I may just have blogged about autumn, but now for a reminder of summer, to be precise sand martins. All gone now, but they will be back in just over four months.
The reason for posting on sand martins now is news of one of the birds caught at Blashford earlier this year. We knew it was an interesting one as it carried a Spanish ring, but it proved even more surprising now that the details have come back. An edited version of the details are copied below.
Ringing date: 10-Dec-2010
Reg code: --- Place code: --- Site name: Sant Louis, Djoudj Park
Biological Station, Senegal
County code: NU00 Grid ref: Co-ords: 16deg 25min N 16deg
18min W
Hab1: -- Hab2:
Biometrics: Wing: 104 mm. Weight: 10.6 g. Time: 0000hrs
Finding date: 09-Jun-2011
Reg code: --- Place code: BLASH Site name: Blashford, Ringwood,
Hampshire
County code: GBHAM Grid ref: SU1508 Co-ords: 50deg 52min
N 1deg 47min W
Hab1: A3 Hab2: G5
Biometrics: Wing: 110 mm. Weight: 13.2 g. Time: 0400hrs
Duration: 181 days Distance: 4044 km Direction: 19deg
(NNE)
Finder: Mr K Sayer, 4821
Ringing date: 10-Dec-2010
Reg code: --- Place code: --- Site name: Sant Louis, Djoudj Park
Biological Station, Senegal
County code: NU00 Grid ref: Co-ords: 16deg 25min N 16deg
18min W
Hab1: -- Hab2:
Biometrics: Wing: 104 mm. Weight: 10.6 g. Time: 0000hrs
Finding date: 09-Jun-2011
Reg code: --- Place code: BLASH Site name: Blashford, Ringwood,
Hampshire
County code: GBHAM Grid ref: SU1508 Co-ords: 50deg 52min
N 1deg 47min W
Hab1: A3 Hab2: G5
Biometrics: Wing: 110 mm. Weight: 13.2 g. Time: 0400hrs
Duration: 181 days Distance: 4044 km Direction: 19deg
(NNE)
Finder: Mr K Sayer, 4821
It was nesting at Blashford, in our sand martin bank, having been ringed on the wintering grounds almost six months to the day earlier.
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