1. EXPEDITION OVERVIEW ) DAILY SUMMARY RINGING SITES SUMMARY WEEK RINGING SITES SUMMARY WEEK

Transcription

1 KARTONG BIRD OBSERVATORY RINGING REPORT WINTER 2014/2015

2 1. EXPEDITION OVERVIEW... 1 Kartong Bird Observatory... 1 Expedition Members (Jan/Feb 2015)... 1 Summary... 1 Acknowledgements DAILY SUMMARY RINGING SITES SUMMARY WEEK RINGING SITES SUMMARY WEEK RINGING & SIGHTINGS SUMMARY DAILY CAPTURE TOTALS SITE CAPTURE TOTALS ANALYSIS OF RECOVERIES KARTONG BIRD OBSERVATORY SIGHTINGS LIST (compiled with Mike Marsh & Lee Gregory) RING SIGHTINGS CONTROLLED BIRDS LOCATION OF RINGING SITES FOR CONTROLLED & SIGHTED BIRDS LONGEVITY COLOUR RINGS AND LEG FLAGS DEPLOYED FEATHER SAMPLES IMAGES OF WESTERN PALAEARCTIC MIGRANTS IMAGES OF AFROTROPICAL SPECIES Compiled by Oliver Fox on behalf of Kartong Bird Observatory c/o BTO, The Nunnery, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2PU Tel: jezblackburn@sky.com

3 1. EXPEDITION OVERVIEW Kartong Bird Observatory Ringer in Charge: Colin Cross (CJC) Secretary & Treasurer: Jez Blackburn BTO contact: Jez Blackburn Expedition leader: Roger Walsh Expedition Members (Jan/Feb 2015) Patrick Barker (PJB) Oliver Fox (OJLF) Lee Gregory (LVG) Mike Jackson (MFJ) Mike Marsh (MM) Chris McIntyre (CM) Richard Tomlinson (RT) Roger Walsh (RW) Summary During the two-week expedition (24/01/15 to 06/02/15) 1888 birds were captured (1639 of 120 species were newly ringed and 249 of 52 species were re-captures) at sites surveyed by the KBO. 29 sightings (9 species) of rings in the field were also made at KBO and elsewhere during the 2014/15 winter. Of the 1888 captures, 303 (16.0%) were birds ringed of 33 Western Palaearctic species, a higher proportion than in previous visits. Four species were captured by KBO for the first time: Blackcrowned Night Heron, Western Osprey, European Turtle Dove & Bronze-tailed Starling. Dryer conditions on the quarry wetlands this winter resulted in a higher number of sandpipers and small plovers captured whereas herons and jacanas were largely absent. In the coastal scrub fewer Nightingales and Willow Warblers were encountered and replaced by typical Sahelian species, such as Orphean Warblers and Whitethroats. Acknowledgements Many thanks to all the ringers that participated in the Jan/Feb 2015 expedition, whose relentless efforts in the hot and tiring conditions allowed an excellent sample of birds to be caught. The expedition was made possible by Colin Cross s organisation within The Gambia, arranging accommodation, transfers to and from the airport and ringing sites, clearing net lines and, most importantly, the permission to ring in the Kartong area. The Observatory would like to thank the Gambian Department of Parks and Wildlife Management, and in particular Mr Mawdo Jallow, for granting a group license to operate in the Kartong area, and the BTO for permitting the use of BTO rings ensuring that reliable feedback will be received and made available for the appropriate organisations in the future. We would like to thank Binta Janneh for her support, Hannie Stokbroekx and her staff for the kind hospitality at the Lemonfish accommodation. Particular acknowledgment is owed to Ernest Gibba, Sangmarie (Eboy) Jarju, Michael Colley, Dembo Jatta & Manuel Jatta for dedicated work preparing net rides and equipment before the expedition and providing fundamental support during the ringing. KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 1

