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Date created: 22-July-2011
 
Summary of all Ringing Recoveries for Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)

This page presents information on recoveries of Fulmar that have been ringed or recovered in Britain & Ireland. The table summarises the number of birds that have moved between different counties of Britain & Ireland and between other countries and then gives a selection of recoveries. First are listed the number of birds found in each county, then the number of birds ringed in each county. In the next two columns are listed the number of birds ringed abroad and found in Britain & Ireland and the then number of birds ringed in Britain & Ireland and found abroad. NOTE: Some older records (mostly pre-1979) of foreign ringed birds recovered have not been computerised so these will not appear in the table. We aim to add them in due course.

A selection of recoveries are given in full because they represent particularly long-lived birds (the national longevity is indicated with a link to details of this record), birds which have moved a long distance within Britain and Ireland, birds which have gone to, or come from countries with few such recoveries, or because few birds of this species have been recovered. For birds that have moved more than 20km a link is provided to a map showing ringing and finding locations. Ringing location is marked by a blue (R), finding locations are numbered in sequence. If there are more than ten finding locations, subequent markers will be labelled (x). Finding markers are coloured red for birds found dead and green for birds seen alive, for those where this is not known the marker will be white. NOTE: If a bird is found multiple times at the same site only one marker will be visible, though a darker shadow to the marker will indicate the presence of more than one recovery at that location.

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For longevity and distance records an individual is only included once, for reports to and from countries an individual may be reported multiple times, particulary if it bears a colour mark or other means of identification in the field. For full details of how these birds have been selected click here.

For other information, have a look at the BirdFacts page for Fulmar

 
Number of birds ringed or recovered in counties of Britain & Ireland, or countries overseas
County Ringed in Found in Country Ringed in Found in
Anglesey 3 2 Arctic Ocean 1 12
Antrim 5 2 Bear Island 0 1
Borders Region 1 4 Belgium 0 9
Britain 0 1 Canada 0 13
Clare 0 1 Channel Islands 0 2
Cleveland 0 11 Denmark 0 89
Cork 2 1 English Channel and Irish Sea 0 2
Cornwall 0 9 Faeroes 1 150
Cumbria 0 13 France 0 30
Devon 2 6 Germany 0 69
Dorset 1 6 Greenland 0 6
Down 1 2 Iceland 8 6
Dumfries & Galloway 0 7 North Atlantic 2 56
Durham 0 10 North Atlantic Ocean 0 2
Dyfed 4 6 North Sea 0 69
E.Ulster 0 2 Norway 3 46
England 0 1 Russia 0 2
Essex 0 2 Senegal 0 1
Fair Isle 214 41 Spain 0 2
Fife Region 158 34 Sweden 0 24
Glamorgan 0 1 The Netherlands 1 132
Gloucestershire 0 1
Grampian Region 33 30
Greater Manchester 0 2
Gwynedd 5 11
Hampshire 0 1
Highland Region 123 74
Humberside 0 10
Isle of Man 6 8
Isle of Wight 0 1
Kent 4 5
Kerry 5 1
Lancashire 0 6
Lincolnshire 0 13
Lothian Region 20 37
Mayo 0 1
Merseyside 0 1
N.Munster 0 1
Norfolk 41 70
North Yorkshire 0 13
Northumberland 25 30
Orkney 634 324
S.Leinster 5 3
Scilly Isles 4 4
Shetland 295 123
Sligo 1 1
Somerset 0 1
Strathclyde 28 20
Suffolk 1 11
Surrey 0 1
Sussex 0 3
Tayside 1 9
Tyne & Wear 0 6
W.Connaught 0 2
Western Isles 76 19
Wexford 27 13
TOTALS 1,725 1,018 TOTALS 16 723
 

A selection of interesting recoveries:


