 Sandwich Bay: J I ^ ' N . i°2o'E. (Kent) v 25.4.66 Cholsey (Berkshire) I Iom. W.

f.g. 19.9.65 Totton: 5o°56'N. i029 'W. (Hampshire) JWH x (26.3.66) TOflr St. Mate: 48°3iTSl.i059/W.(Ille-et-Vilaine) France f.g. 7.10.65 Portland Bill: 5o°3i'N. 2°27'W. (Dorset) Y 7.4.66 Calf of Man 265m. NNW.

Both the ringing and the recovery details of the first bird listed suggest that it may have belonged to a more easterly population. The migration of British Chiffchaffs in the autumn is oriented towards the south-west and there is, as yet, no evidence indicating that more easterly routes are followed in the spring.

Goldcrest {Regulus regulus) (10; 20 miles; j j - year)

Bamburgh: 55°36'N. i°42'W. (Northumberland) BRS Blavands Huk: 55°33'N. 8°05'E. (Jylland) Denmark (1st)

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1 2 . 1 0 . 6 5 3 0 , 9 . 6 6

Craster: 55°28'N. i°35'W. (Northumberland) Walton-on-the-Naze (Essex) 275m. SE.

Calf of Man: 54°o3'N. 4°49'W. Coylton (Ayr) 100m. N.

PRE

Hilbre: 53023'N. 3°i4'W. (Cheshire) Calf of Man 80m. NW.

JCG

5 z'W. (Warwick) EJP Studley: 52°i6'N. 1" Studley Calf of Man 175m. NW. Sandwich Bay: 5i°i7'N. i°2o'E. (Kent) Spurn Point (York) 165m. NNW.

The Goldcrest, being so tiny, is seldom found dead. It is noteworthy that all save one of the above were controlled by other ringers, the exception—P64069—being found ailing and subsequently dying.

Spotted Flycatcher (Mmcieapa striata) (19; 60 miles; 6 years) Isle of May: 56 ( ) i i 'N. 2°33'W. (Fife) Nassiet: 43°36'N. o°4i'W. (Landes) France

Walney: 54°05'N. 3°i5'W. (Lancashire) near Enugu: 6°2o'N. 7°29'E. Nigeria (1st)

Calf of Man: 54°o3'N. 4°49'W. Ainzon: 4i°48'N. i°29'W. (Zaragoza) Spain Bardsey: 52°46'N. 4°48'W. (Caernarvon) Castro-Urdiales: 43°24'N. 3°I4'W. (Santander) Spain

Skokholm 5i°42'N. 5°i6'W. (Pembroke) mar Awgu: 6°05'N. 7°26'E. Nigeria (2nd)

Walberswick: 52°i8'N. i°37'E. (Suffolk) DBC Calahorra: 42°i9'N. i°58'W. (Logrofio) Spain

Semer: 52°o5'N. o°56'E. (Suffolk) AJW Malaga: 36°43'N. 4°25'W. Spain

Chippenham: 5i°28'N. 2°o7'W. (Wiltshire) T&B near Madrid: c. 40°2o'N. }°45'W. Spain

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

AK99448 pull. 29.6.65 Godalming: 5i°nTSI. o°37'W. (Surrey) VE + c. 8.10.65 Jabalquinto: }8°oi'N. j°43'W. (Jaen) Spain

There is only one previous recovery of this species south of the Sahara-Note the rapid journey of HC38631.

