Brendan recently
sent me a ringing recovery of a European Roller that he and Abdullah trapped
and ringed in Bahrain in 2008 that was found dead in the Riyadh region of Saudi
Arabia in 2014. It was a bit of a shame that it was not found on its wintering
grounds as we could have found out a bit more about where it went but it is
still very interesting. The dates of ringing and finding are very similar so it
would be interesting to know if it used a different route for both migrations
as they are some distance apart or the route goes through both Riyadh and
Bahrain? As the direction between the two points is not on the route for migration
then it suggests the bird used a different migration route in 2008 than it did
in 2014. I would like to thank Brendan for sending me the details that are
shown below.
European
Roller
Ring
Number: DN76785
Ringing
date: 11-Apr-2008
Ringing
Place: Badan Farm, West Manama, Bahrain, Bahrain & Qatar (Co-ords: 26deg 7min
N 50deg 27min E)
Age: Adult
Ringer: B
Kavanagh, 4736
Finding
date: 15-Apr-2014
Finding
Place: Al Aflaj area, Riyadh region, Saudi Arabia (Co-ords: 22deg 3min N 46deg
34min E)
Finding
Condition: Bird found dead
Duration: 2195
days
Distance: 599
km
Direction: 221
deg (SW)
Finder: Anonymous
