“Ringing Scheme: Wilhelmshaven (Helgoland) Ring Number: 7983628 Species of bird: Blackbird (Turdus merula)
This bird was ringed by Wilhelmshaven (Helgoland) as age at least 2 years, sex unknown on 30-Mar-2018 08:00:00 at Spiekeroog, Ostfriesische Inseln, Germany
OS Map reference - accuracy 0, - co-ordinates 53deg 46min N 7deg 40min E accuracy 0.
It was found on 27-Nov-2019 time unknown at Cholsey, Oxfordshire, UK
OS Map reference SU5886 accuracy 0, - co-ordinates 51deg 34min N -1deg -9min W accuracy 0.
Finding condition: Freshly dead - within about a Week
Finding circumstances: Cat predation.
Extra Information: - It was found 607 days after it was ringed, 645 km from the ringing site, direction WSW.”
Some interesting facts discovered from ringing data....
Oldest bird – Manx shearwater, 50 yrs 11 months
Furthest travelled – Arctic Tern from Wales to Australia 18,000 km
Strangest recovery – Osprey ring found in stomach of a crocodile in The Gambia!
(not the dead one) 😊
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