Just heard back from Lina Jansson of the Swedish Bird Ringing Centre, the Robin that I caught at Buckton last week had been ringed on the Baltic island of Utklippan in April 2010. Utklippan is a tiny island with a ringing station off the SE Swedish coast in the provence of Blekinge. Recoveries like this are what its all about, a tiny insight in to the life history of an individual bird. Can't wait for the results of the two birds from Norway !
2 comments:
That's fab! Utklippan sounds like an Ikea sofa :o)
And Looks pretty 'flat pack' too!
Great recovery Mark and a real insight into the journey these migrants are making. Presumably the Robin was recovered there on its way back to breed somewhere in Scandi this spring.
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