4 2. DAILY SUMMARY Fri 23 Sat 24 Morning Afternoon/Evening Moon Arrived slightly late in Kartong and looked at nets set up by local team north of Lemonfish lodge. Three teams catching nightjars after dinner in good conditions (7 new birds and 2 recaptures). Ringing at Lemonfish scrub putting Inspected wetland areas for wader 3 additional nets up before dawn. Not netting sites and, as day got cooler, too busy but good introduction for new set up series of nets on main quarry team members. site. Limited to south-west corner due to lack of water this year. Sun 25 Ringing Quarry wetland and some sites closer to the Observatory. Excellent selection of small Palaearctic waders and then Blue-cheeked Beeeaters and swallows coming to drink. Mon 26 Ringing at Barracunto scrub site 1 with wide range of wintering migrants, including Redstart, Wryneck, reiseri Olivaceous Warbler and Lesser Whitethroat but, thankfully, not too many weavers or quelea. Tue 27 Slow opening nets and 4WD stuck in sand but busy morning ringing at Tesito scrub with lots of weavers and juvenile sunbirds to test our skills. Both African Pygmy and Grey-headed Kingfishers captured. Wed 28 Tesito reedbed and wetland nets open once bats had departed. Large mixed flocks of Black-headed and Village Weavers meant we were kept busy in the reeds but fewer Acrocephalus warblers than expected. Thu 29 Busy morning with many wader nets on Quarry and Observatory wetlands as well as crake traps. Still lots of small waders even though site drying out fast. Osprey caught in mist net was a surprise. Fri 30 More relaxed day ringing in the shade at Sandele Ecolodge with nets in this remnant of coastal forest, and surveying forest species like Western Bluebill and Grey-headed Bristlebill that cling on here. Sat 31 Repeated survey at Tesito reedbed and Observatory wetlands again busy with drinking weaver flocks. Both Broad-billed and Abyssinian Rollers caught over water but fewer Palaearctic waders today. Lamping nightjars after dinner. After late lunch, set up passerine nets in the mangrove and acacia scrub at Barracunto. Evening at Dadema Bar in the village after dinner. Hot afternoon setting up Tesito site requiring trimming of vegetation. Wader lamping after dinner not successful with moon already too bright. Very hot cutting rides in Typhus reedbed and setting wader nets on more open pools. Nets open in the evening at the Observatory for Cattle Egrets coming into roost. After a visit to Barracunto beach scouting for gulls and terns, two teams added more nets on the main quarry and Observatory wetlands. Potter traps targeted Black Crakes using fish-head bait. Took down wetland nets on hot afternoon. In the evening visited Sandele Ecolodge to set up nets at this exciting new woodland site. After lunch, the group travelled by boat up the Allahein River, reading colour rings on roosting gulls and terns. Dismantled nets and set up extensive passerine nets in the scrub-covered dune system at Barracunto. Too windy and bright for lamping after dark. 2 KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15

5 Sun 1 Ringing at Barracunto scrub site 2 with lots of warblers as well as weavers leaving their roost. Numerous Common Whitethroat plus Western Orphean and Subalpine Warblers and Woodchat Shrikes. Mon 2 Early nets opened at Camp scrub site with Nightingale responding to tape lure but not getting caught. Busy first few rounds then quiet. Blue-breasted Kingfisher from 2011 retrapped and new Brown-throated Wattle-eyes. Tue 3 Ringing large area at Barracunto scrub sites 1 & 3. Highlights included Eurasian Hoopoe, 2 Nightingales, 2 Bonelli s Warblers, Little Greenbul and Red-faced Cisticola. Wed 4 Thu 5 Fri 6 Team staying at Sanyang continued to catch waders at dawn, others at the Observatory wetlands for a quieter morning. Repeated survey at Barracunto scrub site 1 and targeted waders on the remaining piece of wetland. Lots of doves, weavers and bishops coming to the water to drink. Record number of Black-winged Bishops. Final morning with a few nets on the main wetlands and a couple around the Observatory catching a handful of warblers but no waders. Packed remaining equipment and departed at midday for Banjul airport. Relaxed afternoon back at the lodge with some of the team out photographing wildlife. Set nets at Camp scrub site when the afternoon heat had decreased. Members of the group visited St Martin s School in the afternoon before setting up nets in the acacia and dune scrub at Barracunto. At dusk set nets across estuarine inlet and flushed waders towards it. Busy afternoon with the group splitting into teams visiting Kajabang clinic, Tujering woods and Tanji Beach before meeting up at Sanyang Beach. Set up a few wader nets and caught into the night. Afternoon spent reading colour rings at Kartong fishing village and using the whoosh net for Grey-headed Gulls. In the late afternoon set up nets on the quarry wetlands left pools. Sorting out equipment and washing dusty nets kept the group busy this afternoon. KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 3

