Common House Martin

Short abstract from the book:
The house martin is a common breeder in most parts of the country. In Denmark the first house martin was ringed in 1921, and many birds have been ringed since the late 1920s. The majority of the recovered birds belonged to the Danish population, being either ringed as chicks or as fully grown in the breeding season. Most were ringed in eastern Denmark. Few have been recovered and the recoveries give only limited information about the migration of Danish house martins. It appears that migration is more or less due south through central Europe: one bird was recovered in Austria on 24 September, one in Germany on 10 November and one in France on 1 October. No Danish house martins have been recovered further south. No birds have been recovered in spring. Of 24 birds ringed as adults in the breeding season and recovered in a subsequent breeding season all were recovered at the ringing site. Of 62 house martins ringed as chicks and recovered in a subsequent breeding season, 46 were recovered at the ringing site (27 as one-year-olds). Only three foreign birds have been recovered in Denmark, one ringed in Germany and two in Sweden.

Read more about the species in the chapter from The Danish Bird Migration Atlas here

Ringing data for Common House Martin

Datavisning: genmeldinger    genmeldinger/mærkninger    mærkninger