GEDSER - Some results....

On 27th October I extracted an Eastern-type Lesser Whitethroat from a net; the late date alone would have suggested that it was one of the eastern forms but the tail pattern and the overall cold, brownish plumage tones further pointed this direction.    Proving it would be a different kettle of fish but some feather samples were taken and sent to Prof. Martin Collinson at Aberdeen University for DNA analysis and the results confirmed that it was indeed a SIBERIAN LESSER WHITETHROAT of the subspecies Sylvia curruca blythi.
This admittedly is the commonest eastern form that is seen in western Europe in the autumn and is almost certainly annual in the UK but still, its great to get confirmation!

Siberian Lesser Whitethroat

 

 

We also caught a selection of birds with rings from elsewhere; most of the details have come back now (hopefully there will be a bunch of our birds subsequently caught elsewhere!) but below are the details of the ones I've had back so far (with a few from my first spell at Gedser - spring 2014 thrown in).

 

CORMORANT

290245 (A286)

02.06.16               1              Wallnau Wasservogelreserat, Ostholstein, GERMANY

05.08.16               VV          Gedser Odde

                                                                                2 months, 3 days              62Km E

 HERRING GULL

4276462

29.06.99               1              Storeager, Holeby, Lolland & Falster, DENMARK

12.06.14               X             Lindholm, Nysted, Sjælland    [found long dead]

                                                                                14 years, 11 months, 13 days      10Km ENE

 4L2244

07.08.12               5              Gedser Odde, Sydfalster, DENMARK

03.09.16               VV          Gedser Havn

                                                                                4 years, 27 days                                3Km WNW

 

BLACK-HEADED GULL

6237693 (EF717)

04.02.12               6              Vinkelvej 1B, Gedser, Sydfalster, DENMARK

01.02.15               R             Binnenalster, Hamburg, GERMANY

03.09.16               VV          Gedser Havn

                                                                                4 years, 6 months, 28 days           1.6Km NE

 REDSTART

9AJ1354

29.04.14               5M         Gedser

22.08.14               X             Mörlundavägen, Kristdala, Kalmar, SWEDEN    [caught by cat]

                                                                                3 months, 23 days            411Km NE

 ROBIN

13375845

18.10.13               3              Beaufays, Liege, BELGIUM

30.03.14               R             Gedser

                                                                                5 months, 12 days            617Km NE

 BF66005

02.04.16               5              Eemshaven-oost, Groningen, THE NETHERLANDS

20.09.16               R             Gedser

                                                                                5 months, 18 days            355Km ENE

 774507H

20.09.15               4              Espoo, Uusimaa, FINLAND

03.10.16               R             Gedser

                                                                                1 year, 13 days                  991Km WSW

 9AJ8792

01.04.14               5              Gedser

04.10.14               R             Zuiderzeeweg, Naarden, Noord-Holland, THE NETHERLANDS

                                                                                6 months, 3 days              514Km WSW

 DUNNOCK

9AJ8492               

25.03.14               6              Gedser

06.06.14               X             Skovvænget 18, Falster, DENMARK   [hit window]

                                                                                2 months, 12 days            2Km WNW

 AX55562

18.09.13               2              Keldsnor, Sydlangeland, DENMARK

14.04.14               R             Gedser

                                                                                6 months, 26 days            83Km ESE

 AX55083

19.09.13               2              Keldsnor, Sydlangeland, DENMARK

30.03.14               R             Gedser

                                                                                6 months, 11 days            83Km ESE

 12863808

09.10.12               3              Sint Huibrechts-Hern, Limburg, BELGIUM

08.04.14               R             Gedser

                                                                                1 year, 5 months, 30 days             604Km NE

 CU45046

18.04.14               6              Fyren, Falsterbo, Skäne, SWEDEN

23.04.14               R             Gedser

                                                                                5 days                                   106Km SSW

 WREN

CU44112

27.03.14               5              Fyren, Falsterbo, Skåne, SWEDEN

23.10.16               R             Gedser

                                                                                2 years, 6 months, 27 days           106Km SSW

 REED WARBLER

CX05006

04.07.15               4              Renstad, Tåkern, Ӧstergötland, SWEDEN

12.08.16               R             Gedser

                                                                                1 year, 1 month, 8 days                 451Km SSW

 MARSH WARBLER

CU12285

24.08.13               3              Bröttopsören, Ӧland, SWEDEN

30.05.14               R             Gedser

                                                                                9 months, 6 days              377Km SW

 ICTERINE WARBLER

CU46752

02.06.14               4              Fyren, Falsterbo, Skäne, SWEDEN

05.06.14               R             Gedser

                                                                                3 days                                   106Km SSW

 WHITETHROAT

1EX86064

31.07.16               3              Grönvik, Skåne Län, Skåne, SWEDEN

21.08.16               R             Gedser

                                                                                21 days                                 183Km SSW

 BLACKCAP

1ET52934

04.09.14               3F           Bingsmarken, Skurup, Skåne, SWEDEN

17.10.16               R             Gedser

                                                                                2 years, 1 month, 13 days             134Km SW

 GARDEN WARBLER

BX10167

21.05.14               4              Gedser

07.08.15               X             Birkemosevej 15, Gedser, DENMARK   [hit window]

                                                                                1 year, 2 months, 17 days             0.9Km NNE

 CHIFFCHAFF

TJ8711

23.07.16               3              Bingsmarken, Skurup, Skåne, SWEDEN

27.09.16               R             Gedser

                                                                                2 months, 4 days              134Km SW

 TF8462

11.10.15               3              Torreberga, Skåne Län, Skåne, SWEDEN

27.09.16               R             Gedser

                                                                                11 months, 16 days         142Km SW

 WILLOW WARBLER

CT04706

30.04.14               4              Utklippan, Blekinge, SWEDEN

16.08.16               R             Gedser

                                                                                2 years, 3 months, 16 days           283Km WSW

 GOLDCREST

LH5331

20.09.16               3F           Lista Fyr, Farsund, Vest-Agder, NORWAY

27.09.16               R             Gedser

                                                                                7 days                                   516Km SE

 SE9257

26.09.16               3M         Kyrkbacken, Ӓssön, Ӧrebo, SWEDEN

16.10.16               R             Gedser

                                                                                20 days                                 562Km SSW

 REDPOLL

CU87952

10.10.16               3              Rönnfällan, Norsjö, Västerbotten, SWEDEN

07.11.16               R             Gedser

                                                                                28 days                                 1,219Km SSW

 788356H

03.10.16               3M         Mynämäki, Varsinais-Suomi, Turku & Pori, FINLAND

08.11.16               R             Gedser

                                                                                1 month, 5 days                                891Km SW

 Codes;   R - Recaptured by ringer, X - Found dead, VV - Ring read in field, 1 - Ringed as a chick, 3 - Ringed in the birds first calendar year, 4 - Ringed as an adult

 

Most of the birds follow the same kind of pattern with birds ringed Sweden, Norway and Finland passing through Gedser in the autumn on their way south and birds ringed further south (The Netherlands, Germany, Belgium etc.) either on migration or during winter and a few (not shown here) caught further south in France, Spain etc. either still on migration (in terms of African wintering species) or on their winter quarters (in terms of species which just go as far as southern Europe to winter)