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Red-necked Phalarope (1 Viewer)

Absolutely fascinating. The wintering grounds of Iceland's Red-necked Phalarope population have always been a mystery - I imagine this explains it.
 
Amazing stuff. It would be good to get more data to see if this is typical of the Scottish (and Icelandic) populations, just in case this was a freak individual.
 
My theory is that Shetland populations are descended from Icelandic and North American populations as Scandinavian birds are known to fly to Arabia.
 
jacana said:
My theory is that Shetland populations are descended from Icelandic and North American populations as Scandinavian birds are known to fly to Arabia.
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It actually says this in the article. The remaining European population appears to be quite distinct.
 
Fascinating. Stuff like this blows the easily taken misconception that migration is a simple case of going north and south every year. Would be good to see some theories emerge as to why the Fetlar RNP do this.
 
Andrew said:
Fascinating. Stuff like this blows the easily taken misconception that migration is a simple case of going north and south every year. Would be good to see some theories emerge as to why the Fetlar RNP do this.
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Indeed. The OSME Chairman Rob Sheldon has just lost a bet on this geolocator project: he was sure the Shetland birds would be proven to winter in the Arabian Sea!
MJB
 
Andrew said:
Fascinating. Stuff like this blows the easily taken misconception that migration is a simple case of going north and south every year. Would be good to see some theories emerge as to why the Fetlar RNP do this.
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Perhaps Shetland's RNP's colonised from the West rather than the East?

cheers
 
Absolutely amazing to think such a tiny bird can travel such distances, the article did say that it believed the Scottish population of RNP were of western origins.
 
Grauniad

Richard Klim said:
The Guardian, 9-10 Jan 2014: In praise of … the red-necked phalarope.
[Well intentioned, but obviously unaware that conventional sex roles are reversed in all three phalarope species.]
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The Guardian, Letters and emails, 17 Jan 2014...
Come on, Guardian, if you're going to quote Collins, the birders' bible, get it right (In praise of ... the red-necked phalarope, 10 January). Both phalaropes, grey and red-necked, have role reversal breeding patterns. You clearly didn't check with Stephen Moss first.
Sue Leyland
Hunmanby, North Yorkshire
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