Under Rydon Hill

Welcome to this blog about my time away from the tedium of domestic management. Once called "Tits and Things", now sub-titled "Life in Quantoxia", there's plenty of bird ringing (90%), some odd bits of general birding, some local steam trains, some personal bits and occasional 'away days' in other parts of Britain. Rydon Hill overlooks the lower valley of the Doniford Stream, where most of these activities take place.

Friday, November 27, 2009

Sanderling 6000 kilometer non-stop flight


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14 oktober 2009 
Een drieteenstrandloper, met een vertrekgewicht van amper een ons, vloog in minder dan vijf dagen 6000 kilometer van Noorwegen naar Ghana.

A Sanderling, with a starting weight of just an ounce (25 gm),  flew in less than five days the 6000 kilometers from Norway to Ghana.  The bird was photographed on August 11, 2009 in a bleak, southern Norway. On August 16, a Ghanaian biologist saw it among coconut palms on the beach at Esiama. The Sandpiper was identified by its different color leg rings.
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