Eurasian Teal

Anas crecca

Krikand

Krikand

Short abstract from the book:
The teal is a rather rare breeding bird in Denmark with an estimated population of 300 pairs; however, it is a very common passage migrant, resting and foraging in lakes and shallow costal waters during autumn. The first teal was ringed in Denmark in 1907, and since then only the mallard and the eider have been ringed in greater numbers. Most were ringed in the late 1960s, mainly in duck decoys. The majority were ringed in August–November, the period when many passage migrants are in Denmark, and the proportion of Danish birds in the material is probably small. The recoveries show that the passage migrants come from Norway, Sweden, Finland, the Baltic countries and northwest Russia. The first arrive in late July and the majority in September–October. Some teals stay at the same sites for one to two months, and some migrate further SW relatively quickly. In October the mean position is the German Wadden Sea and in November the southwest Netherlands. During winter teals have been reported from a rather large area, from Ireland and Scotland in the northwest to Morocco and Bulgaria in the south and east. Most are recovered in Great Britain and France. Forty-eight teals have been reported from the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa. The mean position of young teals in their first winter is northern France; the mean position of older birds is southern England. The mean winter position of birds ringed in Jutland is southern England and of birds ringed in eastern Denmark northern France. The spring migration happens rather quickly, and in April the mean position is northeast of Denmark. Some of the teals ringed in Denmark in autumn probably take a more direct route across central Europe to the breeding sites in central Russia. A large proportion of the recovered birds have been shot, of these 31 % in Denmark, 20 % in France, 13 % in England and 7 % in Ireland

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

Ringing data for Eurasian Teal

 
Datavisning: genmeldinger    genmeldinger/mærkninger    mærkninger
Sæson: alle    vinter    forår    sommer    efterår
Periode: alle    før 2003    2003 og frem    seneste 365 dage


Data

Birds ringed
Birds ringed 3.507
Ringed as chicks 0 (0,0%)
Recoveries
No. of recoveries 2421
No. of individuals 0
Proportion recovered 0,0%