Ringing sites of Whimbrel
(n=)Recovery sites of Whimbrel
(n=)Facts
Birds ringed| Birds ringed | | 350 |
| Ringed as chicks | | 305 (87,1%) |
Recoveries| No. of recoveries | | 8 |
| No. of individuals | | 8 |
| Proportion recovered | | 2,3% |
Whimbrel is a common breeding brid in the Faroes with 2,000 pairs. 350 whimbrels have been ringed in the Faroes. 92% of these were ringed as chicks. There are eight recoveries, two of them from abroad. All recoveries in the Faroes are from June-August. The two foreign recoveries are presumably from spring and autumn migration, respectively. One, ringed as a chick on 23 June 1994 in Søltuvík, Sandoy, was shot on 12 September 1996 in Guinea- Bissau, 5,581 km S of the ringing site. The other, ringed as an adult on 16 June 1994 in Akraberg, Suðuroy, was found dead on 31 May 2004 in Fowey, England, 1,237 S of the ringing site.
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