Devon and Cornwall Wader Ringing Group

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Curlew Numenius arquata recoveries

These birds ringed by the Devon and Cornwall Wader Ringing Group have been recovered elsewhere, or have been ringed elsewhere and re-captured or re-sighted by us. Click on a ring number to see a life history for that bird and a map of its known movements.

Ring number Age / sex Activity Date Location Movement Duration

FJ28772

4 Ringed 15 Dec 2023 Exminster Marshes, Devon
Colour marks read 17 Dec 2023 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 0y 0m 2d
Colour marks read 12 Jan 2024 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 0y 0m 28d
Colour marks read 18 Feb 2024 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 0y 2m 3d
Colour marks read 20 Feb 2024 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 0y 2m 5d
Colour marks read 04 Mar 2024 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 0y 2m 18d
Colour marks read 08 Mar 2024 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 0y 2m 22d
Colour marks read 03 Nov 2024 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 0y 10m 19d
Colour marks read 01 Dec 2024 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 0y 11m 16d
Colour marks read 15 Dec 2024 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 1y 0m 0d
Colour marks read 17 Dec 2023
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15 Dec 2024
Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 1y 0m 0d
Found sick 22 Dec 2024 Exmouth, Devon, UK 7km SSE 1y 0m 7d

FK05433

AK

1 Ringed 10 May 2023 Cranbourne, Dorset
Colour marks read 05 Sep 2024 RSPB Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, Devon 111km WSW 1y 3m 26d
Colour marks read 09 Sep 2024 RSPB Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, Devon 111km WSW 1y 3m 30d
Colour marks read 15 Sep 2024 RSPB Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, Devon 111km WSW 1y 4m 5d
Colour marks read 05 Sep 2024
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15 Sep 2024
RSPB Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, Devon 111km WSW 1y 4m 5d
Colour marks read 29 Oct 2024 Exminster Marshes, Devon 112km WSW 1y 5m 19d
Colour marks read 17 Dec 2024 Exminster Marshes, Devon 112km WSW 1y 7m 7d
Colour marks read 29 Oct 2024
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17 Dec 2024
Exminster Marshes, Devon 112km WSW 1y 7m 7d

FJ28764

4 Ringed 05 Dec 2021 Exminster Marshes, Devon
Colour marks read 31 Jan 2022 Powderham (Sea Wall Fields), Devon 0km SE 0y 1m 26d
Colour marks read 20 Mar 2022 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 0y 3m 15d
Colour marks read 22 Mar 2022 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 0y 3m 17d
Colour marks read 30 Mar 2022 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 0y 3m 25d
Colour marks read 01 Apr 2022 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 0y 3m 27d
Colour marks read 02 Apr 2022 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 0y 3m 28d
Colour marks read 01 Jul 2022 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 0y 6m 26d
Colour marks read 20 Mar 2022
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01 Jul 2022
Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 0y 6m 26d
Colour marks read 31 Jul 2022 RSPB Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, Devon 1km NNE 0y 7m 26d
Colour marks read 11 Aug 2022 RSPB Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, Devon 1km NNE 0y 8m 6d
Colour marks read 12 Aug 2022 RSPB Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, Devon 1km NNE 0y 8m 7d
Colour marks read 31 Jul 2022
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12 Aug 2022
RSPB Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, Devon 1km NNE 0y 8m 7d
Colour marks read 26 Feb 2023 Starcross (golf course), Devon 4km SSE 1y 2m 21d
Colour marks read 28 Aug 2023 RSPB Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, Devon 1km NNE 1y 8m 23d
Colour marks read 23 Dec 2023 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 2y 0m 18d
Colour marks read 31 Dec 2023 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 2y 0m 26d
Colour marks read 23 Dec 2023
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31 Dec 2023
Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 2y 0m 26d
Colour marks read 27 Jan 2024 Powderham (Sea Wall Fields), Devon 0km SE 2y 1m 22d
Colour marks read 18 Feb 2024 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 2y 2m 13d
Colour marks read 17 Nov 2024 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 2y 11m 12d
Colour marks read 18 Feb 2024
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17 Nov 2024
Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 2y 11m 12d

FJ28770

4 Ringed 15 Dec 2023 Exminster Marshes, Devon
Colour marks read 30 Dec 2023 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 0y 0m 15d
Colour marks read 17 Feb 2024 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 0y 2m 2d
Colour marks read 08 Mar 2024 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 0y 2m 22d
Colour marks read 10 Nov 2024 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 0y 10m 26d
Colour marks read 30 Dec 2023
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10 Nov 2024
Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 0y 10m 26d

FH10619

OT

1 Ringed 14 Aug 2024 Princetown, Dartmoor, Devon
Re-sighted 19 Aug 2024 Princetown, Dartmoor, Devon 0km 0y 0m 5d
Re-sighted 21 Aug 2024 Princetown, Dartmoor, Devon 0km 0y 0m 7d
Re-sighted 23 Aug 2024 Princetown, Dartmoor, Devon 0km 0y 0m 9d
Re-sighted 19 Aug 2024
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23 Aug 2024
Princetown, Dartmoor, Devon 0km 0y 0m 9d
Re-sighted 16 Sep 2024 Otter Estuary NR, Budleigh Salterton, Devon 49km ENE 0y 1m 2d
Re-sighted 22 Sep 2024 Otter Estuary NR, Budleigh Salterton, Devon 49km ENE 0y 1m 8d
Re-sighted 16 Sep 2024
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22 Sep 2024
Otter Estuary NR, Budleigh Salterton, Devon 49km ENE 0y 1m 8d
Re-sighted 03 Oct 2024 Dawlish Warren, Exe Estuary, Devon 40km E 0y 1m 19d
Re-sighted 17 Oct 2024 Otter Estuary NR, Budleigh Salterton, Devon 49km ENE 0y 2m 3d
Re-sighted 22 Oct 2024 Otter Estuary NR, Budleigh Salterton, Devon 49km ENE 0y 2m 8d
Re-sighted 17 Oct 2024
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22 Oct 2024
Otter Estuary NR, Budleigh Salterton, Devon 49km ENE 0y 2m 8d

