Davidstow Airfield and Crowdy Reservoir 28th and 29th August 2012

I have had a few days off from work this week and so popped back down to Boscastle for a short break. The village itself was fairly quiet bird wise and most of the Fulmars had left their breeding ledges and returned to sea, and a few Shags loitered offshore. I had a couple of free moments during my stay so decided to go to Davidstow Airfield in the hope of a yankee wader. I started up by the old control tower and immediately picked up two Ruff.

Juvenile Ruff

Both birds appeared to be juveniles, since they were strongly tinged buff below, with dark centred feathers on the upperparts, again strongly fringed buff. 

Female (left) and Male (right) Ruff

There is a marked difference in size between male and female Ruff, with the males being considerably larger than the females (reeve). These two birds showed a considerable size difference and therefore were probably a male and female.

Female (left) and Male (right) Ruff

Continuing around the airfield I came across a mixed flock of Dunlin (16) and Ringed Plover (8) roosting on one of the concrete runways. They had tucked themselves down into tussocks of grass on the cracked runway; all of the Dunlin appeared to be adults, whereas the majority of the Ringed Plover were juveniles.

Roosting Dunlin

I decided to walk on to Crowdy Reservoir, as occasionally there are some interesting birds there. Five Common Buzzards, three Common Ravens and several Goldcrests were the pick of birds seen on the way; but at Crowdy Reservoir a lone Black-tailed Godwit was present on the northern bank, roosting with three Common Sandpipers. This was the first time I have seen this species here. Two Great Crested Grebe and a mixed flock of Herring and Lesser black-backed Gulls was all that was on the water.

Two Ruff and Local Pony

I headed back to the control tower, seeing a couple of Northern Wheatears on the way, and the two Ruff again, before heading off home. On 29th I headed back to Davidstow for an hour, this time with the car which was just as well, because no sooner had I arrived the heavens opened, and boy did it pour!

Pouring Rain at Davidstow

The mixed flock of Dunlin and Ringed Plover were feeding on the grassland near the control tower, even in the pouring rain. It is amazing to see how these tiny waders are so hardy and seem oblivious to the harsh weather conditions.

Mixed flock of Dunlin and Ringed Plover

The two Ruff seem to have moved on, but I did find another mixed flock of Dunlin and Ringed Plover in another part of the airfield. The only other bird of note was a juvenile male Northern Wheatear, that looked a bit wet after the downpour. 

Despite its wet appearance it was easy to age this bird since its upperparts were heavily fringed with buff edging, and grey feathers were showing from beneath the brown juvenile feathers on the back. With the beginning of another torrential downpour I decided it was time once again to head home, no yankee wader for me this time.

Summary of Tichfield Haven Ringing between 10th July and 23rd August 2010 - 2012

I have mentioned in some of my previous posts that the ringing totals at Titchfield Haven have been considerably lower this year than last year, and that the percentage of adults birds ringed has been much higher this year, than last. So given that more typical British summer weather had once again returned, and there was no chance of ringing on Saturday I thought it would be an ideal time to do a bit of analysis. Initially I was just going to compare 2011 totals with 2012, but seeing as last year was such a fantastic year for several species, and was not typical for the site, I thought I would also include 2010 in my totals.

Bird ringing at Titchfield Haven has been carried out since the early 1970's, but it was in 1999 that we started ringing at the current location. We adopted a standardised approach, whereby we only ring on three days in any week, and we use the same number of nets during each session. This has meant a high level of commitment from the ringing team, but it does allow us to make some useful comparisions from year to year.

For this analysis I have chosen a selection of species, the dates chosen are from our first sesson of the year through until the 23rd August. The totals for each year are summarised in the graph and table below.

 

From the graph it is possible to see Sedge Warbler is the to most numerous species ringed at the site, and last year over a thousand birds were ringed up to 23rd August, and the second most numerous species switching between Grasshopper Warbler and Reed Warbler. The surprise last year was the amazing numbers of Grasshopper Wablers ringed, with 564 captured. Other species that seemed to have a good year were Common Whitethroat, Blackcap and Garden Warbler, with 97, 61 and 76, ringed respectively.

