Ringing sites of Dunlin
(n=)Recovery sites of Dunlin
(n=)Facts
Birds ringed| Birds ringed | | 6 |
| Ringed as chicks | | 0 (0,0%) |
Recoveries| No. of recoveries | | 1 |
| No. of individuals | | 1 |
| Proportion recovered | | 16,7% |
Dunlin is a rare breeding bird in the Faroes with only 10-15 pairs. It is common during migration and a rare winter visitor. Six dunlins have been ringed in the Faroes: three on Mykines and three in Søltuvík, Sandoy, all in July-August in their 1st calendar year. The only recovery is a dunlin, ringed 29 July 1970 on Mykines, that was shot 18 days later in Douro Lit, Portugal, 2,331 km S of the ringing site (average minimum speed 130 km/day). Three foreign-ringed dunlins have been recovered in the Faroes, two from Britain and one from France.
Read more about the species in the chapter from
The Faroese Bird Migration Atlas here 
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