6 3. RINGING SITES SUMMARY WEEK 1 Table 1. Ringing effort during week 1 by date, split into ringing sessions and sites with details of the numbers of nets and duration in each session. Session duration given in hours and net length in feet. DATE 24/01 25/01 26/01 27/01 28/01 29/01 30/01 SESSION Lemonfish scrub Obseravtory wetlands Quarry wetlands Obseravtory wetlands Barracunto scrub - Site 1 SITE OPEN 07:00 15:30 07:00 07:00 07:00 12:00 07:00 18:00 07:00 07:00 17:00 07:00 07:00 07:30 CLOSED 11:30 18:00 15:30 14:00 12:00 13:30 12:30 19:30 13:30 13:30 19:30 14:30 14:30 13:00 TIME / h ' PASSERINE ' PASSERINE ' PASSERINE ' PASSERINE 4 60' PASSERINE 2-SHELF 40' PASSERINE 2-SHELF 2 30' PASSERINE 2-SHELF 1 PASSERINE LENGTH / ft ' WADER 4-SHELF ' WADER 4-SHELF ' WADER 2-SHELF ' WADER 2-SHELF 1 1 WADER LENGTH / ft TOTAL LENGTH / ft # NETS MAP Figure MAP Nets A ABCEF ABD B B B AB AB B A-F ABCF Quarry wetlands Tesito scrub Obseravtory wetlands Tesito reedbed Obseravtory wetlands Obseravtory wetlands Quarry wetlands Obseravtory wetlands Sandele Ecolodge KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 4

7 3. RINGING SITES SUMMARY WEEK 2 Table 2. Ringing effort during week 2 by date, split into ringing sessions and sites with details of the numbers of nets and duration in each session. Session duration given in hours and net length in feet. DATE 31/01 01/02 02/02 03/02 04/02 05/02 06/02 SESSION TOTAL Tesito reedbed Obseravtory wetlands Barracunto scrub - Site 2 Camp scrub Barracunto beach Barracunto beach Barracunto scrub - Site 1 Barracunto scrub - Site 3 SITE OPEN 07:00 07:00 07:00 07:00 19:00 06:00 07:00 07:00 19:00 04:30 08:00 17:30 07:00 07:00 07:00 07:30 07:30 07:30 CLOSED 13:00 13:00 13:00 11:00 22:00 10:00 12:00 12:00 23:30 10:30 12:00 19:30 13:30 13:30 13:30 10:00 10:00 09:30 TIME / h ' PASSERINE ' PASSERINE ' PASSERINE ' PASSERINE 4 60' PASSERINE 2-SHELF 0 40' PASSERINE 2-SHELF 2 30' PASSERINE 2-SHELF 1 PASSERINE LENGTH / ft ' WADER 4-SHELF ' WADER 4-SHELF ' WADER 2-SHELF ' WADER 2-SHELF WADER LENGTH / ft TOTAL LENGTH / ft # NETS MAP Figure MAP Nets AB ABC A C C A B AB - A F GH AB F H Sanyang wetlands Sanyang wetlands Obseravtory wetlands Fishing village Barracunto scrub - Site 1 Quarry wetlands Quarry left pool Obseravtory wetlands Quarry wetlands Quarry left pool KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 5

