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Numbers of birds ringed and recovered by the Helsinki Ringing Centre in 2005

Jari Valkama

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Note:

At the moment (18.7.2006), the Finnish recovery file includes 920 997 records, many of which are less interesting retraps from the same site within a couple of days. For this reason, the following criteria were used for selecting “interesting” recoveries and retraps. The recovery is included here if

  1. The bird was found dead (dead nestlings excluded) or
  2. The bird was encountered alive but had moved at least 10 km from the ringing site or the previous “interesting” retrap site or
  3. The bird was alive at the same site as before but the time elapsed from the ringing or the previous “interesting” retrapping was at least 3 months.

Please note also that before 1997, the criteria for selecting “interesting” recoveries and retraps for the Annual Reports of Helsinki were different from those given here.

EURING                               RINGED IN 2005       FOUND    GRAND TOTALS
CODE                                      FULL-              IN       1913-2005
NR     SPECIES                    PULLUS  GROWN  TOTAL     2005   RINGED  FOUND
 
    20 Gavia stellata                56       3      59       0     876      58
    30 Gavia arctica                  0       0       0       1     401      46
    40 Gavia immer                    0       0       0       0       1       1
    50 Gavia adamsii                  0       0       0       0       4       1
    70 Tachybaptus ruficollis         0       0       0       0      13       1
    90 Podiceps cristatus             0       1       1       1     344      31
   100 Podiceps grisegena             0       2       2       0      47       3
   110 Podiceps auritus               0       0       0       0     171       9
   710 Sula bassana                   0       0       0       0       4       0
   720 Phalacrocorax carbo         3970       0    3970     107   11243     297
   950 Botaurus stellaris            27       0      27       0     283      22
  1220 Ardea cinerea                153       3     156       6    2392      80
  1520 Cygnus olor                   12      35      47      10    1364     278
  1530 Cygnus columbianus             0       0       0       0       2       2
  1540 Cygnus cygnus                  0       9       9     159    1068    3189
  1570 Anser fabalis                 20      45      65     172    1390    3825
  1580 Anser brachyrhynchus           0       0       0       0       3       0
  1590 Anser albifrons                0       0       0       0       5       0
  1600 Anser erythropus               0       0       0       1     164      50
  1610 Anser anser                    4       2       6       6     678     185
  1660 Branta canadensis              0       4       4       5     726     471
  1670 Branta leucopsis              40     156     196      80     831     369
  1680 Branta bernicla                0       2       2       0      19       3
  1730 Tadorna tadorna                1       0       1       0     170      14
  1780 Aix galericulata               0       0       0       0       2       1
  1790 Anas penelope                  9       7      16       1    1341     242
  1820 Anas strepera                  0       1       1       0      45       4
  1840 Anas crecca                    9      48      57       3    3392     573
  1860 Anas platyrhynchos            33      63      96      26   15778    2617
  1890 Anas acuta                     7       1       8       0    1064     200
  1910 Anas querquedula               0       0       0       0      87      11
  1940 Anas clypeata                  0       1       1       0     968     161
  1980 Aythya ferina                  0       0       0       0     233      43
  2030 Aythya fuligula                0      19      19       4    5165     682
  2040 Aythya marila                  0       0       0       0     432      42
  2060 Somateria mollissima         282     337     619     875   41895   33429
  2070 Somateria spectabilis          0       0       0       0       1       0
  2090 Polysticta stelleri            0       0       0       0       3       0
  2120 Clangula hyemalis              0       1       1       0     526      33
  2130 Melanitta nigra                0       2       2       0      59      10
  2150 Melanitta fusca                0       9       9       1    1098     322
  2180 Bucephala clangula           703     125     828     145   23826    6216
  2200 Mergus albellus                0       5       5       1     100      37
  2210 Mergus serrator                0       3       3       0    1201     217
  2230 Mergus merganser              10      42      52      28    3809    1596
