Devon and Cornwall Wader Ringing Group

Dunlin Calidris alpina recoveries

These birds ringed by the Devon and Cornwall Wader Ringing Group have been recovered elsewhere, or have been ringed elsewhere and re-captured or re-sighted by us. Click on a ring number to see a life history for that bird and a map of its known movements.

Ring number Age / sex Activity Date Location Movement Duration

BX70420

6 Ringed 10 Feb 1977 Plymouth, England
Recaptured 19 Aug 1981 Ottenby, Sweden 1503km NE 4y 6m 9d

NB16716

3 Ringed 01 Sep 1977 Copperhouse Creek, England
Recaptured 01 Aug 1981 Point of Ayr, Wales 382km NNE 3y 11m 0d

NB16917

3 Ringed 05 Aug 1978 Rock, Wadebridge, England
Recaptured 07 Jun 1981 North Loch Bee, South Uist, Scotland 775km N 2y 10m 2d

NB49484

3 Ringed 30 Aug 1980 Rock, Wadebridge, England
Found dead 07 Jun 1981 Mykines, Faroe Islands 1295km N 0y 9m 8d

NB16794

4 Ringed 18 Nov 1977 Dawlish Warren, Exe Estuary, Devon
Recaptured 23 May 1981 near Husum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany 928km ENE 3y 6m 5d

Oslo DA04000

3 Ringed 15 Aug 1980 Nesseby, Norway
Recaptured 07 Feb 1981 River Plym, Plymouth, England 2782km SW 0y 5m 23d

BX35767

4 Ringed 04 Aug 1973 near Wolferton, King's Lynn, Norfolk
Recaptured 03 Dec 1980 Tallack's Creek, Truro, England 480km SW 7y 3m 29d

Copenhagen 8138334

4 Ringed 02 Aug 1974 Amager, Denmark
Recaptured 03 Dec 1980 Tallack's Creek, Truro, England 1324km WSW 6y 4m 1d

Gdansk JA02698

4 Ringed 26 Jul 1975 Mikoszewo, Poland
Recaptured 03 Dec 1980 Tallack's Creek, Truro, England 1690km W 5y 4m 7d

Stockholm 3319743

4 Ringed 02 Aug 1976 Ottenby, Sweden
Recaptured 03 Dec 1980 Tallack's Creek, Truro, England 1570km WSW 4y 4m 1d

Map of recoveries

Blue markers indicate the ringing location and red markers the recovery or re-sighting location.

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