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Brewood Ringers‏ @Brewoodringers 16h16 hours ago

Wow what an age -Storm Petrel: originally ringed Eilean non Ron 18/07/1997 as an adult and was recaught 7638 days later on 16/06/2018 at Priest Island, Highland, which is a distance of 96km and a stunning 22 years of age at least.

As we prepare for our 2018 visit we get a new recovery

Our first recovery of the year (from a 2017 individual) that we originally caught and ringed as 2726753 on The Maze on 25 July 2017. Just returned from Norway are capture details. It was recaught on 30th July 2017 at Tjeldnes, Jolle, Farsund, Vest-Agder - 5days and 640km later. This is the fifteen bird ringed on Nan Ron recaptured in Norway.

A few strays - one good, one bad

Although concentrating on Storm Petrels when on the island we do ring other birds when the occasion presents. Also we are keen to monitor those birds that we (and others) have rung before.

A Greylag Goose was ringed as a gosling, 5273794, on the 14th July 2017. Unfortunately it had joined the Great Skua larder ten days later when it was found dead. Ringed on the same day was a Great Skua chick, MA 39504, which was alive, healthy and well-fed eleven days later.

The picture shows a Great Skua chick (not the chick) ringed and colour-marked ready for release.

RSPB Conservation Science Unit

Filming Storm Petrels at night on Mousa. Some infra-red footage of birds flying about; as a means of trying to get a better estimate of the number of breeding pairs. See: bit.ly/2yEyYbt 

A late one

2726805
26.07.2017 ENR
18.08.2017 Holms of Ire, Sanday, Orkney 23days 129km 50d

The 2017 Norwegian trio

Data now back in:

2E07456
Ringed 25.08.2016 Herdlevaer, Oygarden, Hordaland NORWAY
Retrapped 26.07.2017 ENR
335days 560km 247deg

ED06011
Ringed 10.09.2016 Preikestolen, Riste, More og Romsdale, NORWAY
Retrapped 26.07.2017 ENR
319days 670km 233deg

ED00296
Ringed 14.08.2014 Hamnaholmem, Hellandsvagene, More of Romsdale, NORWAY
Retrapped 25.07.2017 ENR
1076days 674km 233deg

226km in a day

Three more recoveries from 2017, all to Shetland. Two to Sumburgh and (an)other one to Fair Isle.

2726664 
25.07.2017 ENR
07.08.2017 Sumburgh, Shetland 13days 226km 51deg

2726729
25.07.2017 ENR
26.07.2017 Sumburgh, Shetland 1days 226km 51deg

2726877
27.07.2017 ENR
07.08.2017 Fair Isle, Shetland 11days 190km 55deg