Short abstract from the book: The garden warbler is a common breeding bird all over
Denmark mainly in woodland and woodland edges. The
birds arrive in May and the last depart in September. Passage
migrants can be seen in May-June and August-September. In
Denmark the first garden warbler was ringed in 1922, with
the highest number ringed in 1994 (2,882). The ringed birds
are mainly of southern Scandinavian origin; however, a few
birds have been recovered or ringed in Finland and Russia.
In June-July the mean position of the recoveries is in southern
Sweden. From Denmark the garden warblers migrate SSW.
From August the mean position is south of Denmark. In the
Mediterranean region garden warblers have been recovered
from Croatia and Italy in the east to Portugal and Morocco
in the west. One bird was recovered in November (in Spain);
none have been recovered in December. Two birds were recovered in the presumed winter quarters south of the Sahara:
in Cameroon (18 February) and DR Congo (10 January).
Furthermore, during winter birds have been recovered in
Spain and on Bornholm, Denmark, both in January. In
spring birds have been recovered in both the western and
central Mediterranean. The mean position is in Denmark
in May, with the first bird recovered in Denmark on 10
May. Birds ringed in Denmark in spring have been recovered
later in the same spring in the Baltic countries, Finland and
Norway (one in the North Sea). The fastest bird was ringed
in western Jutland on 16 May and recovered in Norway (287
km) the following day. Most of the recovered birds were recorded by ringers (70 %). Of 40 dead birds, 15 had collided with
windows and 11 had been hunted
Read more about the species in the chapter from The Danish Bird Migration Atlashere
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