C O M M O N REDSHANK Tringa totanus DK95712
6
19.03.96
River Orwell, near Levington, Suffolk (52°00'N 01°15'E) road casualty 20.06.98 Vatnsendi, Skorradalur, Borg, I C E L A N D (64°32'N 21°35'W) - 1917km NW T h e c a u s e of d e a t h of this bird s e e m s u n u s u a l f o r a w a d e r . H o w e v e r , t h e p r e v i o u s S u f f o l k - r i n g e d C o m m o n R e d s h a n k to be r e c o v e r e d in I c e l a n d , in 1994, w a s also a r o a d casualty.
C O M M O N GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia DB29057
3
05.09.98
River Aide, Hazelwood, near Harn Creek, Suffolk (52°09'N 01°33'E) shot 10.09.98 Varaville, Calvados, F R A N C E (49° 15'N 0 0 ° 0 9 ' W ) 344km SSW N o t e t h e q u i c k r e c o v e r y of this bird, shot in F r a n c e j u s t five d a y s a f t e r b e i n g r i n g e d o n the S u f f o l k c o a s t .
RUDDY TURNSTONE Arenaria XR08004
5
interpres
17.01.98
Landguard Point, Felixstowe, Suffolk (51°56'N 01°19'E) controlled 21.02.98 Groote Keeten, Noord-Holland, N E T H E R L A N D S (52°52'N 04°44'E) - 254km ENE field record 29.03.98 Den Helder, Noord-Holland, N E T H E R L A N D S (52°57'N 04°44'E) - 257km ENE field record 16.10.98 Den Helder, Noord-Holland, N E T H E R L A N D S T h i s bird, r i n g e d in S u f f o l k in J a n u a r y , h a d m o v e d a c r o s s the N o r t h S e a by the third w e e k of F e b r u a r y . W a s it c h a n g i n g w i n t e r i n g sites o r m a k i n g an early return to a p a s s a g e site on t h e D u t c h c o a s t ?
M E D I T E R R A N E A N G U L L Larus white 87C
white 60X
6T12057 Bruxelles
1
01.06.97
field record
27.05.9
field record field record
14.06.98 25.07.98
field record
06.12.98
1
31.05.96
field record
26.07.97
field record
19.06.98
field record
09.11.98
6
16.05.96
melanocephalus
Kwaadmechelen, Limburg, B E L G I U M (51°05'N 05°10'E) Landguard Point, Felixstowe, Suffolk (51°56'N 01°19'E) Minsmere, Suffolk (52°14'N 01°36'E) Copt Point, Folkestone, Kent (51°05'N 01°12'E) (present to 14.11.98) Lac d'Hossegor, Landes, F R A N C E (43°40"N 01 °25'W) Lillo, Höge Maey, Antwerpen, B E L G I U M (51 °20'N 04°20'E) Fishguard Harbour, Dyfed, WALES (52°00'N 04°59'W) (present to 12.10.97) Minsmere, Suffolk (52°14'N 01°36'E) (present to 05.07.98) Fishguard Harbour, Dyfed, WALES
Zele Heikant, Oost-Vlaanderen, B E L G I U M (51 °04'N 04°02'E) field record 02.10.96 Lowestoft, Suffolk (52°28'N 01 °44'E) controlled 22.06.98 Landguard Point, Felixstowe, Suffolk (51 °56'N 01 ° 19'E) - 211 km WNW A total of six c o l o u r - r i n g e d M e d i t e r r a n e a n G u l l s , three f r o m B e l g i u m a n d three
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