The longevity record for this species is: 40 years 10 months 16 days set in 1992 (Full details).
The following birds are the oldest reported from Britain & Ireland
352227 Adult Male 18-07-1951    Eynhallow: 59°8'N 3°7'W (Orkney)
Alive  (colour marks seen) 03-06-1992    Eynhallow: 59°8'N 3°7'W (Orkney)   0km   40y 10m 16d 
352241 Adult Female 19-07-1951    Eynhallow: 59°8'N 3°7'W (Orkney)
Alive  (colour marks seen) 02-06-1992    Eynhallow: 59°8'N 3°7'W (Orkney)   0km   40y 10m 14d 
SS00336 Nestling 07-08-1963    Eynhallow: 59°8'N 3°7'W (Orkney)
Freshly dead  (trapped) 26-05-2002    At Sea, off Faroe Islands: 62°11'N 4°35'W (At Sea) North Atlantic   348km   NNW   38y 9m 19d  (Map)
SS37148 Nestling 12-08-1964    Auskerry: 59°2'N 2°34'W (Orkney)
Freshly dead  (shot) 06-04-2002    Porkeri, Suduroy: 61°29'N 6°43'W Faeroes   355km   NW   37y 7m 25d  (Map)
FS46429 Nestling 27-07-1972    Place name unknown: 59°32'N 1°37'W (Fair Isle)
Caught by ringer 21-06-1985    Urter, Karmoy: 59°22'N 5°2'E (Rogaland) Norway   376km   E   12y 10m 25d 
Caught by ringer 31-05-2009    Urter, Karmoy: 59°22'N 5°2'E (Rogaland) Norway   376km   E   36y 10m 4d  (Map)

The following birds moved the greatest distance within Britain & Ireland (more than 100km):
FR04486 Nestling 30-07-1980    Linga, Blue Mull Sound: 60°40'N 0°59'W (Shetland)
Dead 16-07-1986    Thurlestone: 50°16'N 3°51'W (Devon)   1,169km   S   5y 11m 16d  (Map)
FR15153 Nestling 30-07-1980    Linga, Blue Mull Sound: 60°40'N 0°59'W (Shetland)
Dead 19-06-1985    Mewslade Bay, Rhossili, Gower: 51°34'N 4°17'W (Glamorgan)   1,031km   SSW   4y 10m 20d  (Map)
FR30198 Nestling 18-07-1981    Bigga, Yell Sound: 60°29'N 1°12'W (Shetland)
Caught by ringer 20-06-1993    Little Saltee Island: 52°8'N 6°35'W (Wexford)   985km   SSW   11y 11m 2d  (Map)
FR36017 Nestling 27-07-1982    Place name unknown: 59°32'N 1°37'W (Fair Isle)
Long dead 16-07-1983    Maer, Bude: 50°51'N 4°34'W (Cornwall)   983km   SSW   0y 11m 19d  (Map)
FR57524 Nestling 23-07-1982    Place name unknown: 59°32'N 1°37'W (Fair Isle)
Dead 25-01-1983    Rye Harbour: 50°56'N 0°45'E (Sussex)   967km   S   0y 6m 2d  (Map)

The following birds ringed in Britain & Ireland have been found abroad (countries with 5 or fewer such recoveries):
AT33724 Nestling 04-08-1957    Isle of May: 56°11'N 2°33'W (Fife Region)
Freshly dead  (in net or cage) 14-06-1958    3 miles Wsw of Sandettie Lightvessel, English Channel: 51°13'N 1°53'E (At Sea) English Channel and Irish Sea   624km   SSE   0y 10m 10d  (Map)
AT33882 Nestling 07-08-1955    Dwarwick Head,dunnet Bay: 58°37'N 3°21'W (Highland Region)
Freshly dead  (in net or cage) 03-02-1957    Great Sole Bank,st.George's Channel: 49°30'N 10°0'W (At Sea) English Channel and Irish Sea   1,101km   SSW   1y 5m 27d  (Map)
AT61745 Nestling 08-08-1958    Place name unknown: 59°32'N 1°37'W (Fair Isle)
Freshly dead  (shot) 10-10-1958    Fuenterrabia: 43°22'N 1°48'W (Guipuzcoa) Spain   1,796km   S   0y 2m 2d  (Map)
AT90749 Nestling 06-08-1962    Place name unknown: 59°32'N 1°37'W (Fair Isle)
Dead 15-12-1962    Ribadeo: 43°32'N 7°4'W (Lugo) Spain   1,816km   SSW   0y 4m 9d  (Map)
FA47542 Nestling 05-08-1991    North Ronaldsay: 59°22'N 2°26'W (Orkney)
Unknown 18-10-1991    off Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland: 48°38'N 51°0'W North Atlantic Ocean   3,367km   WSW   0y 2m 13d  (Map)
FA55375 Full-grown 03-04-1993    Bewan, North Ronaldsay: 59°23'N 2°23'W (Orkney)
Freshly dead  (in net or cage) 10-10-1995    Place name unknown: 74°30'N 19°0'E Bear Island   1,904km   NNE   2y 6m 7d  (Map)
FP36201 Nestling 27-07-2002    Inchkeith: 56°1'N 3°8'W (Fife Region)
Caught by ringer 18-01-2003    off Faroe Islands: 60°0'N 6°30'W North Atlantic Ocean   485km   NNW   0y 5m 22d  (Map)
FR11878 Nestling 25-07-1981    Great Saltee: 52°7'N 6°38'W (Wexford)
Dead (28-07-1988)  Le Ouaisne, St Brelades Bay: 49°11'N 2°11'W (Jersey) Channel Islands   452km   SE   7y 0m 3d  (Map)
FR18461 Nestling 03-08-1986    Little Saltee Island: 52°8'N 6°35'W (Wexford)
Freshly dead  (natural causes) (08-09-1999)  off Dakar: 15°0'N 17°50'W Senegal   4,246km   SSW   13y 1m 5d  (Map)
FV05732 Nestling 07-08-1981    South Wamses, Farne Islands: 55°38'N 1°38'W (Northumberland)
Long dead 05-05-1982    Greve D'azette, St.Clements: 49°11'N 2°5'W (Jersey) Channel Islands   697km   S   0y 8m 28d  (Map)
SS09759 Nestling 11-08-1965    Place name unknown: 60°6'N 2°6'W (Shetland)
Freshly dead  (shot) c. 15-04-1967    Place name unknown: 65°0'N 40°0'E (Arkhangelsk) Russia   2,218km   ENE   1y 8m 4d  (Map)
SS40312 Nestling 11-08-1965    Place name unknown: 59°6'N 3°0'W (Orkney)
Freshly dead  (trapped) 01-08-1968    Place name unknown: 65°48'N 44°18'E (Arkhangelsk) Russia   2,531km   ENE   2y 11m 21d  (Map)