8 4.1 RINGING & SIGHTINGS SUMMARY Table 3. Summary of birds captured, re-captured and rings sighted during the Winter 2014/2015. N = newly ringed birds, 1 = re-captured birds with ring replaced, R = re-captured birds, X = birds found dead, O = sightings of birds ringed at KBO, S = sightings of birds ringed elsewhere, C = capture of birds ringed elsewhere. NEW = total ringed birds (N+1), RECOVERIES = total recovered birds (R+X+1+O+S+C). Palaearctic migrants in bold. N 1 R X O S C NEW RECOVERIES TOTAL 1 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus Red-chested Goshawk Accipiter toussenelii Shikra Accipiter badius Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis African Jacana Actophilornis africanus Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Common Redshank Tringa totanus Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Sanderling Calidris alba Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 6

9 N 1 R X O S C NEW RECOVERIES TOTAL 32 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer Namaqua Dove Oena capensis Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis Western Barn Owl Tyto alba Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 7

10 N 1 R X O S C NEW RECOVERIES TOTAL 67 Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis Piapiac Ptilostomus afer Pied Crow Corvus albus Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus Little Greenbul Eurillas virens Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava Red-winged Warbler Heliolais erythropterus Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca Western Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 8

11 N 1 R X O S C NEW RECOVERIES TOTAL 102 Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus African Thrush Turdus pelios Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus Lavender Waxbill Estrilda caerulescens Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava ring destroyed ring lost TOTAL # SPECIES KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 9

12 4.2 DAILY CAPTURE TOTALS Table 4. Birds captured, re-captured and rings sighted during the Winter 2014/2015 arranged by date. Palaearctic migrants in bold. before after TOTAL 1 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus Red-chested Goshawk Accipiter toussenelii Shikra Accipiter badius Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis African Jacana Actophilornis africanus Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Common Redshank Tringa totanus Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Sanderling Calidris alba Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 10

13 before after TOTAL 32 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer Namaqua Dove Oena capensis Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis Western Barn Owl Tyto alba Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 11

14 before after TOTAL 67 Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis Piapiac Ptilostomus afer Pied Crow Corvus albus Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus Little Greenbul Eurillas virens Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava Red-winged Warbler Heliolais erythropterus Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca Western Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 12

15 before after TOTAL 102 Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus African Thrush Turdus pelios Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus Lavender Waxbill Estrilda caerulescens Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava ring destroyed ring lost 1 1 TOTAL # SPECIES KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 13

16 4.3 SITE CAPTURE TOTALS Table 5. Birds captured, re-captured and rings sighted during the Winter 2014/2015 arranged by ringing site. Palaearctic migrants in bold. Barracunto scrub - Site 1 1 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 2 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 1 3 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 3 4 Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis 1 5 Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus 6 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus 1 7 Red-chested Goshawk Accipiter toussenelii 1 8 Shikra Accipiter badius Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra 6 10 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 3 12 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 6 13 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis 14 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 16 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 2 18 Common Redshank Tringa totanus Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 20 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 4 21 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 7 23 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 4 24 Sanderling Calidris alba 25 Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei 26 Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus 27 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii 28 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Barracunto scrub - Site 2 Barracunto scrub - Site 3 Barracunto beach Camp scrub Tesito scrub Lemonfish scrub Lemonfish garden Sandele Ecolodge Quarry wetlands Tesito reedbed KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 14

17 Quarry left pool Obseravtory wetlands 1 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 1 3 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 6 4 Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis 1 5 Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus 1 6 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus Red-chested Goshawk Accipiter toussenelii 1 8 Shikra Accipiter badius 2 9 Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra 6 10 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 6 13 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis 2 14 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus 7 15 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 1 16 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Common Redshank Tringa totanus Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 6 21 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 4 24 Sanderling Calidris alba Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Fishing village Allahein River Sanyang wetlands Tujering village Tanji beach Coquet Island, UK Wagejot, Texel, Netherlands Las Canas, Viana, Spain OTHER TOTAL KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 15