Species	Ringing Totals
	2010	2011	2012
Grasshopper Warbler	163	564	127
Reed Warbler	263	295	187
Sedge Warbler	484	1032	360
Willow Warbler	130	96	63
Chiffchaff	21	28	19
Whitethroat	35	96	11
Blackcap	16	54	30
Garden Warbler	32	68	18
Cetti's Warbler	19	9	10
Blackbird	6	9	9
Robin	12	20	19
Wren	22	15	23

 

Looking back to the 2010 totals it is possible to see just what an amazing year 2011 was, and a real blip, which presumably was down to the weather conditions, which were ideal for migrant birds to breed. This year, as we all know, the weather has at times been atrocoius, and after an early warm period in April, May and June turned out to be a wash out. Unfortunately, these conditions were not ideal for summer migrant species, but our resident birds were able to take advantage of the warm April weather. The totals for 2012 seem to reflect this, with Sedge, Reed, Grasshopper and Garden Warbler and Common Whitethroat all significantly down. The Blackcap is down on last year but up on the 2010 total, whereas as Blacbird, Robin and Wren are all on a par with 2011, or have done better. The worrying trend is the steady decline in the numbers of Willow Warblers ringed, even in 2011.

So the next thing I have done is looked at the percentage of adult birds within the ringing totals. The reason I have done this is because during our ringing sessions this year we felt that we were catching a higher than normal percentage of adult birds for the time of year. The significance of this could be that some summer migrant species have had such a bad breeding season, that the adults have given up trying to breed and started their autumn migration.

From the analysis it is interesting to see that in fact our feelings were correct for some species, but not for others, but the most noticeable species was Garden Warbler, where over 55% of the birds captured were adults. Other species with a higher percentage of adults were Reed Warbler, with 44%, Blackcap, with 23%, Common Whitethroat, with 9% and Willow Warbler with 9.5%. The higher parcentage of adult Cetti's Warbler, Blackbird, Robin and Wren are probably due to an increase in the number of breeding birds in the ringing area.



Species	% of Adult Birds Captured
	2010	2011	2012
Grasshopper Warbler	1.2	3.2	2.4
Reed Warbler	17.9	35.9	44.4
Sedge Warbler	7.4	17.4	5.3
Willow Warbler	5.4	2.1	9.5
Chiffchaff	33.3	25.0	15.8
Whitethroat	8.6	1.0	9.1
Blackcap	6.3	13.0	23.3
Garden Warbler	9.4	11.8	55.6
Cetti's Warbler	5.3	0.0	20
Blackbird	6.7	33.3	44.4
Robin	0.0	20.0	5.3
Wren	4.5	13.3	8.7

So what does all this mean? Well obviously this study only relates to our ringing totals at Titchfield Haven, and up to the third week of August. But the results seem to suggest that some summer migrant species have had a poor breeding season, as the number of juvenile birds passing through is down on both 2011 and 2010. Whereas some resident species, such as Blackbird, Robin and Wren, and some migrant species, such as Chiffchaff and Blackcap seem to have had a good breeding season. Willow Warbler appears to be on a steady decline. The number of adult Grasshopper and Sedge Warblers captured is lower than the two previous years, which could suggest that birds are breeding later, certainly at the time of writing this we were still catching Reed Warblers that appeared to be feeding young. I guess we will just have to see what the second half of the season brings, I will keep you posted.

Swallow Ringing, Titchfield Haven - 23rd August 2012

I had a night off from bat surveying tonight so as the weather was good a few of us decided to try and catch some Barn Swallows at Titchfield Haven. We have been watching the birds over the last couple of weeks, and the usual roost had not seem to have arrived yet, but still we thought we would give it a go. The session started well with a flock of around 10 Yellow Wagtails flying just over the net, but unfortunately not returning, and then the swallows arrived. Only one to start with, but it was a start, but soon we were up to a mixed flock of around 40 Barn Swallows and 10 Sand Martins.