  2310 Pernis apivorus               63       2      65       1    3786     171
  2380 Milvus migrans                 1       0       1       0      56       2
  2430 Haliaeetus albicilla         207       0     207     642    2202    5689
  2600 Circus aeruginosus           418       4     422       5    6518     225
  2610 Circus cyaneus                31       1      32       0    1884      75
  2620 Circus macrourus               0       0       0       0       3       0
  2630 Circus pygargus                0       0       0       0      48       0
  2670 Accipiter gentilis          1765      82    1847     214   53725    8615
  2690 Accipiter nisus              686     813    1499      79   45424    3615
  2870 Buteo buteo                  711       2     713      17   22531    1093
  2900 Buteo lagopus                 10       0      10       2    3626     153
  2920 Aquila pomarina                0       0       0       0       1       0
  2930 Aquila clanga                  1       0       1       0       5       1
  2960 Aquila chrysaetos             87       2      89      74    2379    1048
  3010 Pandion haliaetus           1316       5    1321      67   38951    2906
  3040 Falco tinnunculus           9674     453   10127     304   79390    4028
  3070 Falco vespertinus              0       0       0       0      10       2
  3090 Falco columbarius             69       6      75       2    2613     140
  3100 Falco subbuteo               188       4     192       2    4305      82
  3180 Falco rusticolus              15       0      15       0     298      10
  3200 Falco peregrinus             249       0     249      12    3467     250
  3260 Bonasa bonasia                 0       2       2       0     448      17
  3290 Lagopus lagopus                0       3       3       1    1268     319
  3300 Lagopus mutus                  0       0       0       0      30       1
  3320 Tetrao tetrix                  0     374     374      12    4608     540
  3350 Tetrao urogallus               0      19      19      22     667     170
  3670 Perdix perdix                 12       2      14       0   10720     138
  3700 Coturnix coturnix              0       1       1       0      22       0
  3940 Phasianus colchicus            0       0       0       3   23427    2743
  4070 Rallus aquaticus               0       5       5       0     320       8
  4080 Porzana porzana                0      10      10       0     366       2
  4100 Porzana parva                  0       0       0       0      13       0
  4110 Porzana pusilla                0       0       0       0       5       0
  4210 Crex crex                      0      29      29       0    1708      32
  4240 Gallinula chloropus            0       1       1       0     420      26
  4290 Fulica atra                    0       2       2       0    1098     104
  4330 Grus grus                     77       1      78     158    1156    1778
  4500 Haematopus ostralegus         57       7      64       6    3725     194
  4670 Glareola nordmanni             0       0       0       0       1       0
  4690 Charadrius dubius            119      43     162      40   16782    1329
  4700 Charadrius hiaticula          46      19      65       4   12340     406
  4770 Charadrius alexandrinus        0       0       0       0       1       0
  4820 Charadrius morinellus          2       0       2       0     897      23
  4850 Pluvialis apricaria            0       0       0       0     374      15
  4860 Pluvialis squatarola           0       5       5       0     170       3
  4930 Vanellus vanellus            873       6     879      10   35393     818
  4960 Calidris canutus               0      18      18       0     799      22
  4970 Calidris alba                  0       3       3       0     124       3
  5010 Calidris minuta                0       5       5       0    9154     135
  5020 Calidris temminckii          124      43     167      50    6570     295
  5070 Calidris melanotos             0       0       0       0       2       0
  5090 Calidris ferruginea            0      10      10       0    2136      53
  5100 Calidris maritima             10       5      15       0      89       8
  5120 Calidris alpina               76     231     307      52   47855    1503
  5140 Limicola falcinellus           0       0       0       0     632       5
  5160 Tryngites subruficollis        0       0       0       0       1       0
  5170 Philomachus pugnax             1      27      28       0   19555     523
  5180 Lymnocryptes minimus           0      47      47       1     586      15
  5190 Gallinago gallinago            8      90      98       3    7338     407
  5200 Gallinago media                0       8       8       0      57       2
  5290 Scolopax rusticola            68      17      85       2    3180     306
