The following reports highlight some of the more interesting and unusual controls
(birds ringed elsewhere and caught on The Wash) and recoveries (birds ringed on The Wash and found elsewhere... sometimes in unusual circumstances) during the year. It is only by piecing together all the reports that have been received over the years that a fuller picture of migration patterns can be established.
Oystercatcher
| FP15606 |
1 |
04.06.98 |
RAF Sculthorpe, NORFOLK |
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R |
02.02.03 |
Snettisham |
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22 KM |
W |
| FP15607 |
1 |
04.06.98 |
RAF Sculthorpe, NORFOLK |
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R |
02.02.03 |
Snettisham |
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22 KM |
W |
In recent years Oystercatchers seem to be increasing their success
at adopting inland breeding sites in Norfolk. Here are two more offspring
from relatively local breeding. As siblings it would be nice to think
that they have spent the intervening four and a half years together,
but it's more likely just coincidence that they be caught together
again whilst feeding on the Wash!
Sanderling
| NT48649 |
6 |
01.03.02 |
North Walney, Barrow In Furness, Cumbria |
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R |
18.04.03 |
Heacham |
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281 KM |
ESE |
Our first Sanderling control since 1998, and only our second example
from Cumbria.
Dunlin
| ESI T005938 |
4 |
10.05.97 |
Velez-Malaga, Malaga SPAIN |
36 47'N 04 06'W |
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R |
13.07.02 |
Terrington |
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1813 KM |
N |
Perhaps surprisingly, only the 11th Spanish-ringed Dunlin to be found on
the Wash. More unusual in that this is the first Dunlin from Spain to have
been ringed on the Mediterranean coast, although there have been a small
number of Wash-ringed Dunlin recovered there.
Black-Tailed Godwit
| ISR 568239 |
4 |
28.04.00 |
Krokur, Biskupstungur, Ames, ICELAND |
64 11'N 20 24'W |
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R |
09.09.02 |
Holbeach |
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1723 KM |
SE |
Data continues to be gathered, establishing the source of Black-Tailed
Godwit wintering on the Wash.
| EN91383 |
3 |
08.09.02 |
Terrington |
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XF |
27.01.03 |
Blakeney Norfolk |
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53 KM |
ENE |
Reported as having been taken by a Sparrowhawk.
Bar-Tailed Godwit
| DN77986 |
6 |
11.08.98 |
Terrington |
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S |
10.09.02 |
Kamsar, GUINEA |
10 33'N 14 34'W |
4882 KM |
SSW |
This bird was found further south than any previous British-ringed
Bar-Tailed Godwit. Bar-Tailed Godwit occurring in Britain are of the
nominate lapponica race which breed in northern-most Scandinavia,
eastwards into north-western Siberia. Many of these birds winter around
the estuaries of Britain and the southern North Sea, with some continuing
south to the Atlantic estuaries of southern Europe and North Africa.
Small numbers are known to venture as far south as South Africa, but
from birds ringed in Britain the southernmost limits have, until now,
been three individuals to Guinea Bissau. The previous southern-most
country reporting a Wash-ringed Bar-Tailed Godwit was Mauritania,
from where we have had two records- the later of which occurred back
in 1983.
Curlew
| FA89441 |
4 |
09.09.98 |
Terrington |
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X |
27.04.02 |
Ezhua, Komi Assr, RUSSIA |
61 48'N 50 45'E |
3170 KM |
ENE |
Many of the Curlew that occur on the Wash come from the Finnish, and
to a lesser extent, Swedish breeding grounds. There have, however,
been two previous records of birds ringed on the Wash, being found
much further to the east, during the breeding season, in the Komi
Assr region - just west of the Urals - in the former USSR. This third
example adds further evidence to suggest that the UK wintering population,
the nominate race arquata, do indeed extend as far east as the Urals,
but with very little ringing activity in that area, it is difficult
to know just how many birds are involved in such long-distance migration.
| DFH 4023040 |
1 |
27.05.80 |
Dreierwalde, Munster, GERMANY |
52 20'N 07 31'E |
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R |
09.08.02 |
Terrington |
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489 KM |
W |
| NLA 5071101 |
1 |
13.05.78 |
Esch, Staphorst, Overijssel, NETHERLANDS |
52 38'N 06 14'E |
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| =FP32352 |
R |
11.09.02 |
Terrington |
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399 KM |
W |
Two pullus-ringed Curlew, one from Germany, and one from the Netherlands.
Now at 22 years 2 months and 24 years 3 months old respectively both
these birds have reached a very respectable age, and are still going
strong. Indeed the Dutch-ringed bird, only the fifth to be caught
on the Wash, is actually older than the oldest known Wash-ringed Curlew,
which stands at just 22 years 7 months… however the British record
is 29 years 9 months. The German Curlew is only the third from that
country to be caught on the Wash.
Turnstone
| PLG HN27302 |
6 |
27.07.01 |
Ujscie Redy, Gdansk, POLAND |
54 39'N 18 30'E |
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R |
11.08.02 |
Terrington |
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1215 KM |
W |
Only the second Polish-ringed Turnstone to be found in Britain; the
previous involving a bird controlled in Essex in 1974. This bird will
have been from the Baltic breeding population, and been on passage
when originally caught and ringed in Poland.
Redshank
| DB43585 |
1 |
20.06.00 |
Feldom Ranges North Yorkshire |
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R |
10.09.02 |
Terrington |
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227 KM |
SE |
The British breeding Redshank population is in decline, so it always
nice to confirm the successful survival of any nestling.