18 Barracunto scrub - Site 1 29 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 30 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus 31 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 32 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea 33 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 1 34 African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea 5 35 Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer Namaqua Dove Oena capensis Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator 2 43 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis Western Barn Owl Tyto alba 45 Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus 1 47 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus 48 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica 1 50 African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus 6 55 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 1 56 Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus 3 2 Barracunto scrub - Site 2 Barracunto scrub - Site 3 Barracunto beach Camp scrub Tesito scrub Lemonfish scrub Lemonfish garden Sandele Ecolodge Quarry wetlands Tesito reedbed KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 16

19 Quarry left pool Obseravtory wetlands 29 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea 5 33 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 2 34 African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea 5 35 Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer 4 41 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator 2 43 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis 7 44 Western Barn Owl Tyto alba Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus 1 47 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus 1 48 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala 2 49 Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica 1 50 African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta 5 51 Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus 4 52 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus 4 54 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus 6 55 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 1 56 Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus 5 Fishing village Allahein River Sanyang wetlands Tujering village Tanji beach Coquet Island, UK Wagejot, Texel, Netherlands Las Canas, Viana, Spain OTHER TOTAL KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 17

20 Barracunto scrub - Site 1 57 Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi 1 58 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor 2 60 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 2 61 African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae 1 62 Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus 1 63 Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus 1 65 Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina 4 68 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis 3 70 Piapiac Ptilostomus afer 3 71 Pied Crow Corvus albus 1 72 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus Little Greenbul Eurillas virens 1 74 Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus 8 75 Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli 3 80 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 81 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 5 82 Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus 84 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida 1 Barracunto scrub - Site 2 Barracunto scrub - Site 3 Barracunto beach Camp scrub Tesito scrub Lemonfish scrub Lemonfish garden Sandele Ecolodge Quarry wetlands Tesito reedbed KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 18

21 Quarry left pool Obseravtory wetlands 57 Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi 1 58 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor 2 60 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 2 61 African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae 2 62 Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus 1 63 Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea 7 64 Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus 1 65 Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis 4 66 Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina 4 68 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 5 69 African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis 3 70 Piapiac Ptilostomus afer 3 71 Pied Crow Corvus albus 3 72 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus Little Greenbul Eurillas virens 1 74 Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus 8 75 Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii 6 77 Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 3 79 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli 3 80 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 2 81 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 8 82 Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus 2 84 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida 1 Fishing village Allahein River Sanyang wetlands Tujering village Tanji beach Coquet Island, UK Wagejot, Texel, Netherlands Las Canas, Viana, Spain OTHER TOTAL KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 19

22 Barracunto scrub - Site 1 85 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 1 88 Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops 1 89 Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus 3 90 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 1 91 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava Red-winged Warbler Heliolais erythropterus 2 93 Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 1 99 Western Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus African Thrush Turdus pelios Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 110 Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus 20 Barracunto scrub - Site 2 Barracunto scrub - Site 3 Barracunto beach Camp scrub Tesito scrub Lemonfish scrub Lemonfish garden Sandele Ecolodge Quarry wetlands Tesito reedbed KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 20

23 Quarry left pool Obseravtory wetlands 85 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 4 87 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 1 88 Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops 1 89 Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus 3 90 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 2 91 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava 4 92 Red-winged Warbler Heliolais erythropterus 2 93 Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps 5 94 Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla 3 96 Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii 2 97 Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus 2 98 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 1 99 Western Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus African Thrush Turdus pelios Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus 21 Fishing village Allahein River Sanyang wetlands Tujering village Tanji beach Coquet Island, UK Wagejot, Texel, Netherlands Las Canas, Viana, Spain OTHER TOTAL KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 21

