With the large numbers of American Waders arriving in Britain on the back of the Westerly Gales I was wondering if there is evidence of these birds returning back across the Atlantic. Here in Shetland we have had a number of migrants from the West over the past week and with continuing strong west winds what is the most likely fate of these birds?
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Do American Migrants to UK make it back. (1 Viewer)
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dwatsonbirder
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Most will perish, but a small number may survive & overwinter, then head north again in the spring. It is highly unlikely that vagrant birds will be able to reorientate & most likely will travel north into Europe.
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
As far as I know there have been no records of either waders or passerines making iy back across the Atlantic but it's likely some ducks do and there is at least one record of Ring-billed Gull returning.
Chris
Chris
dantheman
Bah humbug
Plus there are the proven yanks breeding this side of the Atlantic - 4 species
Spotted Sandpiper in Scotland
Killdeer on the Azores (?)
Um, maybe someone else can fill in on the other two ... (one of which may be Pec Sand, which could have come from the other direction if so).
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Spotted Sandpiper in Scotland
Killdeer on the Azores (?)
Um, maybe someone else can fill in on the other two ... (one of which may be Pec Sand, which could have come from the other direction if so).
?
chris butterworth
aka The Person Named Above
I think theres a case of Blue-winged Teal in Denmark (?) that were thought to be wild birds.
Chris
Chris
dantheman
Bah humbug
And the (statistically interesting?) numbers of spring adult american waders on the UK East coast in spring. Heard that this equates to the strategy in the US of northward migrating shorebirds following the eastern seaboard on their way north. Whether these shorebirds can then reorientate to the west, or head to Scandinavia/get lost in the N Atlantic ?
Lots of first year birds obviously die in their first year. Whether the Sahara is a bit more of a surprise to lost yanks migrating north/south than the species that naturally occur as breeding species on this side of the pond is maybe relevant to this overall survival.
Lots of first year birds obviously die in their first year. Whether the Sahara is a bit more of a surprise to lost yanks migrating north/south than the species that naturally occur as breeding species on this side of the pond is maybe relevant to this overall survival.
How would they monitor if they have gone back? Would the vagrants be ringed?
