søndag 28. februar 2016

Recent recoveries

Time for a new update on recoveries and controls. Most ringing schemes have processed the data from the 2015 season, and most controls have been answered. This list contains mostly recoveries reported recently, but there was also a small pile of recoveries forgotten from the previous recovery report.

Tufted Duck/Toppand

4244521 2cy+ M Breiavatnet, Stavanger, Rogaland 05.03.2006
Controlled, same location,. 18.12.2015

4244526 2cy+ M Breiavatnet, Stavanger, Rogaland 05.03.2006
Controlled, same location, 27.12.2015 

425169 2cy+ M Mosvatnet østsiden, Stavanger, Rogaland 20.02.2003
Controlled Breiavatnet, Stavanger, Rogaland 20.12.2015

European Storm Petrel/Havsvale

2cy+ Reve kai 26.07.2015
Controlled Heimøya, Sklinna, Leka, Nord-Trøndelag 22.09.2015 (770 km NNE)

Great Cormorant/Storskarv

BA35856 Pull Kolnesholmane, Sola, RO 14.06.2014
Dead, Shot, Hellvik, Eigersund, Rogaland 04.11.2015 (50 km SE)

Common Ringed Plover/Sandlo

8A56890/RAYN(EXH)F
2cy+M Makkevika, Giske, Møre og Romsdal 08.09.2013
Controlled, Colour flag read, Revtangen 05.09.2014 (418 km S)

8B45180/RAYN(NNJ)
1cy Makkevika, Giske, Møre og Romsdal 29.08.2014
Controlled, colour flag photodocumented, Regestranden, Sola, Rogaland 16.09.2014 (405 km S)

Dunlin/Myrsnipe

8M58532 1cy Revtangen 09.09.2010
Controlled Ujscie Wisly, Pomorskie, Poland 12.07.2015 (956 km SE)

8830838 1cy Revtangen 01.09.2001
Controlled Ottenby BO, Öland, Sweden 05.06.2009 (710 km ESE)

8L27769 1cy Revtangen 04.09.2008 
Controlled Nidingen, Halland, Sweden 05.05.2009 (411 km ESE)

8M14040 1cy Revtangen 20.09.2008
Controlled Nidingen, Halland, Sweden 31.07.2009 (411 km ESE)

8N66142 1cy Revtangen 28.08.2015
Controlled, ring read with telescope, Blåvand Strand, Denmark 29.08.2015 (389 km SE) Only one day after ringing!

8M59373 1cy Makkevika, Giske, Møre og Romsdal 21.08.2014
Controlled Revtangen 28.08.2014

(POL) D37526 1cy Lagoa de Santo André, Setúbal, Portugal 05.10.2013
Controlled, Revtangen BO 17.08.2015 (2515 km NNE) 

Little Stint/Dvergsnipe

E556649 1cy Revtangen 17.09.2008
Controlled, Ortazzo, Ravenna, Italy 13.08.2014 (1666 km SE)

Red Knot/Polarsnipe

7366568 1 cy Revtangen 11.08.2002
Dead, taken by avian predator Sint Philipsland, Zeeland, The Netherlands 15.02.2016 (798 km S)

(GBT) SX20459 1cy Admiral´s Farm, Terrington Marsh, Norfolk, Great Britain 11.09.2002
Controlled Revtangen 16.08.2015 (736 km NNE) 

7544995 1cy Revtangen 31.08.2014 
Controlled Snettisham, Norfolk, Great Britain 05.08.2015 (727 km SW)

7541947 1cy Revtangen 10.09.2010 
Controlled Reserve naturelle Moeze, Charente-Maritime, France 05.04.2011 (1533 km SSW)

Turnstone/Steinvender

7608019 1cy Revtangen 31.08.2014
Controlled, metal ring read without capture, Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France 10.11.2015 and 19.02.2016 (1763 km SSW)

7608185 1cy Revtangen 03.09.2014
Controlled, ring read in the field, Yerseke, Reimerswaal, Zeeland, The Netherlands 02.09.2015 (815 km S)