The birds were flying low over the reeds, and did not appear to notice our nets, and before we knew it we had captured 29 birds. Our total included 23 Barn Swallows, 22 new birds and one control, and six Sand Martins.

Juvenile Barn Swallow

Our total was a mix of adults and juvenile birds, with six adult and 17 juvenile swallows and one adult and five juvenile Sand Martins. In the autumn adult Barn swallows still have a deep red face and throat and long tail streamers, whereas juveniles have short, and blunt tail streamers and a reddish buff face and throat, as shown in the pictures above and below.

Juvenile Barn Swallow

Adult sand Martins have a very well marked breast band and lack any buff tips to the upperparts....

Adult Sand Martin

                 .......whereas the upperparts of juveniles are heavily fringed with pale whitish or buff tips to the tertials and the upper wing coverts.

Juvenile Sand Martin

As with several other bird species this year, the number of bird present was lower than the same time last year, but hopefully some birds are still nesting and the bigger flocks will follow.

Wader Ringing - Farlington Marshes 18th August 2012

With the tide again right, and the weather set fair, we headed off to Farlington Marshes for another wader mist-netting session. We arrived early and set a couple of nets on the scrape in the hope of catching another Common or Green Sandpiper, before heading off to the lake, and our main ringing site for the evening. A Spotted Crake had been reported earlier, so on the way to the lake we stopped to chat to a couple of local birders, and timed it just right to catch up with the Spotted Crake, plus a Little Stint, several Green Sands and a Spotted Redshank, but a reported Wood Sand was not in view. Whilst some of the group set the nets on the main lagoon, I headed back to the scrape and was pleased to see a new Common Sandpiper in the net along with six Starlings, not what was expected on a wader ringing session.

Colour-ringed Common Sandpiper

The Common Sand was colour-ringed, the third of the autumn to be so, and it was released to go on its way. 

We were fairly optimistic tonight, the tide was high, and there was no moon, but as the sun set the wind picked up and a heavy sea mist drifted in, which was certainly not expected. Presumably the conditions weren't right for some birds, such as Dunlin since we only caught one, and there were none on the lake, when normally it would be teaming with them. However, it was better for others; Common Redshank was the most numerous species with 12 new birds and one retrap, all adults again, but for me the bird of the night was Greenshank. This species has long been a favourite of mine, and tonight we caught three; all adults and all colour-ringed as part of an on-going study.

Adult Common Greenshank

Adult Common Greenshank

Being adults they were of course in primary moult, which is usually carried out in a progressive manner, in that one feather is dropped and starts to grow before the next is dropped. One bird however had dropped all of its secondaries, and was moulting its primaries, and so didn't have many feathers left in the wing to fly with!

Wing of Adult Greenshank

Our total also included a Black-tailed Godwit, a Ringed Plover and Eurasian Curlew, the latter two species were also colour-ringed, so I hope that readers of this blog will keep their eyes peeled for any colour-ringed waders and make sure you report them to the BTO.

Adult Curlew

Ringed Plover (Duncan Bell)

We ended our session on 27 birds, which included six starling, so a lower total than expected, but a much better variety, and a 3am finish, which was earlier than I expected.

Titchfield Haven - Bird Ringing 18th August 2012

A busy mornings bird ringing at the haven today, with over 130 birds captured, our highest daily total of the year so far, which was good since it coincided with the second of our public ringing events, so there was plenty for them to see. The total was dominated by Sedge Warblers again, with 51 birds ringed, but alas, still no Aquatic!!! Reed Warbler was the second most numerous species with 42 birds ringed, the catch of both species included a large percentage of adult birds.

