Ringing sites of Black-tailed godwit
(n=)Recovery sites of Black-tailed godwit
(n=)Facts
Birds ringed| Birds ringed | | 4 |
| Ringed as chicks | | 2 (50,0%) |
Recoveries| No. of recoveries | | 0 |
| No. of individuals | | 0 |
| Proportion recovered | | 0,0% |
Black-tailed godwit is a rare breeding bird in the Faroes, with 1-3 breeding pairs. Four birds have been ringed, all on Sandoy. None of the black-tailed godwit ringed in the Faroes have been recovered. A bird colour-ringed 3 May 2003 in Álftafjörður in eastern Iceland, was seen in Northern Ireland in the following winter and spring, and was later seen 29 March 2004 in southern Norway and on 9 June 2004 in Vestmanna, Streymoy. After nine days it was seen in Dee Estuary, northwest England. Another black-tailed godwit ringed on 21 June 2004 in Holt, northwest Iceland was seen on 29-30 August 2004 in Sandur, Sandoy. Since then it was seen in 2005 in Iceland, Portugal and Ireland.
Read more about the species in the chapter from
The Faroese Bird Migration Atlas here 
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