7544224 1cy Revtangen 17.08.2012
Controlled, metal ring read without capture, Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France 10.11.2015
(1763 km SSW)

Oystercatcher/Tjeld

(GBT) FP62315 3cy+  Ken Hill, Heacham, Norfolk, Great Britain 23.07.2005
Controlled, ring read with telescope, Reve kai, Klepp, Rogaland 25.03.2014 (724 km NNE)

Eurasian Curlew/Storspove

(GBT) FH48731 2cy+ Seal sands, Teesmouth, Cleveland, Great Britain 21.07.2012
Controlled, colourrings read/photographed, territorial, Engelsvoll, Klepp, RO 23.06.2014 (622 km NE)

4102570 Pull Kaffiholen, Hå, Rogaland 27.06.2011
Dead, unknown cause, Cornaig, Isle if Tiree, Strathclyde, Great Britain 22.10.2015 (782 km WSW)

4102565 Pull. Håholen, Klepp, Rogaland 22.06.2011. 
Taken by Eagle Owl, ring found i Eagle Owl nest, Meland commune, Hordaland 07.06.2013 

Redshank/Rødstilk

7433546/RAON(AXE)F 
1cy Makkevika, Giske, Møre og Romsdal 16.08.2014
Controlled (colour flag read) Revtangen 29.08.2014 (418 km S)

Great Black-backed Gull/Svartbak
Pull. Orrevatnet, Klepp, Rogaland 18.05.1999
Found injured, euthanized, Revemarka, Klepp 21.04.2014 (3 km W)

Meadow Pipit/Heipiplerke

EH68989 1cy Revtangen BO 11.09.2014
Controlled Callantsoog, Schegen, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands 28.09.2014 (662 km S)

Winter Wren/Gjerdesmett

HF68263 2cy+ Revtangen BO 11.10.2105
Controlled, Lundehaugen 10, Sandnes, Rogaland 01.11.2015 (14 km ENE)

Fieldfare/Gråtrost

7588512 2cy+ M Revtangen 21.11.2013
Dead, taken by avian predator, Todmorden, West Yorks, Great Britain 17.01.2014  

Blackbird/Svarttrost

7588508 1cy F Revtangen 21.11.2013
Dead, unknown cause Driffield, Humberside, Great Britain 18.12.2015 (641 km SSW)

Common Redstart/Rødstjert

(SFH) 548817V Pull. Rovaniemi MLK, Lappi, Finland 20.06.2014
Controlled (1cy M) Revtangen BO 06.09.2014 (1340 km WSW)

Reed Warbler/Rørsanger

HE07261 2cy+ Borrevannet, Horten, Vestfold 25.07.2015
Controlled (as 1 cy) Revtangen BO 01.09.2015 (290 km WSW)

HC86150 1cy Mulvika, Re, Vestfold 30.07.2015
Controlled Revtangen BO 31.08.2015 (287 km WSW)

Sedge Warbler/Sivsanger

HC90287 2cy+ Revtangen BO 04.06.2015
Controlled Hingene, Antwerpen, Belgium 15.08.2015 (854 km S)

Garden Warbler/Hagesanger

1cy Revtangen BO 09.08.2014
Controlled Blåvand Fuglestation, Blåvandshuk, Denmark 15.08.2014 (388 km SE)

Blackcap/Munk 

EK37134 1cy M Revtangen BO 18.10.2015
Dead, window, Sandvedhaugen, Sandnes, Rogaland 20.10.2015 (15 km NE)

EJ73693 1cy M Revtangen BO 04.10.2015
Controlled Shuart, St.Nicholas at Wade, Kent, Great Britain 15.10.2015 (864 km SSW)

Willow Warbler/Løvsanger

1cy Nedre Våge, Lindesnes, Vest-Agder 15.08.2013
Controlled, Revtangen BO 22.08.2013 (124 km NW)

Yellow-browed Warbler/Gulbrynsanger

LJ4535 1cy+ Revtangen BO 05.10.2015
Dead, taken by feral cat, Totnes, Devon, Great Britain, 03.02.2016 (1097 km SW)

The first recovery of a yellow-browed warbler from Revtangen BO was also the first winter record of a yellow-browed warbler ringed in Norway. Photo: Simi Gandhi. Map: Håvard Husebø.