Grasshopper Warbler was the third most numerous species; 10 birds were ringed, but unlike with Reed and Sedge, we have yet to catch an adult bird this year. Other species included seven Willow Warblers, five Garden Warblers, four adults and one juvenile and a couple of Common Whitethroats. We did also catch three Blackcaps, two of which were retraps, one, an adult bird from a couple of years previously which was in heavy wing moult and in the process of replacing all of its primaries and secondaries, so he won't be going anywhere for a while.

Today's bird of the day though was not in the nets, but flying over them, and took the form of an Osprey. This bird has been hanging around for a while now and tends to hunt along the River Meon catching Mullet, and once it has caught, it flies over to the Isle of Wight to eat...seems a long way to go for lunch, especially when there is an Osprey platform at the haven specially for it!

Osprey being dive bombed by a Common Tern

After ringing I headed back to the centre to look at a Jersey Tiger moth that was trapped at the haven overnight. This is the first time this species has ever been recorded at the site, and what a cracker it was too! There have been a few caught along the south coast over the last few weeks...think I will have to dust off my moth trap tonight.

Jersey Tiger, Titchfield Haven

Whilst looking at The Jersey Tiger I took the opportunity to get a close up look at a dead Water Shrew that had been found the day before in the Ringing Area. This is the largest of the British shrew species and is distinguished from the other species by virtue of its black dorsal fur and whiter underparts, and of course its larger size.

Water Shrew - Titchfield Haven

Water Shrews feed on a variety of aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates plus frogs, newts  and small fish, apparently they attack their prey at or just behind the head and can take prey considerably larger than themselves. Larger prey are immobilised by a venom which is produced in the saliva by the submaxillary gland. The venom affects the nervous, respiratory and and blood systems. 

Water Shrew teeth

I was intrigued to see the colouration of the tips of the teeth, apparently the red tipping is due to the deposition of iron in the outer layer of the enamel, and it is considered that it may increase resistance to wear.

The Fruits of our Labour - Titchfield Haven Bird Ringing

I have recently been given a list of some recoveries of birds ringed or retrapped at Titchfield Haven over the last year and so thought I would share them so readers could see where some of the birds ringed at The Haven go to or have come from. There are some very interesting recoveries, whereas others are more mundane, but for a bird ringer this information makes very interesting reading. For those who have not seen a recovery sheet before, the first date is the first capture and the second is the retrap, with the distance, direction and time since original capture following on. 

The Eider was an interesting bird, since this bird was found at Titchfield Haven hanging from one of the groynes by a discarded fishing hook and line, that was hooked inside its bill, so it has done well to survive for nearly eight years since it was freed. Other interesting recoveries include the Robin to Germany, a six year old Sedge Warbler and a Chiffchaff returning to its breeding site in Derbyshire 2 years running.