  5320 Limosa limosa                  1       0       1       0      56       1
  5340 Limosa lapponica               0       0       0       0      87       5
  5380 Numenius phaeopus             38       3      41       1     685      10
  5410 Numenius arquata             526       2     528      21   16551    1329
  5450 Tringa erythropus              0       4       4       0     437      25
  5460 Tringa totanus                29      15      44       2    8451     298
  5470 Tringa stagnatilis             0       0       0       0      14       0
  5480 Tringa nebularia               0      18      18       2    1045      32
  5530 Tringa ochropus                6      19      25       0    1392      19
  5540 Tringa glareola                4     148     152       0   18968     152
  5550 Xenus cinereus                 4       3       7       0    1041      33
  5560 Actitis hypoleucos            50      77     127       1   11261     186
  5610 Arenaria interpres            38       2      40       1   11907     408
  5640 Phalaropus lobatus            55      16      71       0    1307      12
  5650 Phalaropus fulicarius          0       0       0       0       2       0
  5660 Stercorarius pomarinus         0       0       0       0       3       1
  5670 Stercorarius parasiticus     119       0     119       2    4381      95
  5680 Stercorarius longicaudus       0       0       0       0     163       1
  5780 Larus minutus                315       3     318       4    7556     143
  5820 Larus ridibundus            2407    1858    4265     725  317349   26317
  5900 Larus canus                 2262     396    2658     317  129355    9523
  5910 Larus fuscus                1641     172    1813    1600   64988   13105
  5920 Larus argentatus            4519     266    4785    2883  218112   67823
  5990 Larus hyperboreus              0       0       0       0       3       0
  6000 Larus marinus                376      13     389     108   20081    3120
  6020 Rissa tridactyla               0       0       0       0       6       0
  6060 Sterna caspia                633       0     633      13   37635    1733
  6150 Sterna hirundo              2451       3    2454      54  110775    1641
  6160 Sterna paradisaea           1385      17    1402      19   92675     790
  6240 Sterna albifrons              26       4      30       3     661      59
  6270 Chlidonias niger              12       0      12       0     282      17
  6340 Uria aalge                     0       8       8      19     485     325
  6360 Alca torda                  1154       8    1162      34   26571    1204
  6380 Cepphus grylle               274       3     277      12   29481    1771
  6470 Alle alle                      0       0       0       0       6       0
  6540 Fratercula arctica             0       0       0       0     249       0
  6650 Columba livia                  0      21      21       0    3369     244
  6680 Columba oenas                700      53     753      79   10689     860
  6700 Columba palumbus              46      47      93       7    3572     399
  6840 Streptopelia decaocto          0       0       0       0      62       2
  6870 Streptopelia turtur            0       0       0       0      35       3
  6890 Streptopelia orientalis        0       0       0       0       1       0
  7240 Cuculus canorus               35       5      40       0    2060      26
  7350 Tyto alba                      0       0       0       0       1       1
  7440 Bubo bubo                    476       7     483      59   14064    3094
  7490 Nyctea scandiaca               0       0       0       0      66       8
  7500 Surnia ulula                   9      38      47       0    2864      51
  7510 Glaucidium passerinum       1974     421    2395     191   29284    1937
  7570 Athene noctua                  0       0       0       0       1       1
  7610 Strix aluco                 1556     140    1696     363   40781   10876
  7650 Strix uralensis             3172     251    3423     656   41564   11417
  7660 Strix nebulosa                86      13      99       4    2356     139
  7670 Asio otus                    278     174     452       7   12236     500
  7680 Asio flammeus                766      79     845      11    6654     277
  7700 Aegolius funereus           2017    2108    4125     219  107859    5545
  7780 Caprimulgus europaeus         12      77      89       8    2461     108
  7950 Apus apus                    838     204    1042     268   30736    5157
  8310 Alcedo atthis                  0       1       1       1      88       3
  8460 Upupa epops                    0       0       0       0      15       1
  8480 Jynx torquilla               399      88     487       2   33702     213
  8550 Picus canus                   54      27      81       3    1119      75
  8630 Dryocopus martius            230      25     255       4   11170     715