Goldcrest/Fuglekonge

LJ4252 1cy M Revtangen BO 14.10.2014
Controlled, Callantsoog, Schagen, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands 10.11.2014 (663 km S)

SFH 78808U 1cy F Tankar BO Vaasa, Finland 14.09.2015
Controlled Revtangen BO 05.10.2015 (1085 km SW)

(PLG) LJ72100 1cy M Kopan, Darlowo, Zachodnio-Pomorskie, Poland 04.11.2013
Controlled Revtangen BO 28.03.2014 (819 km NW)

LJ4501 1cy M Revtangen BO 05.10.2015
Controlled Landguard Point, Suffolk, Great Britain 17.10.2015 (803 km SSW)  

LJ4781 1cy M Revtangen BO 14.10.2015 
Controlled Marsworth Reervoir, Tring, Hertfordshire, Great Britain 25.10.2015 (864 km SSW)

LF6225 1cy F Starene, Stange, Hedmark 21.09.2015
Controlled Revtangen BO 10.10.2015 (390 km SW)

LN2111 1cy M Jomfruland BO 02.10.2015
Controlled Revtangen BO 08.10.2015 (236 km W)

(NOO) A17745 1 cy M Mølen, Larvik, Vestfold 03.10.2015
Controlled Revtangen BO 05.-11.10.2015 (250 km W)

Great Tit/Kjøttmeis

EJ24759 1cy Giljastølen, Gjesdal, Rogaland 25.09.2014
Controlled Revtangen BO 17.10.2014 (47 km WSW)

EE97565 2cy+F Log, Åna-Sira, Sokndal 10.04.2013
Controlled Revtangen BO 14.10.2014 (75 km NW)

Blue Tit/Blåmeis

8H59347 Pull Høksåsneset, Mandal, VA 29.05.2014
Controlled Revtangen BO 12.10.2014 (136 km WNW)

HE00057 Pull Lundervoll, Tysvær, Rogaland 31.05.2014
Controlled Revtangen BO 14.10.2014 (65 km S)

HC44965 1cy Lista BO 14.09.2014
Controlled Revtangen BO 24.09.2014 (95 km NW)

HD45107 1cy Lista BO 18.09.2014
Controlled Revtangen BO 30.09.2014 (95 km NW)

HD45180 1cy Lista BO 25.09.2014
Controlled Revtangen BO 12.10.2014 (p5 km NW)

HD45490 1cy Lista BO 20.09.2014
Controlled Revtangen BO 12.10.2014 (95 km NW)

HD45794 1cy Lista BO 11.10.2014
Controlled Revtangen BO 06.11.2014 (95 km NW) 

HD45479 1cy Lista BO 20.09.2014
Controlled Revtangen BO 11.11.2014 (95 km NW)

HE32943 1cy Revtangen BO 12.10.2014
Controlled Lista BO 11.11.2014 (95 km SE)

ED36691 Pull Fidjan, Kvinesdal, VA 14.06.2013
Controlled, Breidablikk, Stavanger 26.02.2014 (108 km NW) 

HD84023 1cy Syre, Karmøy, Rogaland 17.10.2014
Controlled Revtangen BO 05.10.2015 (47 km SSE)

HD28943 1cy Holmane, Hå 20.09.2014
Controlled Revtangen BO 29.09.2014 (35 km NNW)  

HD28946 1cy Holmane, Hå 20.09.2014
Controlled Revtangen BO 24.09.2014 (35 km NNW) 

