[ ang-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus : P5765 28.10.87 Landguard Point: 26.08.88 Wicken Fen: 52°18'N 00°17'E (Cambridgeshire) 81 km WNW ' lue Tit Parus caeruleus ( 299888 5F 17.01.88 v 21.03.88 630938 1 06.06.88 V 23.10.88 itarling Stumus vulgaris 6M UJ73569
Little Okeford: 51°48'N 00°40'W (Hertfordshire) Landguard Point: 137 km E Great Glemham: 52°12'N 01°25'E Sheringham: 52°57'N 01°12'E (Norfolk) 85 km N
Ipswich: Monastyrschinsky: 54°22'N 31°54'E (Smolensk) U.S.S.R. 2060 km ENE RA20332 3F 18.11.84 Shotley:51°57'N 01°17'E X 15.08.85 Daugavpils: 55°33'N 26°39'E (Latvia) U.S.S.R. 1716 km ENE M 1 23.05.85 Sakiai: 54°57'N 23°03'E (Lithuania) U.S.S.R. T048654 V 26.02.88 Ipswich: 1480 km W RC44541 5M 08.03.87 Ipswich: X 30.05.88 Klaukkala: 60°23'N 24°38'E (Uusimaa) Finland 1713 km NE The above is a selection of the many recoveries received for this species and clearly shows the origins of our wintering birds. Birds were also recovered in West Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. X
Chaffinch Fringilla KA36779 3F x
14.03.86 15.07.86
coelebs 06.11.83 29.03.88
Greenfinch Carduelis A. 5F B722293 v
chloris 16.04.88 02.05.88
Siskin Carduelis spinus C886223 6M
Landguard Point: Croxdale Hall, Nr. Durham: 54°44'N 01°34'W (Durham) 365 km NNW Oranjezon: 51°34'N 03°34'E (Zeeland) Netherlands Landguard Point: 160 km WNW
29.03.86 20.03.88
Tangham Farm, Hollesley: 52°05'N 01°26'E Knaresborough: 54°00'N 01°27'W (North Yorkshire) 287 km N
Linnet Carduelis cannabina E396197 3F 29.11.87 Levington: xF 02.05.88 Nr. East Dereham: 52°45'N 00°51'E (Norfolk) 90 km N C830968 3M 03.08.87 Landguard Point: 0 23.10.88 Getafe: 40°18'N 03°44'W (Madrid) Spain 1349 km S C830968 is Landguard's second recovery of this species from Spain and again refers to a bird captured and caged.
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis VB85006
4F 04.03.87 Landguard Point: v 28.01.88 Sandwich Bay: 51°16'N 01°23'E (Kent) 74 km S A 50% success-rate was achieved at Landguard as the above is one of only two Snow Buntings ringed at this site to date.
Acknowledgements: We would like to thank Chris Mead for his comments on the draft and Rex and Roger Beecroft, Chris Bowden, Peter Catchpole, Malcolm Cavanagh, Mike Crewe, Derek Eaton, Landguard Bird Observatory, Dr Tony Martin, Mike Marsh, Dr Peter McAnulty, Alan Miller. Derek and Jeremy Moore, Paul Newton, Steve Piotrowski, Roy Thatcher, Brian Thompson, Tony Thompson, Cliff Waller, Lynn Webb, Rodney West, Chris Wright and Mick Wright without whose help and co-operation this report would not have been possible.
Reg Clarke, 6 Nelson Road, Ipswich 1P4 4DS. Ian Peters, 'Petang', The Street, Shotley, Ipswich IP9 1LX. 143