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6.6.66 26.9.66

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(Ficedula hypokuca) (12; 30 miles; z-fe years) Hamsterley: 54°4i'N. i°49'W. (Durham) ND&N near Fromista: c. 42°i4'N. 4°2i'W. (Palencia) Spain

Low Hauxley: 55°i9'N. i°33'W. (Northumberland) NRG Contis: 44°05'N. I ° I 8 ' W . (Landes) France

Low Hauxley NRG Ushant: 48°28'N. 5°05'W. (Finistere) France Spurn Point: 53°35'N. o°o6'E. (York) Setubal: 38°3i'N. 8°54'W. (Baixo-Alentejo) Portugal Mochre: 52°3i'N. 3°22'W. (Montgomery) RRL Bacal: 4i°5i 'N. 6°44'W. (Tras-os-Montes) Portugal

Blakeney: 5 i°46'N. 2°29'W. (Gloucester) EGI Quintanilla: 42°34'N. 3°43'W. (Burgos) Spain

Sandwich Bay: 5i°i7'N. i°2o'E. (Kent) Tomar: 39°36'N. 8°25'W. (Ribatejo) Portugal

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Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) (26; 3^ - years) 28.8.65 Fair Isle: 59°32'N. i°37'W. (Shetland)

Spurn Point (York) 410m. S.

Spurn Point: 53°35'N. o°o6'E. (York) Mondragone: 4i°07'N. I3°53'E. (Caserta) Italy (3rd)

Bardsey: 52°46'N. 4°48'W. (Caernarvon) Skokholm (Pembroke) 75m. SSW. Skokholm

PGD

14.9.66

6.9.66 20.10.66

Frensham: 5i°io'N. o°48'W. (.Surrey) Farnham (Surrey) 3m. N. Farnham

9.9.64 v 5.4.65 v 20.3.66

HB33896 pull. 21.6.66 v 11.12.66 v 30.12.66

It is of interest that the two previous Meadow Pipits recovered in Italy were also ringed in the first week of September—a time of the year when Scandinavian passage migrants of many species are often present in eastern Britain. HB33896 is significant as one of the very few recoveries indicating overwintering by British Meadow Pipits. Table L summarises unpublished foreign recoveries in 1964-66.

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

France(12) Spain (14) Portugal (20) ( 1 )


Pied/White Wagtail {Motacilla alba) (87; 150 miles; 5-^- years) HA90140 ad. 6* 5.7.66 East Woodburn: 55°n'N. 2°io'W. (Northumberland)

x 18.11.66 Sale: 34°03'N. 6°5i'W. (Rabat) Morocco (3rd)

AN 10f02 pull. 1.6.64 Warcop: 54°32'N. 2°23'W. (Westmorland) RWR x 3.3.66 Water End, Hemel Hempstead (Hertford) 210m. SSE.

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Capenhurst: 53°i6'N. 2°58'W. (Cheshire) MRG Dufftown (Banff) 290m. N.

Wolvercote: 5i"47'N. I ° I 6 ' W . (Oxford) GRMP Fauldhouse (West Lothian) 300m. NNW.

Snodland: 5 1 W N . o°26'E. (Kent) MKRG Knutsford (Cheshire) 180m. NW.

Other foreign recoveries were in France, two January, one October, one November; Spain, one March, one November, two December; and Portugal, one January, one October, three November, one December.

Grey Wagtail {Motacilia cimrea) (1; -fe year) HC11670 f.g. § 24.7.66 Aberfeldy: 56°37'N. 3°54'W.(Perth) CH

X (30.12.66) Erquy: 48°38'N. 2°27'W. (C6tes-du-Nord) France (1st) This is the first foreign recovery of a British-ringed Grey Wagtail.

ssp. (hlotacillaflava) (18; 50 miles; 5 ^ years) Sedbergh: 54°i9'N. 2°32'W. (York) PJM Oeiras: 38°4i'N. 9°i8'W. (Estremadura) Portugal

Nantwich: 53004'N. 2°}i'W. (Cheshire) G&W Goulimine: 28°56'N. io°04'W.(Tiznit)Morocco(6th)

Abberton: 5i°5o'N. o°53'E. (Essex) Portugalete: 43°I9'N. 3°oi'W. (Vizcaya) Spain

Abberton Casteio do Neiva: 4i°37'N. 8°48'W. (Minho) Portugal Bradwell-on-Sea: 5i°44'N. o°54'E. (Essex) Talmeste: 3i°5i'N. 9°23'W. (Essaouira) Morocco (7th) Sandwich: 5i° i 7 'N. i°2o'E. (Kent) SBBO Casteio do Neiva, Portugal