  8760 Dendrocopos major            195     699     894     121   28247    1559
  8840 Dendrocopos leucotos          79      35     114       4     896     159
  8870 Dendrocopos minor              4      35      39       7    2349      81
  8980 Picoides tridactylus          82      24     106      13    1573      52
  9620 Melanocorypha bimaculata       0       0       0       0       1       0
  9680 Calandrella brachydactyla      0       0       0       0       9       0
  9720 Galerida cristata              0       0       0       0       1       1
  9740 Lullula arborea               39      13      52       0    2067      32
  9760 Alauda arvensis               27      10      37       2    8043     108
  9780 Eremophila alpestris           0       0       0       0      52       0
  9810 Riparia riparia                8     632     640      24   91608    2121
  9910 Ptyonoprogne rupestris         0       0       0       0       1       0
  9920 Hirundo rustica             3371    5468    8839     386  235650    5332
 10010 Delichon urbica              143      47     190       3   28587    1257
 10020 Anthus richardi                0       0       0       0      18       0
 10040 Anthus godlewskii              0       1       1       0      13       2
 10050 Anthus campestris              0       0       0       0      35       0
 10080 Anthus hodgsoni                0       0       0       0      13       0
 10090 Anthus trivialis              13     357     370       3   24071     130
 10100 Anthus gustavi                 0       0       0       0       1       0
 10110 Anthus pratensis              31     120     151       3   19353     248
 10120 Anthus cervinus                0       4       4       0    1510       4
 10140 Anthus petrosus                0       1       1       0    1195      45
 10170 Motacilla flava              139     215     354       1   45521     161
 10180 Motacilla citreola             0       0       0       0      23       0
 10190 Motacilla cinerea              0       0       0       0     115       3
 10200 Motacilla alba               383     624    1007      17   95351     973
 10480 Bombycilla garrulus            0    5414    5414      88   52240     686
 10500 Cinclus cinclus              147     193     340      50   21266    4973
 10660 Troglodytes troglodytes        0     262     262       1   13207      50
 10840 Prunella modularis            55    7926    7981      19   50140     370
 10860 Prunella montanella            0       0       0       0       4       0
 10900 Prunella atrogularis           0       0       0       0       1       0
 10940 Prunella collaris              0       0       0       0       1       0
 10990 Erithacus rubecula           237    7127    7364      31  322946    2394
 11030 Luscinia luscinia             24     196     220      30    9801     513
 11040 Luscinia megarhynchos          0       1       1       0      24       0
 11060 Luscinia svecica               3     824     827       2   37487     109
 11130 Tarsiger cyanurus              5       0       5       0      52       0
 11210 Phoenicurus ochruros           5       6      11       0     202       3
 11220 Phoenicurus phoenicurus     1715     844    2559       5  115402     520
 11280 Phoenicurus erythrogaster      0       0       0       0       1       0
 11370 Saxicola rubetra             170      99     269       0   53453     180
 11390 Saxicola torquata              0       1       1       0      36       0
 11440 Oenanthe isabellina            0       0       0       0       1       0
 11460 Oenanthe oenanthe             29      28      57       0   21895     208
 11470 Oenanthe pleschanka            0       0       0       0       3       0
 11480 Oenanthe hispanica             0       0       0       0       2       0
 11490 Oenanthe deserti               0       0       0       0       2       0
 11620 Monticola saxatilis            0       0       0       0       1       0
 11700 Zoothera dauma                 0       0       0       0       1       0
 11860 Turdus torquatus               0       4       4       0     191       1
 11870 Turdus merula                220     658     878      65   42588    1547
 11950 Turdus obscurus                0       0       0       0       2       0
 11970 Turdus ruficollis              0       0       0       0       2       0
 11980 Turdus pilaris              1536     481    2017      35  135111    2498
 12000 Turdus philomelos            271     849    1120      10   81319    1511
 12010 Turdus iliacus              1523     712    2235      30  159860    3298
 12020 Turdus viscivorus             30       6      36       0    2505      22
 12350 Locustella lanceolata          0       1       1       0      41       1
 12360 Locustella naevia              0     102     102       0    3635     103
