Ringing sites of Wheatear
(n=)Recovery sites of Wheatear
(n=)Facts
Birds ringed| Birds ringed | | 268 |
| Ringed as chicks | | 123 (45,9%) |
Recoveries| No. of recoveries | | 1 |
| No. of individuals | | 1 |
| Proportion recovered | | 0,4% |
Wheatear is a common breeding bird (1,500 pairs) and a commom migrant to the Faroes. 268 birds have been ringed in the Faroes, most in Søltuvík, Sandoy (78), Nólsoy (53) and Mikladalur, Kalsoy (45). The majority (98%) were ringed June-September, with a peak in the end of August. Of 201 aged birds, 61% were ringed as chicks, 30% as juveniles, and 9% as older. One wheatear, ringed as a juvenile on 10 August 2006 in Søltuvík, Sandoy was found dead on 12 September 2006 in Guidel, Morbihan, France, 1,576 km S of the ringing site. Most likely this bird belonged to the Faroese population. A wheatear ringed on 19 May 1956 on Fair Isle, Shetland, was recovered three days later (22 May) on a ship N of the Faroes.
Read more about the species in the chapter from
The Faroese Bird Migration Atlas here 
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