Short abstract from the book: The wood warbler is a common breeding bird in deciduous
woodland in all parts of Denmark. The population shows
large fluctuations, but the European population as a whole is
considered stable. The wood warbler arrives at the breeding
grounds from late April and departs from late July to August.
Most migrants pass through Denmark in May to early June
and from late July to early September. In Denmark the first
wood warbler was ringed in 1926, with the largest numbers ringed in 1984 (501) and 1985 (362). The majority
of the recovered birds had been ringed during migration and
all of the eight recovered birds had been ringed in eastern
Denmark. Four birds were recovered less than 20 km from
the ringing site (all in the year of ringing), and four were
recovered from abroad. In autumn, birds were recovered in
Italy (8 September) and Chad (autumn). A bird ringed on
Christiansø on 26 August was recovered in Albania (date
unknown), and a bird ringed on 12 June on Hesselø was
recovered two years later as a breeder in Belgium.
Read more about the species in the chapter from The Danish Bird Migration Atlashere
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