Rodmund á Kelduni

Rock pipit

Anthus petrosus

Skærpiber

Grátítlingur

Skærpiber

Grátítlingur

Ringing sites of Rock pipit

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Recovery sites of Rock pipit

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Facts

Birds ringed
Birds ringed 271
Ringed as chicks 71 (26,2%)
Recoveries
No. of recoveries 2
No. of individuals 2
Proportion recovered 0,7%
Short abstract from the book:
Rock pipit is a common breeding bird in the Faroes with a population of 2,000-2,500 breeding pairs. 271 rock pipits have been ringed, most in Sumba, Suðuroy (119), Nólsoy (51) and Mikladalur, Kalsoy (44). Three birds ringed in the Faroes have been recovered. One, ringed in 1935 at an unknown site, was recovered on 31 October 1935 in Cullister, Shetland, c. 380 km SE of the Faroes (fig. 1). Another, ringed 15 February 1990 on Nólsoy, was found dead on 31 January 1994 at the ringing site. The third was ringed as a young 15 August 2002 in Søltuvík, Sandoy, and was killed by a gull on 2 October 2002 onboard a ship between the Faroes and Scotland. The only recovery of a bird ringed abroad is of a bird ringed 3 January 1962 in Northumberland, England, and recovered 9 May 1962 on a ship NW of the Faroes, 835 km NNW of the ringing site. The ringing data indicates that Faroese rock pipits migrate in the autumn, most likely to Britain.

Read more about the species in the chapter from The Faroese Bird Migration Atlas here