Starling/Stær

7528262 Pull Eide, Lund, Rogaland 01.06.2013
Controlled (1cy M) Revtangen BO 22.08.2013 (58 km NW)

Brambling/Bjørkefink

EK37160 2cy+ M Revtangen BO 19.10.2015
Controlled, ring read without capture, PJ Voorschoten, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands 22.02.2016 (741 km S)

(GBT) Z583056 2cy F Iken Marsh, Suffolk, Great Britain 05.04.2015
Controlled Revtangen BO 14.10.2015 (774 km NNE)

(SVS) 1EV32768 1cy F T-Vägen, Degernäs, Västerbotten, Sweden 30.08.2014
Controlled Revtangen BO 24.09.2014 (963 km SW)  

ED55265 1cy F Revtangen BO 27.09.2010
Controlled Spixhe, Liège, Belgium 22.02.2014 (916 km S)

Greenfinch/Grønnfink

EF68227 1cy F Revtangen BO 21.07.2013
Dead, traffic victim, Oosterend Terschelling, The Netherlands 26.04.2014 (595 km S)

EH32333 1cy M Giljastølen 21.06.2014
Controlled Revtangen BO 23.09.2014 (47 km WSW) 

EJ75404 1cy M Revtangen BO 01.08.2015
Controlled Giljastølen, Gjesdal, Rogaland 20.11.2015 (47 km ENE)

EJ40272 1cy M Revtangen BO 30.09.2014
Controlled Lista BO 14.10.2015 (95 km SE)

Lesser Redpoll/Brunsisik

HF70112 2cy+ M Revtangen BO 27.10.2015
Controlled Espeland, Bergen 26.12.2015 (169 km N)

HF70073 1cy Revtangen BO 27.10.2015
Controlled Øksnevadmyrene, Klepp, RO 01.11.2015 (13 km NE)

HE33496 2cy M Søre Merkeskog, Utsira, Rogaland 27.04.2014
Controlled, Revtangen BO 13.07.2014 (71 km SE) 

HE31674 2cy+ Revtangen BO 25.04.2014
Controlled Lista BO 13.05.2014 (95 km SE) 

HC90284 2cy Revtangen BO 30.05.2015
Controlled Giljastølen, Gjesdal, RO 27.10.2015 (47 km ENE)

Mealy Redpoll/Gråsisik

HF68940 1cy M Revtangen BO 19.10.2015
Controlled, Søgardsvatnet, Øygarden, Hordaland 04.11.2015 (193 km N)  

HD39896 1cy M Revtangen BO 11.10.2013
Controlled, Lichfield Block, Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, Great Britain 06.03.2014 (814 km SW)

Yellowhammer/Gulspurv

8M81016 1cy F Eikjetjørna, Tysvær, Rogaland 06.09.2014
Controlled Revtangen BO 14.10.2014 (59 km S)

Alf Tore Mjøs

søndag 21. februar 2016

Summary of the 2015 season


Time to sum up the 2015 season before the spring migration and the 2016 trapping season starts. 2015 was slightly better at Revtangen BO than the 3 previous seasons, but not by much. It was an odd year, with an extremely cold spring but better than average coverage in September and October. Typical spring species such as Dunnock, European Robin, Common Redstart, flycatchers and several warblers were trapped in lower numbers than usual because there were hardly any trapping conditions in spring. The wader season at Revtangen was not very good, significant numbers were staging in the area only for short period in mid-August.

Bird ringed at Revtangen BO are in the left column. The column "other sites" sums up the ringing we have done at other sites, mostly in connection with the "Urban gull project" (URBPOP). There was also a bit of "holiday ringing" in Finnmak by one of our ringers.

The new pond resultet in record numbers of two species, Green Sandpiper (6) and Grey Wagtail (118). We also trapped an amazing 41 Eurasian Collared Doves, of course another record (14 in 2014 was the best year so far). A more surprising all-time high on Winter Wren with 209, the species has finally bounced back from the population crash in 2010.

