Ringing recoveries (from or to Co Waterford): other non-passerines
Last updated 22 March 2005.
Species, |
Ringing location, |
Recovery location, |
Circumstances, |
age/sex, ring number |
coordinates, date, time, weight |
coordinates, date, time, weight |
distance, interval |
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Gannet |
Les Etacs, Alderney (Channel Islands) |
Tramore (Co Waterford) |
Found dead on beach |
Pullus/chick (1) |
49.42N,02.15W |
52.10N,07.10W |
440 km NW |
F12094 |
10-Jun-1989 |
6-Jan-1993 |
1306 days (3.6 yrs) |
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Gannet |
Grassholm, Dyfed (Wales) |
Near Helvick Head (Co Waterford) |
Caught in net |
Pullus/chick (1) |
51.44N,05.29W |
52.01N,07.31W |
WNW |
1049754 |
28-Jun-1965 |
26-Nov-1990 |
9282 days (25.4 yrs!) |
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Cormorant |
Little Saltee (Co Wexford) |
Kilmeadan (Co Waterford) |
Found shot |
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4-Jun-1977 |
3-Oct-1978 |
486 days |
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Cormorant |
Keeragh Islands (Co Wexford) |
Kilmeadan (Co Waterford) |
Found shot |
5066687 |
12-Jun-1977 |
9-Oct-1977 |
119 days |
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Shag |
Keeragh Islands (Co Wexford) |
Tramore (Co Waterford) |
Found shot |
1127866 |
Jul_1978 |
Oct_1977 |
4 months |
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Whooper Swan |
Skjalftavatn (Iceland) |
R. Blackwater Callows (Co Waterford) |
Resighted as pair |
ad male + ad female |
3-Aug-1990 |
13-Jan-1991 & 4-Mar-1992 |
163 days |
A2528 & A2579 |
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Whooper Swan |
Iceland |
many other resightings of neck-banded |
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or colour-ringed birds in Co Waterford |
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Garganey |
Braunschweig (West germany) |
Clashmore (Co Waterford) |
[Recovered] |
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Aug_1963 |
Jan_1964 |
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Teal |
Texel (Netherlands) |
Co Waterford, 1986 |
Shot |
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Period 1981-86 |
Jan_1986 |
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Teal |
Fano (Denmark) |
Knockeen (Co Waterford) |
[Recovered] |
M1180 |
Sept_1931 |
Jan_1932 |
4 months |
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Red Kite |
Site confidential (Scotland) |
Kilclooney (Co Waterford) |
Freshly dead |
1st-yr (3) |
57N,04W (captive release programme) |
52.12N,07.25W |
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HT13699 |
3-Aug-1990 |
8-Dec-1990 |
127 days |
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Sparrowhawk |
Rathcurby Wood, Mooncoin (Co Kilkenny) |
Brownstown Head (Co Waterford) |
Controlled/recaptured |
Pullus/chick (1) |
June_1992 |
June_1992 |
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Hen Harrier |
Locality withheld (Co Waterford) |
Tacumshin Lake (Co Wexford) |
Found dead |
Pullus/chick (1) |
27-Jun-79 |
52.12N,06.28W |
82 km |
FV32957 |
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4-Nov-1981 |
861 days (2.4 yrs) |
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Peregrine |
Co Waterford |
Co Waterford |
[Recovered] |
Pullus/chick (1) |
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1988 |
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Oystercatcher |
Western Isles (Scotland) |
Dungarvan (Co Waterford) |
[Recovered] |
FC05213 |
May_1986 |
May_1998 |
12 yrs |
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Oystercatcher |
Dungarvan (Co Waterford) |
Westray, Orkney (Scotland) |
Found dead |
Adult (4) |
52.06N,07.33W |
59.18N,02.58W |
849 km NNE |
FR06251 |
25-Nov-1989 |
4-May-1994 |
1621 days (4.4 yrs) |
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Oystercatcher |
Dungarvan (Co Waterford) |
Ballantrae, Strathclyde (Scotland) |
Found dead |
Adult (4) |
52.06N,07.33W |
55.06N,05.00W |
373 km NNE |
FC22229 |
15-Oct-1988 |
19-Apr-1993 |
1647 days (4.5 yrs) |
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Oystercatcher |
Grampian (Scotland) |
