Thursday, 31 March 2011

Recent Recoveries and Controls - Batch 2!

Species - Cormorant
Ring number - 5262297
Age - {1}
Ringing date - 26/6/2010
Ringed - Puffin Island - Isle of Anglesey
Recovery date - 22/9/2010
Recovery site - Marton Mere, Blackpool
State of bird - found dead on waterline
Duration since being ringed - 88 days
Distance - 87km

Species - Redshank
Ring number - DD89528
Age - {6}
Ringing date - 13/2/2010
Ringed - Bangor Harbour, Gwynedd
Recovery date - 15/3/2010
Recovery site - Moreton, Wirral, Merseyside
State of bird - controlled
Duration since being ringed - 30 days
Distance - 69km

Species - Black Headed Gull
Ring number - EL48820
Age - {6}
Ringing date - 10/1/2010
Ringed - Llanfairfechan Promenade, Conwy
Recovery date - 7/1/2011
Recovery site - River Dee, Chester, Cheshire
State of bird - read in field
Duration since being ringed - 362 days
Distance - 74km

Species - Black Headed Gull
Ring number - EL48830
Age - [6}
Ringing date - 10/1/2010
Ringed - Llanfairfechan Promenade, Conwy
Recovery date - 8/1/2011
Recovery site - Llanfairfechan, Conwy
State of bird - read in field
Duration since being ringed - 363 days
Distance - 0km

Species - Oystercatcher
Ring number - FH29739
Age - {3}
Ringing date - 24/10/2010
Ringed - Llanfairfechan, Conwy
Recovery date - 29/12/2010
Recovery site - Pentre Du Crossing, Abergwyngregyn, Gwynedd
State of bird - found dead
Duration since being ringed - 66 days
Distance - 3km

Species - Oystercatcher
Ring number - FP81131
Age - {8}
Ringing date - 24/9/2006
Ringed - Llanfairfechan, Conwy
Recovery date - 2/6/2009
Recovery site - Asmundarstadir, Melrakkasletta, Nordur-Thingeyjar, NordurThingeyjarsysla, Iceland
State of bird - read in field
Duration since being ringed - 982 days
Distance - 1612km

Species - Razorbill
Ring number - K10452
Age - {6}
Ringing date - 24/6/2006
Ringed - Puffin Island - Isle of Anglesey
Recovery date - 15/6/2010
Recovery site - Bardsey Island, Gwynedd
State of bird - controlled
Duration since being ringed - 1452 days
Distance - 82km

It just goes to show that not all birds stay in the same place and some do fancy a holiday once in a while..

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