Greylag Goose, Canada Goose, Pintail, Mandarin Duck, European Shag, Little Auk and Red-throated Pipit were species ringed for the first time by the Bird Observatory, but none of these were ringed at Revtangen.


Art Revtangen BO Other sites Total
Greylag Goose
2 2
Canada Goose
1 1
European Shag
1 1
European Storm Petrel
14 14
Mute Swan
70 70
Mallard
22 22
Northern Pintail
1 1
Mandarin Duck
1 1
Tufted Duck
19 19
Common Eider
2 2
Goosander
1 1
Eurasian Coot
12 12
Common Moorhen
11 11
Water Rail 5
5
Herring Gull
148 148
Lesser Black-backed Gull
207 207
Great Black-backed Gull
76 76
Common Gull
392 392
Black-headed Gull
159 159
Iceland Gull
1 1
Hybrid Glaucous x Herring Gull
1 1
Arctic Skua
1 1
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 19
19
Northern Goshawk 1
1
Common Kestrel 1
1
Peregrine Falcon 1
1
Northern Lapwing 1 1 2
Eurasian Curlew
3 3
Bar-tailed Godwit 7
7
Dunlin 833
833
Little Stint 32
32
Red Knot 91
91
Sanderling 10
10
Turnstone 46
46
Common Redshank 4
4
Green Sandpiper 6
6
Common Sandpiper 1 4 5
Common Ringed Plover 6
6
Eurasian Oystercatcher 1 7 8
Eurasian Woodcock 2
2
Little Auk 1 1 2
Wood Pigeon 5
5
Eurasian Collared Dove 41
41
European Turtle Dove 1
1
Tengmalm's Owl 4
4
Northern Hawk Owl
1 1
Eurasian Wryneck 1
1
Common Swift 6
6
Shore Lark
4 4
Sand Martin 2
2
Barn Swallow 87 1 88
Tree Pipit 44
44
Olive-backed Pipit 1
1
Meadow Pipit 577
577
Red-throated Pipit
1 1
White Wagtail 17
17
Pied Wagtail 1
1
Grey Wagtail 118
118
Winter Wren 209
209
Dunnock 11
11
European Robin 196
196
Common Redstart 23
23
Bluethroat 1 1 2
Whinchat 4
4
Northern Wheatear 11
11
Greenland Wheatear 5
5
Song Thrush 85
85
Redwing 165 2 167
Fieldfare 94
94
Common Blackbird 203
203
Icterine Warbler 2
2
Blackcap 212 4 216
Common Whitethroat 51
51
Lesser Whitethroat 13
13
Garden Warbler 175 2 177
Barred Warbler 8
8
Grasshopper Warbler 5 5
Reed Warbler 61 1 62
Blyth's Reed Warbler 1
1
Marsh Warbler 1
1
Sedge Warbler 41 5 46
Willow Warbler 303 2 305
Chiffchaff 65
65
Siberian Chiffchaff 8
8
Yellow-browed Warbler 20
20
Goldcrest 565
565
Spotted Flycatcher 12
10
Red-breasted Flycatcher 1
3
Pied Flycatcher 21
21
Long-taild Tit 7
7
Great Tit 51
51
Coal Tit 1
1
Crested Tit 2
2
Blue Tit 147
147
Eurasian Treecreeper 8
8
Common Starling 161 1 162
House Sparrow 331 1 332
Tree Sparrow 166
166
Common Magpie 3
3
Hooded Crow 2 19 21
Common Chaffinch 93
93
Brambling 229
229
European Greenfinch 240
240
Eurasian Siskin 122
122
Common Linnet 150
150
Lesser Redpoll 399 1 400
Mealy Redpoll 1138
1138
Arctic Redpoll 6 1 7
Common Rosefinch 1
1
Eurasian Bullfinch 4
4
European Goldfinch 17
17
Reed Bunting 9 4 13
Little Bunting 1 2 3
Yellowhammer 32
32
Ortolan Bunting 1
1
Totalt 7866 1211 9077