The following birds ringed abroad have been found in Britain & Ireland (countries with 5 or fewer such records):
NAW Adult 02-07-1970    off Labrador: 55°15'N 60°0'W (At Sea) North Atlantic
408567 Unknown 31-05-1975    Great Saltee: 52°6'N 6°38'W (Wexford)   3,527km   E   4y 10m 29d  (Map)
NOS Nestling 31-07-1987    Ferkingstadoyane, Karmoy: 59°14'N 5°5'E (Rogaland) Norway
4104831 Dead 07-07-2010    Sheringham: 52°57'N 1°17'E (Norfolk)   737km   SSW   22y 11m 6d  (Map)
NOS Nestling 04-08-1994    Ferkingstadoyane, Karmoy: 59°14'N 5°5'E (Rogaland) Norway
4185564 Dead  (oiled) 02-02-1996    Bridlington: 54°4'N 0°12'W (Humberside)   658km   SSW   1y 5m 29d  (Map)
NOS Nestling 03-08-2000    Urter, Karmyy: 59°22'N 5°2'E (Rogaland) Norway
4221774 Dead 26-04-2003    Skipsea: 53°59'N 0°13'W (Humberside)   679km   SSW   2y 8m 23d  (Map)
NOS Adult 02-04-1985    Lillebakken: 70°3'N 17°24'E (At Sea) Arctic Ocean
476154 Long dead (15-06-1988)  Basta Voe, Yell: 60°39'N 1°4'W (Shetland)   1,344km   SW   3y 2m 13d  (Map)
DKC Adult 04-09-2004    Mykines: 62°6'N 7°38'W Faeroes
4F0906 Caught by ringer 02-09-2005    Westness, North Ronaldsay: 59°23'N 2°25'W (Orkney)   414km   SE   0y 11m 29d  (Map)
DKC Full-grown 14-04-2004    16 Nautical miles East of Fugloy, off Faeroes: 62°20'N 5°30'W (At Sea) North Atlantic
5112613 Caught by ringer 16-08-2005    Bride's Ness, North Ronaldsay: 59°21'N 2°24'W (Orkney)   372km   SSE   1y 4m 2d  (Map)
NLA Full-grown 08-03-2006    Hoek Van Holland: 51°59'N 4°5'E (Zuid-Holland) The Netherlands
5411633 Freshly dead 15-03-2006    Paignton: 50°26'N 3°34'W (Devon)   560km   WSW   0y 0m 7d  (Map)

Citation:Robinson, R.A. & Clark, J.A.(2011) The Online Ringing Report: Bird ringing in Britain & Ireland in 2010 BTO, Thetford (http://www.bto.org/ringing-report, created on 22-July-2011)

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