Stanpit: jo°44'N. i°44'W. (Hampshire) CHRS Funcheira: 37°44'N. 8°2i'W. (Baixo-Alentejo) Portugal

Waxwing (Bo mbyciliagarrulus) (5; 20 miles; -j|- year) Garbally: 53°i9 'N. 8°i5 'W. (Galway) OM

c. 20.12.66 Kilbride (Carlow) 60m. SE.

Biakeney: 52°59 'N. o°59 'E. (Norfolk) RGHC Presilly: 46°o6'N. 6°05'E. (Haute-Savoie) France (1st)

Farnham: 5 i ° i3 'N. o°49'W. (Surrey) PGD Cookham Rise (Berkshire) 25 m. N.

Great Grey Shrike (ILanius excubitor) (1; 29 days) CV14652 ad. 8.10.66 Spurn Point: 53°35'N. o°o6'E. (York)

x 6.11.66 Crowland (Lincoln) 65 m. S.

Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) (977; 9^- years) A total of 151 foreign recoveries will be tabulated in a future report. Published in full below are the most northerly and easterly records, and all Continental recoveries of Starlings of presumed British stock. 9)174$ i s tW.$ 18.11.62 Whiteness: 6o°i? 'N. I ° I 5 ' W . (Shetland) CjB

x 18.4.66 Leiknes: 69°i9'N. i8°oo'E. (Troms) Norway CX53320 istW. 2 26.2.65 ChaddesleyCorbett: 52°22'N. 2°o9'W. (Worcester) JAH

() 12.4.66 near Medvezh'yegorsk: 62°5j'N, 34°27'E. (Karelia) tJ.S.S.R.

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16.8.66 23.9.66

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12.6.65 18.1.66

Elm Park: j i ^ s ' N . o ° n ' E . (Essex) RRS Essen; 5i°28'N. 4°28'E. (Antwerpen) Belgium

Elm Park RRS Blanes: 4i°4i 'N. 2°48'E. (Gerona) Spain (and) Littlestone: 50°59'N. o' jS'E. (Kent) DBO Kosmonosy: 5o°27'N. I4°56'E. (Prague) Czechoslovakia(wt) Dungeness: 5o°55'N. O ° J 9 ' E . (Kent) Rang-du-FIiers: 5o°25'N. i°39'E. (Pas-de-Calais) France Dungeness Demouville: 4 9 ° I I ' N . o°i6'W. (Calvados) France

Greenfinch (Cardmlis cbloris) (570; 150 miles; -j-fe years) f.g.? 12.12.65 Skelton: 53°59'N. i°o7'W.(York) GDC v 3.8.66 Weybridge (Surrey) 180m. S.

ad. $ 20.9.65 Great Holland: 5 iQ49'N, I ' I S T S . (Essex) DW 0 f. 18.1.66 Avion: 5o°24'N. 2°5o'E. (Pas-de-Calais) France ad. $ 4.2.65 Hendrefoilan: 5i°37'N. 4°oi'W. (Glamorgan) CMR v 5.3.66 Worplesdon (Surrey) 150m. E. ad. i 12.3.66 Upper Holloway: 5i°34'N. o°o8'W. (London) NKRG x 29,7.66 Patrington (York) 145m. N. istW. S 26.1.66 Loose: J I ' H ' N . o°32'E. Maidstone (Kent) MKRG x 27.7.66 Ardres: 5o°5i'N. i°59'E. (Pas-de-Calais) France

AS}$6ij Goldfinch (Cardmlis cardmlis) (35; 3^- years) 19.7.65 Minsmere: 5*"i4'N. i°37'E. (Suffolk) HEA 4.11.66 near Braganga: 4i°47'N. 6°46'W. (Tras-os-Montes) Portugal

