Stormies that became Barn Owl fodder.

Following examination of all of the Barn Owl pellets collected off the island the following rings from these individuals were found.

2601039 ringed 2005 (4035 days)
2658382 ringed 2010 (2190 days)
2659456 ringed2011 (1825 days)
2668849 ringed 2013 (1120 days)
2718329 ringed 2015 (383 days)
2669159 ringed 2016 (24 days)

Obviously the Barn Owl is not discriminatory regarding the age of its prey.

A non Stormie recovery

BCK726, a Nan Ron wren - in deference to a Fair Isle wren - caught as a 3J (juvenile hatched that year) in 2015. Recaptured alive and well on Nan Ron on 5th July, 327 days later.

A new control

2696772
Ringed ENR 28.07.2014
Controlled Lunga, Treshnish Isles, Argyll & Bute 26.06.2016
699days 262km 209deg

Controls.

These are birds either ringed elsewhere and recaught on Nan Ron, or birds ringed on Nan Ron and caught somewhere else.

2696580
Ringed ENR 28.07.2014
Controlled Fair Isle, Shetland 15.08.2016
749days, 190km, 55degrees

2717137
Ringed ENR 10.08.2015
Controlled Bewan, North Ronaldsay, Orkney 15.07.2016
340days, 146km, 51 degrees

The following six birds were all controlled on ENR in August 2016. These are their details of original ringing.

2454338
Ringed 05.08.2012 Duncansby Head, Highland 1457days, 75km, 263deg

2621757
Ringed 06.08.2015 Scurdie Ness, Angus 362days, 235km, 332deg

2712737
Ringed 17.06.2016 Priest Island, Highland 46days, 97km, 47deg

2718525
Ringed 09.07.2016 Eilean An Taighe, Western Isles 24days, 140km, 58deg

2559084
Ringed 28.07.2016 Fife Ness, Crail, Fife 5days, 275km, 338deg

2594175
Ringed 30.07.2016 Faraid Head, Highland 33days, 27km, 103deg

...and there's more.

These are retraps generated by Stefan's visit in early July.

2608101 ringed 30.07.2006, recaptured 04.07.2016 3627 days old.
2611701 ringed 23.07.2007, recaptured 04.07.2016 3269 days old.

One bird from 2010 ?where are the rest?
2658426 ringed 20.07.2010, so 2177 days old at least.

Four birds were caught originally ringed in 2011 making them c1800 days old.
Two birds from 2012, c1440 days old, four from 2013 (1046-1070 days old), ten from 2014 (704-708 days) and nineteen from 2015 (326-330 days old).

In addition (this year) we caught two birds from the Bache partnership, which they originally ringed in 2015 and another five from their visit earlier this year. We also recaptured two birds that Stefan had ringed this year.

Recoveries

A picture to start, black and white to add a bit of atmosphere if any is needed.

Forty-three retrap notifications were received following the visit to ENR of the Bache, Shearwood and McShane partnership.
From these 2608968 was the oldest being a bird originally ringed in 2007 (3274 days old). Next were two birds each from the years 2009, 2011 and 2012 making them 2536, 1803 and 1445 days old respectively. Interestingly no birds were retrapped from 2010.
There were fifteen retraps from birds originally ringed in 2014 with ages from 709-713 days. Not surprisingly there were 21 retraps of birds from 2015 - 329-336 days old.

Eilean An Taighe (and Moussa) recoveries

Four controls received, all from Eilean An Taigue, Western Isles, controlled this year.

2716386 ENR 13.08.2015 controlled on Taigue 05.07.2016, 327days, 140km, 238deg
2696817 ENR 28.07.2014 controlled same day as above, 708days

2716180 ENR 13.08.2015 controlled Taigue 06.07.2016, 328days

2659323 ENR 02.08.2011 controlled on Taigue 09.07.2016, 1803days

There is one record of a bird found dead on North Isle, Moussa, Shetland on 02.08.2016 - reasons unknown. This bird was ringed on ENR on 25.07.2012 making it >1469 days old (240km, 48deg)