Ringing sites of Blackbird
(n=)Recovery sites of Blackbird
(n=)Facts
Birds ringed| Birds ringed | | 281 |
| Ringed as chicks | | 43 (15,3%) |
Recoveries| No. of recoveries | | 24 |
| No. of individuals | | 24 |
| Proportion recovered | | 8,5% |
Blackbird is a common resident breeding bird as well as a migrant and winter visitor to the Faroes. Originally a rare visitor in the mid 1800s, the first breeding record was in 1947. The population now numbers approximately 500 pairs and is still growing. 281 blackbirds have been ringed in the Faroes, most on Nólsoy (201). Blackbirds have been ringed year round, but most in April-June. 19% were ringed as chicks, 38% as young birds and 43% as older birds. There are 24 recoveries, 19 at the ringing site and one abroad. The longest distance of a young bird between ringing and recovery site is 24 km (from Nólsoy to Klaksvík, Borðoy). A bird ringed as an adult on 27 March 2006 on Nólsoy was controlled on 3 November 2006 in Zeeland, the Netherlands, 1,305 km SSE of the ringing site. Three foreign-ringed blackbirds have been recovered in the Faroes, one from Shetland, one from Fair Isle and one from Helgoland, Germany.
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