Brendan sent
me a ringing recovery of a Lesser Crested Tern that we ringed as part of the
tern ringin project on Al Jarim Islands Bahrain. This project has been ongoing
for at least ten years and thousands of tern chicks have been ringed. This bird
was ringed in Bahrain in 2012 that was found alive on the coast of Kerala in
India in 2015. I would like to thank Brendan for sending me the details that
are shown below. Interestingly it was ringed a few weeks after the last ringing
recovery we had and was found a few weeks later although the first was in Sri
Lanka and this bird in nearby southern India.
Lesser
Crested Tern
Ring
Number: DE64942
Ringing
date: 13-Jul-2012
Ringing
Place: Al Jarim Island South, Bahrain, Bahrain & Qatar (Co-ords: 26deg 22min
N 50deg 28min E)
Age: Chick
Ringer: B
Kavanagh, 4736
Finding
date: 29-Nov-2015
Finding
Place: Vailiazheekal, Kerala, India (Co-ords: 9deg 7min N 76deg 26min E)
Finding
Condition: On shore
Duration: 1234
days
Distance: 3342
km
Direction: 126
deg (SE)
Finder: P
Harikumar