Co Waterford [Dungarvan?], 1990 |
Controlled/recaptured |
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Oct & Nov 1988 (6 birds) |
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Oystercatcher |
Scotland |
Dungarvan (Co Waterford) |
Controlled/recaptured |
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Oct & Nov 1988 (6 birds) |
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Ringed Plover |
Dungarvan (Co Waterford) |
Annan, Dumfries & Galloway (Scotland) |
Reringed NV71118 |
Adult male (4M) |
52.05N,07.37W |
54.58N,03.16W |
430 km NE |
NV08855 |
12-Nov-1988 |
23-May-1993 |
1653 days (4.5 yrs) |
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Lapwing |
Aflandshage (Denmark) |
Ballyduff Lower (Co Waterford) |
Found dead in snowstorm |
Pullus/chick, 629943 |
15-Jul-1977 |
8-Jan-1982 |
1638 days (4.5 yrs) |
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Black-tailed Godwit |
The Wash (NE England) |
Tramore Boating Lake (Co Waterford) |
Colour ring re-sighting |
Full-grown |
1995 |
26-Nov-1995 & later winters |
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red over white, right tibia |
(63 birds ringed with these colours) |
(Maximum 1 bird at any one time) |
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Black-tailed Godwit |
Reykjavik (Iceland) |
Tramore Boating Lake (Co Waterford) |
Colour ring re-sighting |
Adult male |
24-Apr-2000 |
17-Dec-2000, 2-Dec-2001 & 20-Jan-2002 |
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yellow over pale green (L), |
white over pale green (R) |
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Black-tailed Godwit |
Alftafjordur (Iceland) |
Tramore Boating Lake (Co Waterford) |
Colour ring re-sighting |
Adult male |
4-May-2000 |
17-Dec-2000, 26-Nov-2001 & 16-Jan-2002 |
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orange over orange (L), |
red over pale green (R) |
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Black-tailed Godwit |
Alftafjordur (Iceland) |
Tramore Boating Lake (Co Waterford) |
Colour ring re-sighting |
Adult
female |
4-May-2000, at breeding grounds |
20-Jan-2002 |
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yellow over yellow (L), |
red over pale green (R) |
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Black-tailed Godwit |
Borgarnes (Iceland) |
Tramore Boating Lake (Co Waterford) |
Colour ring re-sighting |
Adult female |
27-Apr-2001 |
2-Dec-2001 & 27-Jan-2002 |
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white over red (L), |
yellow over pale green ® |
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Curlew |
Dungarvan (Co Waterford) |
Fleetwood, Lancashire (England) |
Controlled/retrapped |
1st-yr (3) |
52.06N,07.33W |
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367 km NE |
FC22207 |
15-Oct-1988 |
14-May-1990 |
576 days |
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Curlew |
Sysma, Mikkeli (Finland) |
R. Blackwater, Lismore (Co Waterford) |
Bird found |
Pullus/chick (1) |
61.33N,25.40W |
52.8N,07.55W |
2282 km WSW |
CT11988 |
23-Jun-1983 |
15-Nov-1987 |
1606 days (4.4 yrs) |
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Snipe |
Grantham, Lincolnshire (England) |
Raheen, Kilmeadan (Co Waterford) |
Shot |
Adult (4) |
52.58N,00.40W |
52.14N,07.15W |
452 km W |
RJ03489 |
19-Aug-1995 |
6-Dec-1999 |
1570 days (4.3 yrs) |
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Snipe |
Netherlands |
Kilmacthomas |
Shot |
K81141 |
Sep_1958 |
Feb_1959 |
5 months |
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Dunlin |
Dungarvan (Co Waterford) |
Ottenby (Sweden) |
Controlled/retrapped |
Adult (4) |
52.06N,07.33W |
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1622 km ENE |
NS62006 |
25-Nov-1988 |
24-Jul-1990 |
606 days |
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Dunlin |
Dungarvan (Co Waterford) |
Gdansk (Poland) |
Controlled/retrapped |
1st-yr (3) |
52.06N,07.33W |
54.22N,18.56E |
1779 km E |
NS36515 |
29-Oct-1988 |
23-Jul-1989 |
267 days |
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Dunlin |
Dungarvan (Co Waterford) |
Luvia (Finland) |
Controlled/retrapped |
1st-yr male (3M) |
52.06N,07.33W |
