Suffolk Ringing Report
2007
Willow Warbier An adult trapped on Hilbre Island on Merseyside on May 3rd 2006 was controlied on May 22nd 2007 at Orfordness. A young bird ringed on Orfordness on August 6th 2006 was controlied at Zaragoza in Spain on August 25th 2006 a distance of 1184km on 187deg. A Landguard bird ringed on April 13th 2007 travelled 293km on 309deg to kill itself against a window in Manchester on May 5th 2007. A Dingle Hills bird ringed on August 5th 2006 returned next spring to be controlied on the Calf of Man, Isle of Man on May 5th 2007. Goldcrest A young bird ringed in Norway on October 13th 2007 was controlied at Landguard on October 20th 2007 having moved 791km on 203deg. Seven days of determined effort for the little bĂźndle of feathers and muscle. Tree Sparrow A bird ringed at Dunwich on September 24th 2005 was controlied on the Lackford Estate on February 24th 2007. Chaffinch An adult bird ringed in Northfield Wood. Onehouse near Stowmarket, on March 20th 2003 was found dead in Denmark 606km on 045 deg on April 24th 2007. Greenfinch A young bird ringed in Norway on September 26th 2007 was controlied at Orfordness on October 13th 2007 having moved 807km on 202deg. An adult bird ringed in Norway on October 23rd 2007 was controlied at Orfordness on October 3Ist 2007 having moved 781km on 199deg. These are typical movements for the species. A Belgian bird, ringed on April 9th 2006, was controlied at Landguard 206km on 303deg seven days later, presumably having wintered on the Continent. Twite A young bird ringed at Light Hazzles Reservoir near Manchester on October 5th 2003 was controlied at Walberswick on December 23rd 2006, a movement of 291km on 135deg. Three other birds ringed at the same site in October/November 2006 were also controlied at Walberswick, two on December 23rd 2006 and the other on January 28th 2007. Seven colour-ringed birds from the same northern site were noted at Southwold in February 2002 along with others from the nearby Clough Reservoir. Ten were present from the same source in the winter of 2006/7 at Dunwich on Corporation Marshes. Two adults ringed at Walberswick on February 5th 2006 were controlied in West Yorkshire in autumn 2007. Reed Bunting A young bird ringed on the Dingle Hills on August 8th 2006 made the Somme in France 280km due south by November 1 Ith 2006. Did it mean to go that far?
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