Wednesday 27 March 2013

Ringing recoveries

A Woodpigeon (ring no FC06382)  ringed as a first-year at Cudworth on 24th July 2011 was found dead at Taunton, Somerset om 3rd February 2013, a distance of 306kms SSW in 560days.
A Sedge Warbler (ring no X076077) ringed as a juvenile at Carlton Marsh on 6th August 2011 was controlled (caught and released) at Mars-Ouest, Saint-Philbert-de-Grand Lieu, Loire Atlantique, France on 12th August 2012, a distance of 728kms S in 372 days.

3 comments:

Upland Tyke said...

good stuff,keep up the news,any idea what the moorland roads are like martin?,cheers stu.

Martin Wells said...

Definate improvement over the last couple of days Stu. Winscar area very dodgey but Barnside/Mortimer Road/Ewden Valley all OK

Cliff Gorman said...

The Wood pigeon was only one of two I ringed in my garden in 2011. The Sedge Warbler was one of only 20 ringed in 2011. It was one of Dave Smith's so we got one each recovered.