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NS62005 |
25-Nov-1988 |
14-Jul-1989 |
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Redshank |
Waterford [Dungarvan?] |
Breidafjordur (Iceland) |
Controlled/retrapped |
1st-yr (3) |
52.15N,07.07W [52.06N,07.33W?] |
65.22N,22.55W |
1711 km NW |
DN75251 |
15-Oct-1988 |
10-Jun-2002 |
4986 days (13.6 yrs) |
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Black-headed Gull |
Berrington, Shrewsbury, Shropshire |
The Cunnigar, Dungarvan (Co Waterford) |
Found dead |
Pullus/chick (1) |
(England) |
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339 km WSW (259 deg) |
EJ94904 |
21-Jun-1983 |
31-Dec-1986 |
1289 days (3.5 yrs) |
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Black-headed Gull |
Germany |
Waterford city |
Found dead |
0051/4623 |
Jul_1987 |
Feb_1992 |
4.5 yrs |
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Black-headed Gull |
Lithuania |
Co Waterford, c.1991 |
[Recovered] |
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Black-headed Gull |
Cambridge (England) |
Co Waterford, c.1991 |
[Recovered] |
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Black-headed Gull |
Gdansk (Poland) |
Helvick Head (Co Waterford) |
[Recovered] |
Adult |
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c.1990 |
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Black-headed Gull |
Poland |
Helvick Head (Co Waterford) |
[Recovered] |
Pullus/chick (1) |
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c.1990 |
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Black-headed Gull |
Pontrhydfendigaid, Cardiganshire (Wales) |
Dungarvan |
Found dead |
3081854 |
Jun_1966 |
Jun_1976 |
19 yrs |
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Mediterranean Gull |
site-name not shown (Belgium) |
Whiting Bay, Ardmore (Co Waterford) |
Colour-ring read in field |
Pullus/chick (1) |
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51.57N,07.46W |
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colour-ring |
16-Jun-2001 |
5-Aug-2002 |
415 days |
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Common Gull |
Denmark |
Co Waterford |
[Recovered] |
Pullus/chick (1) |
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c.1991 |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull |
Skokholm Island, Dyfed (Wales) |
Dungarvan (Co Waterford) |
Freshly dead |
Pullus/chick (1) |
51.42N,07.37W |
52.05N,07.37W |
167 km WNW |
AT75973 |
31-Jul-1961 |
30-May-1993 |
11,626 days (31.8 yrs)! |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull |
Skokholm Island, Dyfed (Wales) |
Dunmore East (Co Waterford) |
[Recovered] |
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51.42N,07.37W |
c.1988 |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull |
Copeland Islands (Co Down) |
Tooraneena, Ballinamult (Co Waterford) |
Sick, poor condition |
Pullus/chick (1) |
54.41N,05.31W |
52.12N,07.43W |
312 km SW |
GJ26664 |
26-Jul-1981 |
11-Aug-1983 |
746 days (2 yrs) |
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Herring Gull |
Dyfed (Wales) |
Co Waterford, c.1988 |
[Recovered] |
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Great Black-backed Gull |
Great Saltee (Co Wexford) |
Dunmore East (Co Waterford) |
Dead |
Pullus/chick (1) |
52.06N,06.37W |
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25 km |
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1-Jun-1967 |
10-Mar-1988 |
7588 days (20.8 yrs)! |
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Great Black-backed Gull |
Great Saltee (Co Wexford) |
Kilmacthomas (Co Waterford) |
[Recovered] |
Pullus/chick (1) |
52.06N,06.37W |
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28-Jun-1975 |
4-Jun-1984 |
3264 days (9 years) |
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Kittiwake |
Great Saltee (Co Wexford) |
Dunmore East (Co Waterford) |
Colour-ring resighted |
Pullus/chick (1) |
52.06N,06.37W |
52.09N,07.00W |
(up to 3 other adults |
colour-ringed |
1978-81 |
breeding adult 1991, 1992 & 1995 |
1983, 1994 & 1995) |
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Kittiwake |
Dunmore East (Co Waterford) |
Great Saltee (Co Wexford) |
Colour-ring read in field |