(1st) The remaining foreign recoveries are summarised in table M.

juv. 4-

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

Belgium (;) France (8) Spain (6)


Siskin {Cardmlis spinus) (10; ?•$- years) P48985 ad, o* 4-9-65 Gibraltar Point: 53°o6'N. o°2i'E. (Lincoln)

x 29.6.66 Sigdal: 6o°05'N. 9°4o'E, (Buskerud) Norway (1st) AH95503 f.g. <J 15.3.64 Frensham: 5i°io'N.o°48'W. (Surrey) PGD

+ 3.11.66 Agordo: 46°i7'N. i2t,02'E. (Belluno) Italy (1st) In addition, there were seven recoveries in Belgium—one in January, two in May and four in October.

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Linnet (Acanthis eannabina) (88; 100 miles; 4-^- years) i s tW.? 9.8.65 Seaton Burn: 55°03'N. i°37'W. (Northumberland) x 26.4.66 Womboum, Wolverhampton (Stafford) 170m, S.

f.g. 1.8.66 Farndale: 54°2o'N. o ' ^ ' W . (York) JNR v (=<J) 23.10.66 Barford (Warwick) 145m. SSW. pull. 18.5.65 Ossett: 53°4i'N. i ^ s ' W . (York) AF x 8.1.66 Northleach (Gloucester) 130m. S.

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CHAFFINCH BRAMBLING

M A P S 5 and 6. All foreign recoveries of Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs and Brambling Vringilla montijringilla.

Recoveries mentioned in this report are marked by open circles and previous ones by solid circles

(drawn by R. C. Faulkner)

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

Table N—Countries and months of recoveries of Linnets Country of recovery Jan

France (34) 1 Spain (10) 4

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Redpoll 23.9.65 14.11.66

22.9.65 2.2.66

23.9.65 20.3.66

n . 9 . 6 5 4.5.66

17.10.64 26.7.66

n.12.65 25.9.66 13.11.66

21.10.64 16.8.66

13.3.65 26.10.66

A further 30 British-ringed October and November.

(Acanthis flammed) (43; 4 ^ years) Roughtinglinn: 55°38'N, 2°o5'W. (Northumberland) PRE Leers: 50°4i'N. 3°i5'E. (Nord) France (7th) Craster: 55°28'N. i°35'W. (Northumberland) PRE Oberursel: 50°i2'N. 8°36'E. (Hessen) Germany (2nd)

Craster PRE Old Hill, Halesowen (Stafford) 205m. S.

Gosforth: 55°o2'N. i°j7'W. (Northumberland) TTRG Scunthorpe (Lincoln) 105m. SSE.

Copeland: J 4 ° 4 O ' N . 5°j2'W. (Down) Rampside, Barrow (Lancashire) 100m. ESE.

Bicknor: 51 ° 18'N. o V ' E . (Kent) MKRG Leziate: 52°45'N. o°29'E. (Norfolk) Balatre: 50°3o'N. 4°39'E. (Namur) Belgium

Haslemere: 5i°o6'N. o°42'w\ (Surrey) PGD Norwich (Norfolk) 135m. NE.

Haslemere PGD Goussainville: 49°oi'N. 2°27'E. (Seine-et-Oise) France (8th) Redpolls were taken by bird-fanciers in Belgium in

Bullfinch Q?yrrhulapyrrhuld) (117; 40 miles; 4% years) SCpppio istW. <J 23.11.64 war Newent: 5i°56'N. 2°24'W. (Gloucester) AC

+ 2.5.66 Harrow (Middlesex) 95 m. E.

Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) (2; 5 miles; 15 days) BC73J9) f.g-? 6.9.66 Fair Isle: 59°32'N. i°37'W. (Shetland)

/?/ (21.9.66) Heskestad: 58°28'N. 6°22'E. (Rogaland) Norway (1st) Whilst we cannot be certain, it seems likely that this bird was of Scandinavian stock. Viewed in this light, the recovery is of particular interest in indicating that erupting birds may 'about-turn' much sooner than is generally thought to be the case.