Eider
HT09183	5M	22/06/2003	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire)
	A	25/05/2011	Lymington: 50°45'N 1°31'W (SZ3494) (Hampshire)   20km WSW 7 yrs 337days
Robin
X675840	3	08/10/2010	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire)
	X	15/10/2011	Wittmund, Burhafe: 53°36'N 7°42'E (Weser-Ems exept islands (Auric), Germany, 683km ENE 1yr 7 days
Cetti's Warbler
L537341	3J	03/07/2011	Farlington Marshes: 50°50'N 1°2'W (SU6804) (Portsmouth)
	R	25/09/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire) 15km W 84 days
Grasshopper Warbler
Y096313	3J	24/07/2011	Wheldrake Ings Nature Reserve, Wheldrake: 53°53'N 0°56'W (SE7043) (York)
	R	14/08/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire) 341km S 21 days
Sedge Warbler
6281395	4	15/08/2009	Massereau, Frossay: 47°14'N 1°55'W (Loire-Atlantique) , France
FRP	R	21/07/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire) 401km N 1yr 340 days
FRP	R	26/07/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire) 401km N 1 yr 345 days
L017801	3	12/08/2010	Icklesham: 50°54'N 0°40'E (TQ8815) (East Sussex)
	R	05/08/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire) 135km W 358 days
L071735	3	01/08/2010	Sandwich Bay: 51°16'N 1°23'E (TR3658) (Kent)
	R	02/08/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire) 191km WSW 1yr 1 day
L430872	3J	04/07/2011	Stanford Reservoir: 52°25'N 1°7'W (SP6080) (Northamptonshire)
	R	14/07/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire) 178km S 10 days
L589416	3	19/07/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire)
	R	23/07/2011	Tour aux Moutons, Donges: 47°19'N 2°4'W (Loire-Atlantique) , France, 393km S 4 days
L589447	3	23/07/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire)
	R	06/08/2011	Mars-Ouest, Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu: 47°2'N 1°38'W (Loire-Atlantique) , France, 421km S 14 days
L589966	4	30/07/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire)
	R	08/08/2011	Mars-Ouest, Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu: 47°2'N 1°38'W (Loire-Atlantique) , France, 421km S 9 days
L590741	4	06/08/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire)
	R	16/08/2011	Massereau, Frossay: 47°14'N 1°55'W (Loire-Atlantique) , France, 401km S 10 days
L924912	3	27/08/2011	Chew Valley Lake, Avon: 51°19'N 2°38'W (ST5658) (Bath and N. E. Somerset)
	R	28/08/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire), 111km ESE 1 day
R100389	3	29/07/2010	Shannon Airport Lagoon: 52°41'N 8°56'W (IR3760) (Clare) , Eire
	R	30/07/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire), 568km ESE 1 yr 1 day
T053813	3J	06/08/2005	Rye Meads, Hoddesdon: 51°46'N 0°0'W (TL3810) (Hertfordshire)
	R	06/08/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire) 137 SW 6 Yrs 0 days
T617567	3	26/07/2008	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire)
	R	22/07/2011	Icklesham: 50°54'N 0°40'E (TQ8815) (East Sussex)   135km E 2 yrs 361days
T620833	3	29/08/2009	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire)
	R	24/04/2011	Upton Warren, nr Droitwich: 52°18'N 2°6'W (SO9367) (Worcestershire)   175km NNW 1 yr 238 days
V681529	3	24/07/2010	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire)
	R	05/05/2011	Weybourne: 52°56'N 1°8'E (TG1143) (Norfolk)   286km NE 285 days
X355155	3	03/08/2011	Hams Hall, Whitacre Heath: 52°31'N 1°41'W (SP2192) (Warwickshire)
	R	09/09/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire), 191km S 37 days
X674644	3	28/08/2010	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire)
	R	26/07/2011	Icklesham: 50°54'N 0°40'E (TQ8815) (East Sussex)   135km E 332 days
Y001908	3	31/07/2011	Icklesham: 50°54'N 0°40'E (TQ8815) (East Sussex)
	R	05/08/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire), 135km W 5 days
Y112418	3J	14/07/2011	Betley Mere, Betley: 53°1'N 2°23'W (SJ7447) (Staffordshire)
	R	02/08/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire), 256km SSE 19 days
Y118110	4M	03/07/2011	The Wilderness, nr Kintbury: 51°24'N 1°26'W (SU4067) (West Berkshire)
	R	26/07/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire), 66km S 23 days