 12370 Locustella fluviatilis         0      29      29       0     788      14
 12380 Locustella luscinioides        0       3       3       0      41       5
 12420 Acrocephalus paludicola        0       0       0       0       2       0
 12430 Acrocephalus schoenobaenus    52    2865    2917     141  309964    8281
 12470 Acrocephalus agricola          0       1       1       0      33       0
 12480 Acrocephalus dumetorum        22      77      99       1    7242     147
 12500 Acrocephalus palustris        23     194     217       3    8873     295
 12510 Acrocephalus scirpaceus        4     431     435      20   48002    1178
 12530 Acrocephalus arundinaceus      0      15      15       0     429      10
 12550 Hippolais pallida              0       0       0       0       2       0
 12560 Hippolais caligata             6       1       7       1      61       2
 12590 Hippolais icterina             1      99     100       0    4248      40
 12620 Sylvia undata                  0       0       0       0       1       0
 12650 Sylvia cantillans              0       0       0       0       6       1
 12700 Sylvia nana                    0       0       0       0       4       0
 12730 Sylvia nisoria                 0      11      11       0    2299      95
 12740 Sylvia curruca                17    1032    1049       2   55866     323
 12750 Sylvia communis              120     679     799      24   49255     525
 12760 Sylvia borin                  59    1295    1354      42   85671     892
 12770 Sylvia atricapilla            14     742     756       5   27918     213
 12930 Phylloscopus trochiloides      0       8       8       0     677       1
 12950 Phylloscopus borealis          0       0       0       0      95       4
 12980 Phylloscopus proregulus        0       4       4       0     294       3
 13000 Phylloscopus inornatus         0      18      18       0     275       1
 13010 Phylloscopus schwarzi          0       2       2       0      16       0
 13030 Phylloscopus fuscatus          0       1       1       0      32       1
 13070 Phylloscopus bonelli           0       0       0       0       2       0
 13080 Phylloscopus sibilatrix       99      55     154       1   15775      55
 13110 Phylloscopus collybita        14     901     915       3   37070     121
 13120 Phylloscopus trochilus       285    8334    8619     100  560474    2791
 13140 Regulus regulus                1   11197   11198      25  341281    1543
 13150 Regulus ignicapillus           0       1       1       0      13       1
 13350 Muscicapa striata            459     423     882       4   92363     480
 13430 Ficedula parva                 0      37      37       0    2096       9
 13480 Ficedula albicollis            0       3       3       0      68       0
 13490 Ficedula hypoleuca          8646    2794   11440     349  583460    8701
 13640 Panurus biarmicus              0      75      75      14    3067     474
 14370 Aegithalos caudatus            0    8994    8994      27   80464     555
 14400 Parus palustris                0       0       0       0       4       0
 14420 Parus montanus               885    2197    3082     363  137908    6834
 14480 Parus cinctus                348      54     402      20   16081     597
 14540 Parus cristatus              648     232     880      87   20381    1145
 14610 Parus ater                  1363     978    2341      87   94535    1878
 14620 Parus caeruleus             8455    8547   17002    1168  344060   14116
 14630 Parus cyanus                   0       0       0       0       1       0
 14640 Parus major                 8271   17931   26202    1848  815392   35358
 14790 Sitta europaea                 0       3       3       1    1290      50
 14860 Certhia familiaris          1435    1030    2465     101   62827    1298
 14900 Remiz pendulinus               0       0       0       0      33       0
 15080 Oriolus oriolus                0       1       1       0     101       0
 15140 Lanius isabellinus             0       0       0       0       1       0
 15150 Lanius collurio              277     317     594       1   40661     231
 15190 Lanius minor                   0       0       0       0       3       0
 15200 Lanius excubitor               8      19      27       1    2500      29
 15230 Lanius senator                 0       0       0       0       3       0
 15240 Lanius nubicus                 0       0       0       0       1       1
 15390 Garrulus glandarius           22     361     383      94    9742    1769
 15430 Perisoreus infaustus           0     127     127      28    3442     687
 15490 Pica pica                    524      59     583      21   23777    1309
 15570 Nucifraga caryocatactes       24     156     180     161    7277    2630
 15600 Corvus monedula             2100      64    2164      88   36890    1552