24 Barracunto scrub - Site Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer 119 Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus Lavender Waxbill Estrilda caerulescens Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes 127 Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis 128 Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 1 7 ring destroyed ring lost TOTAL # SPECIES Barracunto scrub - Site 2 Barracunto scrub - Site 3 Barracunto beach Camp scrub Tesito scrub Lemonfish scrub Lemonfish garden Sandele Ecolodge Quarry wetlands Tesito reedbed KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 22

25 Quarry left pool Obseravtory wetlands 113 Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus Lavender Waxbill Estrilda caerulescens Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 13 ring destroyed 5 5 ring lost 1 1 TOTAL # SPECIES Fishing village Allahein River Sanyang wetlands Tujering village Tanji beach Coquet Island, UK Wagejot, Texel, Netherlands Las Canas, Viana, Spain OTHER TOTAL KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 23

26 4.4 ANALYSIS OF RECOVERIES Table 6. Separation of recoveries (birds defined as R, X, 1, O, S & C in Table 3) by date. Those (few) birds caught twice on the same day are separated into new (N) and repeat retraps (R). Birds caught twice or more times during the two-week expedition are treated similarly. As much of the ringing at KBO is carried out during the winter months, it is informative to look at older recoveries from previous winters: so the 0.5 to 1.5 years corresponds to Winter 2013/2014, 1.5 to 2.5 years = Winter 2012/2013, 2.5 to 3.5 years = Winter 2011/2012, and so on. Species not recovered are also shown for comparison. WINTER OF: 13/14 12/13 11/12 10/11 09/10 08/09 07/08 06/07 05/06 04/05 SAME DAY - N SAME DAY - R SAME FORTNIGHT - N SAME FORTNIGHT - R 1 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 2 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 3 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 4 Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis 5 Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus 6 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus Red-chested Goshawk Accipiter toussenelii 8 Shikra Accipiter badius 9 Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra 10 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 12 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 13 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis 14 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 16 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 18 Common Redshank Tringa totanus Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 20 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos SAME YEAR 0.5 to 1.5 YEARS 1.5 to 2.5 YEARS 2.5 to 3.5 YEARS 3.5 to 4.5 YEARS 4.5 to 5.5 YEARS 5.5 to 6.5 YEARS 6.5 to 7.5 YEARS 7.5 to 8.5 YEARS 8.5 to 9.5 YEARS 9.5 to 10.5 YEARS >10.5 YEARS TOTAL KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 24

27 WINTER OF: 13/14 12/13 11/12 10/11 09/10 08/09 07/08 06/07 05/06 04/05 SAME DAY - N SAME DAY - R SAME FORTNIGHT - N SAME FORTNIGHT - R 23 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 24 Sanderling Calidris alba Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus 27 Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea 33 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur 34 African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea 35 Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata 37 Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea 38 Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer Namaqua Dove Oena capensis Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator 43 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis 44 Western Barn Owl Tyto alba 45 Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus 47 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus 48 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala 49 Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta 2 2 SAME YEAR 0.5 to 1.5 YEARS 1.5 to 2.5 YEARS 2.5 to 3.5 YEARS 3.5 to 4.5 YEARS 4.5 to 5.5 YEARS 5.5 to 6.5 YEARS 6.5 to 7.5 YEARS 7.5 to 8.5 YEARS 8.5 to 9.5 YEARS 9.5 to 10.5 YEARS >10.5 YEARS TOTAL KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 25

28 WINTER OF: 13/14 12/13 11/12 10/11 09/10 08/09 07/08 06/07 05/06 04/05 SAME DAY - N SAME DAY - R SAME FORTNIGHT - N SAME FORTNIGHT - R 51 Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus 55 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 56 Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus 57 Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi 58 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor 60 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla 61 African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus 63 Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus 65 Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina 68 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 69 African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis 70 Piapiac Ptilostomus afer Pied Crow Corvus albus 72 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus Little Greenbul Eurillas virens 74 Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus 75 Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida 76 Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii 77 Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita SAME YEAR 0.5 to 1.5 YEARS 1.5 to 2.5 YEARS 2.5 to 3.5 YEARS 3.5 to 4.5 YEARS 4.5 to 5.5 YEARS 5.5 to 6.5 YEARS 6.5 to 7.5 YEARS 7.5 to 8.5 YEARS 8.5 to 9.5 YEARS 9.5 to 10.5 YEARS >10.5 YEARS TOTAL KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 26

