Short abstract from the book: The redstart colonised Denmark in the mid-1800s and is now
a rather common breeding bird in eastern Denmark. The
birds arrive in Denmark in late April and depart in October.
Passage migrants are found in May and August-October. The
first redstart was ringed in Denmark in 1926, with the highest number ringed in 1967 (2,761). Most of the recovered
birds were ringed during migration, and many have been ringed at the migration hotspots of Christiansø and Blåvand.
One Danish adult breeding bird and 36 birds ringed as chicks
have been recovered. Recoveries of birds ringed in Denmark
and abroad show that most of the passage migrants come
from Scandinavia and a few from breeding areas further east.
From Denmark the migration of both Danish birds and passage migrants is SW. The mean position is south of Denmark
from August onwards. In October the mean position is in the
Iberian Peninsula, and the first bird to reach North Africa
was recovered in Morocco on 30 July. During winter, birds
have been recovered in Morocco (3), Algeria and Spain, but
no birds have been found in the presumed winter quarters
south of the Sahara. The return migration follows approximately the same route as in autumn, possibly a little further east.
In May the mean position is north of Denmark. Most of the
recovered birds were recorded by ringers. The most frequent
known causes of death are hunting and window collisions.
Read more about the species in the chapter from The Danish Bird Migration Atlashere
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