Pullus/chick (1) |
52.09N,07.00W |
52.06N,06.37W |
27 km ESE |
EP46346 |
6-Jul-1987 |
16-Jul-1993 |
2202 days (6 yrs) |
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Kittiwake |
Dunmore East (Co Waterford) |
Bay of Biscay (Spain) |
Caught on fish-hook |
Pullus/chick (1) |
52.09N,07.00W |
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EN95587 |
Jul_1988 |
Nov_1992 |
4 yrs |
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Kittiwake |
Dunmore East (Co Waterford) |
Cumbria (England) |
[Recovered] |
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52.09N,07.00W |
c.1990 (2 birds) |
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Kittiwake |
Dunmore East (Co Waterford) |
Rockabill Island (Co Dublin) |
Colour-ring read in field |
Pullus/chick (1) |
52.09N,07.00W |
53.36N,06.01W |
174 km NNE |
EB63944, colour-ring A45 |
6-Jul-1987 |
21-Jun-1989 |
716 days (2 yrs) |
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Kittiwake |
Dunmore East (Co Waterford) |
Stranraer, Dumfries & Galloway (Scotland) |
Killed by overhead wires |
Pullus/chick (1) |
52.09N,07.00W |
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EN95579 |
Jun_1988 |
Oct_1988 |
4 months |
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Kittiwake |
Dunmore East (Co Waterford) |
Kvanefjord (Greenland) |
Shot |
Pullus/chick (1) |
52.09N,07.00W |
61.57N,49.35W |
2777 km WNW |
EB63991 |
6-Jul-1987 |
17-Sep-1988 |
439 days (1.2 yrs) |
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Kittiwake |
Dunmore East (Co Waterford) |
Ballycotton (Co Cork) |
Colour-ring read in field |
Adult |
52.09N,07.00W |
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colour-ringed |
Jun_1988 (also seen Dec_1988) |
Sep_1988 |
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Kittiwake |
Dunbar Harbour, Lothian (Scotland) |
Dunmore East (Co Waterford) |
Controlled/recaptured |
Pullus/chick (1) |
56.00N,02.31W |
52.09N,07.00W |
518 km SW |
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17-Jun-1976 |
16-Jul-1987 |
4046 days (11 yrs) |
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Kittiwake |
Dunmore East (Co Waterford) |
Dunmore East (Co Waterford) |
Field record (ring read) |
Pullus/chick (1) |
52.09N,07.00W |
52.09N,07.00W |
0 km |
EF99232 |
5-Jul-1974 |
18-May-1987 & 19-Jun-1987 |
4700 & 4762 days (13 yrs) |
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Kittiwake |
Vedoya, Rost, Nordland (Norway) |
Tramore (Co Waterford) |
Found dead |
Adult (8) |
67.29N,12.01E |
52.10N,07/09W |
1998 km SSW |
KA00690 |
23-Jun-1982 |
24-Jan-1984 |
215 days |
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Kittiwake |
Dunmore East (Co Waterford) |
Various sites in Wexford, Cork, & France |
Colour-rings read in field |
Pulli/chicks (1) |
52.09N,07.00W |
(Irish Birds 2004, vol.7, no. 3: pp. 351-360) |
or other ring-recoveries |
colour-ringed |
1987-89 |
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up to 2004 |
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Guillemot |
Highland [other than Canna] (Scotland) |
Co Waterford, 1990 |
[Recovered] |
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Guillemot |
Great Saltee (Co Wexford) |
Tramore strand |
Found dead |
Pullus/chick (1) |
52.06N,06.37W |
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25-Jun-1985 |
29-Dec-1985 |
187 days |
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Guillemot |
Canna, Inner Hebrides (Scotland) |
Tramore Bay (Co Waterford) |
Killed in salmon net |
GJ33928 |
Jul_1982 |
May_1983 |
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Razorbill |
Great Saltee (Co Wexford) |
Helvick Head (Co Waterford) |
Recovered from fishing nets |
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52.06N,06.37W |
c.1989 (6 birds) |
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Razorbill |
Canna, Inner Hebrides (Scotland) |
Off Brownstown Head (Co Waterford) |
Killed in salmon net |
N45808 |
Jun_1982 |
May_1983 |
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Puffin |
Sule Skerry, Orkney (Scotland) |
Helvick Head (Co Waterford), c.1989 |
[Recovered] [fishing net?] |
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