Water Rail

Rallus aquaticus

Vandrikse

Vandrikse

Short abstract from the book:
The water rail is a common breeder in most of the country. The highest concentrations are found on Zealand and in northeast Jutland. A small number of water rails winter in Denmark. The first water rail was ringed 1928, with the highest number ringed in 1961 (49). Most of the recovered birds were ringed in eastern Denmark and only one was ringed in Jutland. All but one were ringed during autumn (3 August to 20 October) and could therefore be of either Danish or foreign origin. Eight water rails have been recovered in Denmark during autumn. The first recoveries from abroad was in early October, one from northern Italy, one from Brittany in France and one from the Faeroe Islands. Later in the autumn other birds have been recovered in the Netherlands, Belgium and France. Two birds have been recovered in winter, one in northwest France (January) and one in Ireland (February). A bird ringed in December in Dorset in England was recovered three months later on Zealand. Two birds have been recovered in spring, one in southern England (10 March) and one in Denmark (6 March). A bird ringed on Funen on 13 April was recovered near St Petersburg in Russia, indicating that Denmark is visited by migrants from more northeasterly populations. About half of the recoveries were live recaptures (9): seven at the ringing site, one in England and one in France. Seven birds were found dead, two were shot (Belgium and Italy) and one died in a rat-trap. Five of the seven birds that were ringed as juveniles and recovered as dead were found during their first year of life.

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

Ringing data for Water Rail

 
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 209
Ringed as chicks 0 (0,0%)
Recoveries
No. of recoveries 35
No. of individuals 0
Proportion recovered 0,0%