Northern Pintail

Anas acuta

Spidsand

Spidsand

Short abstract from the book:
The pintail is a rare breeding bird in Denmark. The first pintails were ringed in 1908 by H.C.C. Mortensen in duck decoys (at Fanø), and since that time this catching method have been the most important. The highest numbers were ringed during the 1960s–1970s. Some pintails of the Danish breeding population have been recovered, but the majority are passage migrants from Russia. From Denmark the migration path is SW and recoveries are found mainly along the Atlantic coast, with a few also along the Mediterranean. During winter most birds are recovered in France, the Netherlands and Denmark (mainly in the Wadden Sea). No pintails ringed in Denmark have been recovered south of the Sahara. The mean position in March indicates that the spring migration has started. Probably some of the pintails ringed in Denmark in the autumn take a more direct route across central Europe to the breeding sites in Russia. A few birds ringed as ducklings in Denmark have been found far from their ringing sites in summer, probably as a result of pair formation during winter.

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

Ringing data for Northern Pintail

 
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 453
Ringed as chicks 0 (0,0%)
Recoveries
No. of recoveries 419
No. of individuals 0
Proportion recovered 0,0%