| In 1959 a Shore Lark ringed at
Cley in Norfolk was only the second ever to have been ringed in the
British Isles, and by 1997 only 108 had been ringed and only one had ever
been recovered!
In the winter of 1998/1999 the Group made a single catch
of 44 on the 31st December 1998, and captured 8 more in January 1999,
this increased the total of Shore Lark captured in Britain by nearly 50%!
Fortunately we colour-ringed them and this was to generate some
interesting recoveries, including several that were seen during their
return migration. This included Gibraltar Point, Lincolnshire, just across the Wash
from where they were ringed, North Yorkshire, and Fair Isle, Scotland.
During the following winter of 1999/2000
one was seen in Suffolk having changed wintering area, but two more were
seen back at the capture site. In February 2000 one was seen at St Peter-Bohl,
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany in an area where many Shore Larks are known to
winter, it was the first recovery of a British ringed Shore Lark in
Germany!
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