 15630 Corvus frugilegus             64       2      66      13    3529     201
 15670 Corvus corone                161      14     175      22   23862    2904
 15720 Corvus corax                 742       1     743     154   14812    3575
 15820 Sturnus vulgaris            3276     133    3409      23  162038    2093
 15840 Sturnus roseus                 0       0       0       0       1       0
 15910 Passer domesticus             30     424     454      67   42245    1375
 15980 Passer montanus              134     162     296       8    7541     199
 16360 Fringilla coelebs             98    2231    2329     121  156360    3931
 16380 Fringilla montifringilla     101    1261    1362       3   51719     532
 16400 Serinus serinus                0       0       0       0       7       0
 16440 Serinus citrinella             0       0       0       0       1       0
 16490 Carduelis chloris            235   12390   12625     835  161147    6233
 16530 Carduelis carduelis            0     107     107       0    1794      32
 16540 Carduelis spinus              44    1675    1719      14  112513     779
 16600 Carduelis cannabina           35       3      38       0    5546      37
 16620 Carduelis flavirostris         0       1       1       0     138       0
 16630 Carduelis flammea              5    7006    7011      33  240968     799
 16640 Carduelis hornemanni           0      49      49       0    5080      13
 16650 Loxia leucoptera               0       0       0       0     227       2
 16660 Loxia curvirostra              0       4       4       0    2002      10
 16680 Loxia pytyopsittacus           4       2       6       0     513       2
 16790 Carpodacus erythrinus         18     234     252      16   25625     507
 16990 Pinicola enucleator            0       0       0       0    3999      33
 17100 Pyrrhula pyrrhula              4    1928    1932     118  133281    3590
 17170 Coccothraustes coccothraustes  6      36      42       5     559      21
 18400 Zonotrichia albicollis         0       0       0       0       1       0
 18470 Calcarius lapponicus           6       4      10       0    1228       4
 18500 Plectrophenax nivalis          0       0       0       0    1501       2
 18560 Emberiza leucocephalos         0       0       0       0       3       0
 18570 Emberiza citrinella           56     919     975      39   62054    2136
 18660 Emberiza hortulana            11       7      18       1    4061      32
 18700 Emberiza elegans               0       0       0       0       1       0
 18730 Emberiza rustica               4      45      49       0    4446      12
 18740 Emberiza pusilla               0      40      40       1     449       1
 18750 Emberiza rutila                0       0       0       0       1       0
 18760 Emberiza aureola               0       0       0       0    1542      21
 18770 Emberiza schoeniclus          35    1678    1713      79  121787    4122
 18820 Miliaria calandra              0       0       0       0       3       0
 18950 Passerina ciris                0       0       0       0       1       0

       Circya x Cirmac                4       0       4       0       4       0
       Cirmac x Cirpyg                0       0       0       0       1       0
       Tetrix x Teturo                0       0       0       1       4       1
       Galmed x Galgal                0       0       0       0       1       0
       Denmaj x Denleu                4       0       4       0      14       0
       Riprip x Delurb                0       0       0       0       1       0
       Hirrus x Riprip                0       0       0       0       2       0
       Hirrus x Delurb                2       2       4       0     190       3
       Motfla x Motcit                0       0       0       0      21       0
       Luslus x Lusmeg                0       0       0       0       1       0
       Phopho x Phooch                0       0       0       0       2       0
       Saxtor x Saxrub                0       0       0       0       9       0
       Acrris x Acrdum                0       0       0       0      41       4
       Sylatr x Sylbor                0       0       0       0       1       0
       Ficalb x Fichyp                0       0       0       0       5       0
       Parmon x Parcin                2       0       2       0      40       2
       Parmon x Parate                0       1       1       0       4       0 
       Parmon x Parcri                0       0       0       0       1       0
       Pasdom x Pasmon                0       1       1       0      17       2
       Carchl x Carspi                0       0       0       0       1       0
       Carhor x Carmea                0       0       0       0       2       0
   
       TOTAL                     103020  146946  249966   18454 9097122  427959