Hot off the presses, Tony has emailed me details of the recovery of a Meadow Pipit they trapped just over a couple of weeks ago.
It was a first-winter bird which had been trapped at Netherstead on 10 September 2020, and was retrapped just 12 days later on 22 September 2020, 173 kilometres to the south at Hayling golf course in Hampshire.
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| The Meadow Pipit's progress |
I suspect that Hampshire will not be its final destination, more likely southern France or Spain, but this recovery neatly illustrates the journey these pipits are making as they bound overhead each autumn.
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