Chaffinch (Fringilla eoekbs) (93; 150 miles; 8^- years) Table O—Countries and months of recoveries of Chaffinches

Country of recovery Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Belgium (7) Netherlands (3) Germany (2) Denmark (2) Norway (i) Sweden (5) Finland (2)


Maps 5 and 6 show all foreign recoveries of Chaffinch (188) and Brambling (49).

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Brambling (Fringilla montifringilld) (15; 150 miles; 1^-years) ad. $ 5.12.65 Nunthorpe: 5 4 V N . I ° I O ' W . (York) IFS x (25.11.66) Sistels: 44°04'N. o°47'E. (Gers) France (10th)

istW. <J 20.2.66 4- 15.12.66

Spurn Point: 53°35'N. 0'06'E. (York) Juhonpieti: 67°i4'N. 2 3 ° I I ' E . (Norrbotten) Sweden (1st) Hinstock: 52=5I'N. 2°28'W. (Shropshire) JML St. Maurice: 45°24'N. 4°47'E. (Isere) France(12th)

Hinstock PWC Zarnitz: 54°oi'N. I3°44'E. (Mecklenburg) Germany (4th)

Leziate: 52°45'N. o°3o'E. (Norfolk) JFWB Texel: c, 53°05'N. 4°45'E. Netherlands (4th)

Havering: 5i°37'N. o ° n ' E . Romford (Essex) JEF Veenhuizen: 53°02'N. 6°24'E. (Drente) Netherlands (5th)

The recovery in Sweden is much the most northerly one so far recorded for this species, Juhonpieti lying north of the Gulf of Bothnia. In addition to the above, two birds were trapped by bird-fanciers in Belgium in October. See also map 6.

Reed Bunting (Emberi^a schoeniclus) (36; 25 miles; 7- - years) Bardney: 53°i2'N. o°2i'W. (Lincoln) PJW Tockwith, Wetherby (York) 65m. NW.

Cambridge: 52°i2'N. o°o7'E. ASC Navestock, Romford (Essex) 40m. S.

Frampton-on-Severn: 5i°46'N. 2°22'W. (Gloucester) SVRG Frampton-on-Severn Ljusnedal: 62°32'N. I2°37'E. (Jamtland) Sweden (1st) Sandford: 5i°43'N. I ° I 5 ' W . (Oxford) OOS Corsham (Wiltshire) 44m. SW.

The recovery in Sweden is astonishing and opens up the possibility that a considerable passage of Scandinavian Reed Buntings through Britain has remained undetected owing to the poor recovery rate for the species. There are only three previous foreign recoveries—one in France and two in Belgium. It is interesting to recall that the French recovery was ringed on Fair Isle in October and was thus quite likely to have been of Scandinavian origin.

House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) (281; 30 miles; 8-fe years) Spurn Point: 53°35'N. o°o6'E. (York) Bainton, Beverley (York) 37m. NW.

Tetney Lock: 53°29'N. o°oi'W. (Lincoln) CRG Gibraltar Point (Lincoln) 30m. SSE.

Kearsney: 5i°o8'N. I ° I 6 ' E . Dover (Kent) SBBO Bexley Heath (Kent) 53m. WNW.

Dungeness: 50°55'N. o°59'E. (Kent) Eastbourne (Sussex) 30m. WSW.

Selsey Bill: 5o°43'N. o V ' W . (Sussex) BAEM Bitterne (Hampshire) 30m. NW.

Tree Sparrow (Passer mantanus) (20: 30 miles; 4 | | years) f.g. 11.10.64 Eccles: 53°28'N. 2°2i'W. (Lancashire) WDR x 13.3.66 Prestatyn (Flint) 43m. W.

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19.6.66 26.11.66

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10.5.66 1.10.66 19.11.66

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ad. ? 23.4.62 x 8.5.66

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