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Notable recoveries
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North West Norfolk Ringing Group have many recoveries in our database and some have been of exceptional interest, a few of these are presented next. The recoveries are arranged by species with the ringing information on the first line and recovery data below (NB some of these recoveries are multiple records of the same bird and have more than one line of recovery information). Key:
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| Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula | |||
| BV85945 | 4 | 31.08.1980 | Heacham, Norfolk, England |
| RR | 20.05.2000 | Snettisham, Norfolk, England | |
| 7,202 days | |||
| This Ringed Plover
which we had colour ringed set a new British longevity record for this
species
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| Sanderling Calidris alba | |||
| NT00141 |
5 |
19.01.1996 | Heacham, Norfolk, England |
| R | 08.08.1998 | Near Gdansk, Poland 1,227 km E 932 days | |
| R | 11.10.1998 | Heacham, Norfolk, England 1,227 km W 996 days | |
| This is the first
example of a Sanderling from the Wash in eastern England to be recovered
in Poland and only the second British ringed record. It will have been
returning from its Siberian breeding grounds when it was controlled in
Poland and then quite remarkably re-captured back in Norfolk two months
later.
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| In the winter of 1998/1999 the Group captured 52 Shorelark Eremophilia alpestris this increased the total of Shorelark ringed in Britain by nearly 50%! Fortunately we colour-ringed them and this was to generate some interesting recoveries. There have only been 23 recoveries of British ringed Shorelark and seven of these were of birds ringed by the Group! | |||
| Shorelark Eremophilia alpestris | |||
| N697841 | 2M | 31.12.1998 | Holkham, Norfolk, England |
| RR | 21.02.2000 | St Peter-Bohl, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany | |
| 535 km ENE 417 Days | |||
| The first British ringed Shorelark found in Germany | |||
| N697861 | 4M | 09.01.1999 | Holkham, Norfolk, England |
| VV | 10.01.2000 | De Slufter, Texel, Netherlands | |
| 265 km E 366 Days | |||
| The
first British ringed Shorelark found in the Netherlands. A further three recoveries of these birds occurred as they were migrating back to their breeding grounds and one was seen the following winter at another location. Two more had returned to the place they were ringed the following year. |
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| Dunnock Prunella modularis | |||
| NOS | 3 | 13.08.1998 | Ronikilen, Vest-Agder, Norway |
| E820404 | R | 03.10.1998 | Snettisham, Norfolk, England |
| 721 km SW 51 days | |||
| The 11th example
of
a Norwegian ringed Dunnock recovered in Britain
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| Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |||
| LIK | 2 | 19.07.1999 | Ventes Ragas, Silute, Lithuania |
| VV92260 | R | 13.08.1999 | River Burn, Burnham Market, Norfolk, England |
| 1,359 km W 25 days | |||
| The first Lithuanian
ringed Reed Warbler to be recovered in Britain
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| Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla | |||
| F082437 | 5M | 07.05.1996 | Holme, Norfolk, England |
| +F | 10.03.1997 | Near Al Ladhiqiyah, Syria | |
| 3,383 km SE 307 days | |||
| This is the first
British ringed Blackcap to be recovered in Syria
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| Our intensive colour ringing of Snow Buntings generated some remarkable recoveries and a selection of these is given below. | |||
| Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis | |||
| VP19897 | 4F | 02.12.1995 | Salthouse, Norfolk, England |
| VV | 25.01.1998 | Bremerhaven, Germany | |
| 502 km E 795 days | |||
| Only the second British ringed Snow Bunting reported from Germany | |||
| NLA | 3F | 05.12.1996 | Castricum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands |
| B887349 | R | 17.02.1997 | Salthouse, Norfolk, England |
| 241 km W 74 days | |||
| R | 24.01.1998 | Salthouse, Norfolk, England | |
| 241 km W 415 days | |||
| NLA B887349 is the second Dutch bird found in our region and remarkably was recaptured the following year | |||
| VJ44503 | 6F | 13.01.1991 | Hunstanton, Norfolk, England |
| XF | 02.01.1993 | De Balg, Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands | |
| 392 km E 720 days | |||
| VN26594 | 5F | 19.01.1993 | Titchwell, Norfolk, England |
| VV | 27.11.1993 | Zwin, Cadzand, Zeeland, Netherlands | |
| 259 km SE 312 days | |||
| VP19730 | 3F | 09.12.1995 | Salthouse, Norfolk, England |
| VV | 08.11.1998 | Maasvlakte, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands | |
| 233 km ESE 1.065 days | |||
| VR98609 | 3F | 27.12.1997 | Salthouse, Norfolk, England |
| VV | 08.11.1998 | Veerse Dam, Zeeland, Netherlands | |
| 229 km SE 316 days | |||
| The 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th British ringed birds found in the Netherlands | |||
| BLB | 3M | 25.11.1996 | Zwin, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| 31V70148 | R | 24.01.1998 | Salthouse, Norfolk, England |
| 234 km NW 425 days | |||
| VV | 04.11.1998 | Digue Du Brack, Dunkirque, France | |
| 709 days | |||
| 1st Belgian ringed Snow Bunting recovered in Britain, this bird was then seen in France the following winter. | |||
| BLB | 3M | 08.12.1996 | Zeebrugge, West Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| 32V82267 | R | 31.01.1997 | Holkham, Norfolk, England |
| 244 km NW 54 days | |||
| BLB | 3F | 15.12.1997 | Zeebruge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| 4077871 | R | 16.01.1999 | Salthouse, Norfolk, England |
| 230 km NW 397 days | |||
| 2nd and 3rd Belgian ringed Snow Buntings recovered in Britain | |||
| VN81690 | 5F | 17.01.1997 | Old Hunstanton, Norfolk, England |
| R | 28.02.1998 | Akureyri, Iceland | |
| 1755 Km NW 407 Days | |||
| VR98582 | 3F | 05.12.1997 | Salthouse, Norfolk, England |
| VV | 17.03.1998 | Hvolsvollur, Iceland | |
| 1731 km NW 102 Days | |||
| VS42563 | 3M | 28.11.1998 | Salthouse, Norfolk, England |
| VV | 21.02.2000 | Hofn, Hornafjordur, Austur-Skaftafells, Iceland | |
| 1565 km NW 450 Days | |||
| A trio of Snow
Buntings ringed by the Group were recovered in Iceland.
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| A comprehensive selection of Recovery Maps depicting these recoveries can be viewed, just click on the link. |
| SR | = sick or injured, released with ring |
| S | = sick or injured - not known to have been released |
| R | = caught and released by ringer |
| XL | = found dead (not recent) |
| XF | = found freshly dead or dying |
| X | = found dead |
| VV | = colour ringed bird re-sighted |
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Key
to age codes used
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| 1 | = ringed when a chick |
| 2 | = when ringed was a fully-fledged bird but exact age unknown |
| 3 | = when ringed was a fully-fledged bird hatched in that current year |
| 4 | = when ringed was definitely older than the current year of capture, otherwise exact age unknown |
| 5 | = was ringed in the year after year of hatching |
| 6 | = when ringed was definitely older than the last calendar year otherwise exact age unknown |
| M | = male |
| F | = female |
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