We have just received word from Wilf Norman, that he was ringing on one of his regular ringing sites yesterday (31/10/2010) near Whitby Lighthouse, North Yorkshire and he had a surprising catch.
This has been a good site over the years with a Blackcap in particular, which had only been ringed 2 days before in Denmark. Even with this great bird he was not expecting to catch 2 Pallas's Warblers in 1 day, one unringed bird and the other ringed with Y97899 from The Netherlands!
To put this in to perspective, we have only ever had 2 recoveries of Pallas's Warbler both in 1982, one bird ringed at Dungeness in Kent, which was later killed by a Kestrel and the other ringed on Fair Isle, Shetland and found dead a day later.
We will let you know the ringing details as soon as we can.
Thanks to Wilf Norman for letting us know and for the photo.
01 November 2010
There's more at Whitby than the seaside
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This autumn 3 Pallas leaf warblers were ringed in the Netherlands. This ringnumer was not used on Vlieland and Meijendel, so it is most likely ringed in Gemert on october 22. Look for details and fotos on http://waarneming.nl/waarneming/view/50621332
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
Best regards, Holmer Vonk