GOLDCREST Regulus regulus 4T3620 3M 11.10.91 controlled 08.04.92 JS7303 Bruxelles
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09.10.92
controlled
13.10.92
Landguard Point, Felixstowe, Suffolk (51°56'N 01°19'E) Falsterbo, Malmohus, SWEDEN (55°23'N 12°49'E) 848km ENE Spixhe, Theux, Liege, BELGIUM (50°32'N 05°49'E)
Fagbury, Trimley St. Mary, Felixstowe, Suffolk (51 °57'N 01°17'E) - 352km WNW 0C9265 2M Waxham, Hickling, Norfolk (52°46'N 01°37'E) 08.10.92 Landguard Point, Felixstowe, Suffolk (51°56'N controlled 12.10.92 01°19'E) - 95km SSW 4T3620 is the first British-ringed Goldcrest to have been recovered in Sweden and it occurred at Falsterbo on the same day as a Landguard-ringed Robin. Note the quick movement of JS7303 which was ringed well to the south-east in Belgium. BEARDED TIT Panurus biarmicus HI 60444 3F 09.07.92 controlled 23.11.92
Walberswick, Suffolk (52°18'N 01°38'E) Wheldrake Ings, North Yorkshire (53°53'N 00°56'W) - 245km NW
GREAT TIT Parus major F412384 6M 05.04.92 Landguard Point, Felixstowe, Suffolk (51 °56'N 01° 19'E) controlled 18.10.92 Sheringham, Norfolk (52°56'N 01°09'E) — 112km N Movements by this species of over 100km are noteworthy. This bird was one of only four ringed on spring passage at Landguard in 1992. STARLING Sturnus vulgaris XP48333 5M 27.01.85 Shotley, nr. Ipswich, Suffolk (51°58'N 01°15'E) taken by cat c. 15.05.90 Volosovsky Region, St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad), RUSSIA (59°21'N 29°39'E) - 1954km ENE Adazi, Riga, LATVIA (57°07'N 24°20'E) P767852 4M 02.08.90 Moscow found dead 03.03.92 Ipswich, Suffolk (52°03'N 01°07'E) - 1595km WSW RJ42024 Chelmondiston, Suffolk (51°59'N 0I°12'E) 5F 05.01.92 Drachten, Friesland, NETHERLANDS (53°06'N 06°06'E) freshly dead 29.02.92 - 354km ENE Note the early return to the Continent of the last bird. GREENFINCH Carduelis VB05839 controlled 6M VE19371 controlled
Maris 29.03.89 20.02.92 12.01.91 25.03.91
SISKIN Carduelis spinus Fl 48627 5M controlled
27.03.89 28.03.92
Dunwich, Suffolk (52°16'N 01°37'E) East Cosham, Hampshire (50°50'N 01 °03'W) — 243km SW Walsgrave, Coventry, Warwickshire (52°25'N 01°27'W) Redgrave and Lopham Fens, Suffolk/Norfolk (52°23'N OrOl'E) - 167km E Of the numerous recoveries reported for this species in 1992, only one exceeded a distance of 200km. In addition to the recoveries shown there were movements to or from Berkshire, Greater London, Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire as well as many short distance movements around East Anglia.
Ipswich, Suffolk (52°04'N OPIO'E) Garboldisham, nr. Diss, Norfolk (52°23'N 00°57'E) — 38km NNW
SNOW BUNTING Plectrophenax nivalis VJ37670 5F 22.03.91 Cairngorm, nr. Aviemore, Highland, (57°08'N 03°40'W)
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