Y223027	3	13/07/2011	Belvide, nr Brewood, Staffordshire: 52°41'N 2°12'W (SJ8610) (Staffordshire)
	R	14/08/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire), 217km SSE 32 days
Y295227	3	12/08/2011	Walberswick: 52°18'N 1°38'E (TM4873) (Suffolk)
	R	20/08/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire), 258km SW 8 days
Y308458	3	27/09/2011	Farlington Marshes: 50°50'N 1°2'W (SU6804) (Portsmouth)
	R	01/10/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire), 15km W 4 days
Y314344	3	27/08/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire)
	R	30/08/2011	Icklesham: 50°54'N 0°40'E (TQ8815) (East Sussex)   135km E 3 days
Y332351	3	01/09/2011	Leighton Moss: 54°10'N 2°48'W (SD4875) (Lancashire)
	R	16/09/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire), 387km SSE 15 days
Reed Warbler
L589258	3	26/07/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire)
	R	10/08/2011	Noyant,Soulaire-et-Bourg: 47°11'N 0°51'W (Maine-et-Loire) , France, 405km S 15 days
L701486	3J	02/08/2011	Trimley Marshes, near Felixstowe: 51°58'N 1°16'E (TM2435) (Suffolk)
	R	01/09/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire), 216km SW 30 days
P431338	3	15/09/2008	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire)
	R	17/08/2011	Icklesham: 50°54'N 0°40'E (TQ8815) (East Sussex)   135km E 2 yrs 336days
T618971	3	26/07/2009	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire)
	R	27/05/2011	Longham Lakes: 50°46'N 1°55'W (SZ0697) (Dorset)   47km W 1 yr 305days
X565346	1	10/06/2009	nr Laleham Abbey, Laleham: 51°24'N 0°29'W (TQ0568) (Surrey)
	R	06/08/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire), 84km SW 2 yrs 57 days
X674405	3	29/08/2010	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire)
	R	28/07/2011	Rutland Water: 52°39'N 0°43'W (SK8707) (Rutland)   207km N 333 days
X799268	4	17/06/2010	nr Red Row, East Chevington: 55°16'N 1°35'W (NZ2698) (Northumberland)
	R	19/08/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire), 495km S 1 yr 63 days
Y243060	3	30/07/2011	Queen Mary Reservoir: 51°25'N 0°29'W (TQ0670) (Surrey)
	R	02/08/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire), 85km SW 3 days
Blackcap
V681646	3M	28/08/2010	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire)
	R	17/04/2011	Great Meadow Pond, Windsor: 51°25'N 0°37'W (SU9670) (Windsor and Maidenhead) 80km NE 232 days
X361632	3J	09/07/2011	Squires Down, Stalbridge: 50°58'N 2°22'W (ST7418) (Dorset)
	R	03/09/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire), 80km ESE 56 days
X675989	3F	12/10/2010	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire)
	R	18/08/2011	Wheldrake Ings Nature Reserve, Wheldrake: 53°53'N 0°56'W (SE7043) (York), 341km N 310 days
Y314936	3M	01/09/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire)
	R	10/09/2011	Cauldwell Hall Farm, Hollesley: 52°3'N 1°27'E (TM3745) (Suffolk)   232km NE 9 days
	R	18/09/2011	Cauldwell Hall Farm, Hollesley: 52°3'N 1°27'E (TM3745) (Suffolk)   232km NE 17 days
Chiffchaff
CHP490	4	14/08/2009	Meols, Wirral: 53°24'N 3°9'W (SJ2490) (Merseyside)
	R	29/09/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire), 315km SSE 2 yrs 46 days
CVE400	3	03/10/2009	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire)
	R	20/06/2010	Williamthorpe, nr Holmewood: 53°11'N 1°22'W (SK4265) (Derbyshire)   263km N 260 days
	R	12/08/2011	Williamthorpe, nr Holmewood: 53°11'N 1°22'W (SK4265) (Derbyshire)   263km N 1 yr 313 days
DLD142	3J	08/07/2011	Thornton, York: 53°54'N 0°52'W (SE7446) (East Riding of Yorkshire)
	R	24/09/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire), 344km S 78 days
EDX209	3	24/09/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire)
	R	13/10/2011	Villefranque: 43°27'N 1°28'W (Pyrenees-Atlantiques) , France, 819km S 19 days
EDX291	3	29/09/2011	Titchfield Haven National Nature Reserve: 50°49'N 1°15'W (SU5302) (Hampshire)
	R	01/10/2011	Icklesham: 50°54'N 0°40'E (TQ8815) (East Sussex)   135km E 2 days

A - Alive and probably healthy fate unknown, R - Caught and released by ringer, X - Dead