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2008-12-03Two long-distance recoveries of White StorksTwo White Storks ringed within the Stork Project in southern Sweden have been recovered abroad. The first one was found dead in Turkey (close to the Greek boarder) on 13 June and the other one was found dead in the vicinity of Barcelona in Spain on 17 September. Both were younger birds born in 2007 and 2008, respectively. This is the first two long-distance recoveries of White Storks ringed in Sweden ever.2008-08-29
25-years old Whooper Swan found in northern Russia A Whooper Swan ringed during winter at Sölvesborg in southern Sweden was recently reported as found at Voronov (66.30N 42.15E) north of Arkhangelsk at the White Sea in Russia in August 2005. The bird was killed by a dog and reported as a swan. We have three other recoveries in northern Russia of Whooper Swans ringed in southern Sweden. This is the oldest Whooper Swan ringed in Sweden so far and only slightly younger than the Whooper Swan ringed in Denmark holding the European longevity record of 26½ years. 2008-08-22
Age of Birds On Eurings homepage the latest update of the European longevity list has now been presented. For instance You can find that the oldest bird established in Europe are a Manx Shearwater, Puffinus puffinus, aged at least 49 years and 8 months at the recovery.You can find the list on:http://www.euring.org/data_and_codes/longevity.htm 2008-07-15
Barn Swallow ringed in Sweden found in Dem Rep CongoA Barn Swallow ringed as a first-year bird at Ottenby Bird Observatory,SE Sweden, on 8 September 2007 was killed by man at Kapanga, southern part of Dem Rep Congo, on 10 January 2008. The distance from Ottenby is 7203 km. The recovery was reported by an organization working with monitoring and conservation of wintering roosts in this area. This is the 21st recovery of a Barn Swallow ringed in Sweden and found south of the Sahara in Africa. Please see:Map showing recoveries, this one is indicated by blue symbol 2008-06-24
Swedish ringed Bluethroat found in Pakistan The Ringing Centre received a report in June that a Bluethroat was shot by a 15-year-old boy on the 4 April 2008 in the village of Watchakhora in Waziristan, western Pakistan. The bird was ringed as a young male at Utklippan Bird Observatory, SE Sweden, on 10 May 2006 during spring migration. The reporter is the same person who reported a recovery of a Swedish ringed Bluethroat in the same area on 31 March 2001. The dates for both recoveries indicate that they probably have started their return migration and that the wintering area is situated further east. The distance from the ringing site to the recovery site for the last recovery is 4867 km. 2008-05-27
29 years old Black-headed Gull A ringed Black-headed Gull was found freshly dead in a park in Malmö on 25 May 2008. It was ringed in a nearby park on 21 December 1979 as a juvenile bird and reached an age of close to 29 years. The bird was still in winter plumage and very thin, maybe affected by senescence. The former oldest Swedish ringed Black-headed Gull was 25 years and 5 month, but the oldest in Europe is 30 years and 7 months and ringed in Finland. 2008-05-13
42 years and 10 months — a new longevity record! On 3 May 2008 the ring number was read on a ringed Common Guillemot at Stora Karlsö,Gotland, who was ringed as a chick at the same place on 7 July 1965. The bird was observed on a breeding ledge and the ring number was read by telescope from a distance. The ring reading was carried out within a special project studying the Common Guillemots in the colony on the island Stora Karlsö. At the same time another Common Guillemot, ringed as a chick on 9 July 1969, was also observed — 38 years and 10 months old. The oldest Common Guillemot ringed in Sweden before those two birds was 38 years old. This is also the oldest Common Guillemot known in the world and it is the third oldest bird recognized from bird ringing in Europe. 2008-04-01
Willow Warbler found in TogoA Swedish ringed Willow Warbler was found inTogo, West Africa, on the 18 March 2008. The bird was killed with a stone by children. It was ringed as a female at Falsterbo Bird Observatory, in southernmost Sweden on 20 May 2007. The distance from the ringing site in Sweden is 5453 km and this is the 33rd recovery of a Swedish ringed Willow Warbler south of 25ºN (shown in blue colour in the map of recoveries). 2008-02-15
Hawfinch found in Croatia A Hawfinch ringed at Hornborgasjön, SW Sweden, in June 2003 was controlled by a ringer at Metkovic in Croatia on 13 January 2008. This is the southernmost recovery of a Hawfinch ringed in Sweden so far and the third in Croatia. Recoveries of Hawfinches ringed in Sweden are spread over a large area, including Sweden in the north, France in southwest and Croatia in the south. 2008-01-18
Golden Eagle found in Poland On 13 January, a ringed Golden Eagle was found at Chelm in eastern Poland. The bird was injured and very weak, probably after a collision with an overhead wire. It has been taken care of and will probably be treated for up to three months. It was ringed as a nestling in the province of Västerbotten in northern Sweden on 18 June 2007. We have a ringed Golden Eagle found in Belarus in April 1993, but this is the most southern recovery of a Golden Eagle ringed in Sweden so far.
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