Bar-tailed Godwit

Short abstract from the book:
The bar-tailed godwit is a common passage migrant in Denmark in July–September and March–May. The greatest numbers are observed in the Wadden Sea. In Denmark the first bar-tailed godwit was ringed in 1952, with the majority ringed in the second half of the 1950s. One of the recovered birds was ringed at Langeland and 22 on Amager in May, August and September. The few recoveries from the breeding area indicate that the passage migrants come from northern Scandinavia and northern Russia. Passage migrants ringed on Øland and in southern Norway have been found in Denmark in August–September. From Denmark the migration is directed SW, and during autumn and winter birds have been recovered in the Netherlands and Britain. Furthermore, bar-tailed godwits ringed in Britain in June–February have been recovered in Denmark. In late April and early May birds have been recovered in western France. The first bartailed godwits arrive in Denmark in March, the majority in April–May. Birds ringed on 19 and 20 May 1956 were recovered in Siberia on 29 and 22 May 1960.

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

Ringing data for Bar-tailed Godwit

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