FK05419

Y6

1 Ringed 02 Aug 2024 Cranbourne, Dorset
Tag registration 29 Aug 2024 Cranbourne, Dorset 0km 0y 0m 27d
Tag registration 30 Aug 2024 Polzeath, Cornwall 214km W 0y 0m 28d
Tag registration 31 Aug 2024 River Taw (Ashford Strand), Devon 154km W 0y 0m 29d
Colour marks read 20 Oct 2024 River Taw (Penhill), Devon 153km W 0y 2m 18d

FJ28765

4 Ringed 05 Dec 2021 Exminster Marshes, Devon
Colour marks read 11 Aug 2022 RSPB Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, Devon 1km NNE 0y 8m 6d
Colour marks read 12 Aug 2022 RSPB Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, Devon 1km NNE 0y 8m 7d
Colour marks read 03 Sep 2022 RSPB Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, Devon 1km NNE 0y 8m 29d
Colour marks read 11 Aug 2022
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03 Sep 2022
RSPB Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, Devon 1km NNE 0y 8m 29d
Colour marks read 26 Jan 2023 Goosemoor NR, Topsham, Devon 2km NNE 1y 1m 21d
Colour marks read 22 Mar 2023 Exminster Marshes, Devon 0km 1y 3m 17d
Colour marks read 02 Aug 2023 RSPB Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, Devon 1km NNE 1y 7m 28d
Colour marks read 17 Dec 2023 RSPB Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, Devon 1km NNE 2y 0m 12d
Colour marks read 31 Dec 2023 RSPB Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, Devon 1km NNE 2y 0m 26d
Colour marks read 03 Feb 2024 RSPB Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, Devon 1km NNE 2y 1m 29d
Colour marks read 02 Aug 2023
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03 Feb 2024
RSPB Bowling Green Marsh, Topsham, Devon 1km NNE 2y 1m 29d
Colour marks read 12 Oct 2024 Exe Estuary (off Exmouth), Devon 5km SSE 2y 10m 7d

FJ23847

LI

6 Ringed 13 Apr 2018 Dolydd Hafren, Forden, Montgomery, Powys
Colour marks read 01 Nov 2019 Skern, Northam Burrows, Devon 184km SSW 1y 6m 19d
Colour marks read 13 Jan 2020 Skern, Northam Burrows, Devon 184km SSW 1y 9m 0d
Recaptured 07 Nov 2021 Skern, Northam Burrows, Devon 184km SSW 3y 6m 25d
Colour marks read 08 Nov 2021 Skern, Northam Burrows, Devon 184km SSW 3y 6m 26d
Colour marks read 31 Jul 2022 Skern, Northam Burrows, Devon 184km SSW 4y 3m 18d
Colour marks read 26 Dec 2022 Skern, Northam Burrows, Devon 184km SSW 4y 8m 13d
Colour marks read 22 Feb 2024 Skern, Northam Burrows, Devon 184km SSW 5y 10m 9d
Colour marks read 07 Jul 2024 Skern, Northam Burrows, Devon 184km SSW 6y 2m 24d
Colour marks read 11 Sep 2024 Skern, Northam Burrows, Devon 184km SSW 6y 4m 29d
Colour marks read 01 Nov 2019
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11 Sep 2024
Skern, Northam Burrows, Devon 184km SSW 6y 4m 29d

FJ28758

4 Ringed 07 Nov 2021 Skern, Northam Burrows, Devon
Colour marks read 03 Feb 2022 Skern, Northam Burrows, Devon 0km 0y 2m 27d
Colour marks read 11 Oct 2022 Skern, Northam Burrows, Devon 0km 0y 11m 4d
Colour marks read 27 Jan 2023 Skern, Northam Burrows, Devon 0km 1y 2m 20d
Colour marks read 19 Jan 2024 Skern, Northam Burrows, Devon 0km 2y 2m 12d
Colour marks read 07 Jul 2024 Skern, Northam Burrows, Devon 0km 2y 8m 0d
Colour marks read 11 Sep 2024 Skern, Northam Burrows, Devon 0km 2y 10m 4d
Colour marks read 03 Feb 2022
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11 Sep 2024
Skern, Northam Burrows, Devon 0km 2y 10m 4d

FJ28760

4 Ringed 07 Nov 2021 Skern, Northam Burrows, Devon
Colour marks read 09 Oct 2022 Dawlish Warren, Exe Estuary, Devon 73km SE 0y 11m 2d
Colour marks read 11 Sep 2024 Skern, Northam Burrows, Devon 0km 2y 10m 4d

Map of recoveries

Blue markers indicate the ringing location and red markers the recovery or re-sighting location.

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