29 WINTER OF: 13/14 12/13 11/12 10/11 09/10 08/09 07/08 06/07 05/06 04/05 SAME DAY - N SAME DAY - R SAME FORTNIGHT - N SAME FORTNIGHT - R 79 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli 80 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus 84 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida 85 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 87 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 88 Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops 89 Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus 90 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 91 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava 92 Red-winged Warbler Heliolais erythropterus 93 Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla 96 Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus 98 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 99 Western Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus 103 Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus 104 African Thrush Turdus pelios Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides 106 Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla SAME YEAR 0.5 to 1.5 YEARS 1.5 to 2.5 YEARS 2.5 to 3.5 YEARS 3.5 to 4.5 YEARS 4.5 to 5.5 YEARS 5.5 to 6.5 YEARS 6.5 to 7.5 YEARS 7.5 to 8.5 YEARS 8.5 to 9.5 YEARS 9.5 to 10.5 YEARS >10.5 YEARS TOTAL KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 27

30 WINTER OF: 13/14 12/13 11/12 10/11 09/10 08/09 07/08 06/07 05/06 04/05 SAME DAY - N SAME DAY - R SAME FORTNIGHT - N SAME FORTNIGHT - R 107 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 109 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 110 Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus 113 Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer 119 Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus 120 Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina 122 Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus Lavender Waxbill Estrilda caerulescens Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes 127 Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis 128 Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata 129 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 1 1 TOTAL TOTAL # SPECIES SAME YEAR 0.5 to 1.5 YEARS 1.5 to 2.5 YEARS 2.5 to 3.5 YEARS 3.5 to 4.5 YEARS 4.5 to 5.5 YEARS 5.5 to 6.5 YEARS 6.5 to 7.5 YEARS 7.5 to 8.5 YEARS 8.5 to 9.5 YEARS 9.5 to 10.5 YEARS >10.5 YEARS TOTAL KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 28

31 5. KARTONG BIRD OBSERVATORY SIGHTINGS LIST (compiled with Mike Marsh & Lee Gregory) Table 7. Records of birds seen by group members during the expedition between 23 rd January and 6 th February Arranged by date for the main Kartong recording area and additional sites at Tanji beach (TAN), Tujering Woods (TUJ) and Sanyang (SAN). Common species not always recorded each day (for example White-faced Whistling Duck and Cattle Egrets after 28 th January) and others noted as present with a cross (x). KARTONG TAN TUJ SAN SAN White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis 3 3 Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus Double-spurred Francolin Pternistis bicalcaratus Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus African Spoonbill Platalea alba Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Striated Heron Butorides striata Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis x Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala Goliath Heron Ardea goliath 1 16 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Great Egret Ardea alba Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca Little Egret Egretta garzetta Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis Hamerkop Scopus umbretta Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 29

32 KARTONG TAN TUJ SAN SAN Northern Gannet Morus bassanus Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo African Darter Anhinga rufa Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus x x Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus 1 36 Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar 1 37 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates Red-chested Goshawk Accipiter toussenelii 1 39 Shikra Accipiter badius Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Black Kite Milvus migrans Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius x 10 x x 43 Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni 1 47 Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus 2 52 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 30

33 KARTONG TAN TUJ SAN SAN Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis African Jacana Actophilornis africanus Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 1 60 Great Snipe Gallinago media 1 61 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Hudsonian Whimbrel Numenius hudsonicus Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 1 66 Common Redshank Tringa totanus Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 1 68 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Sanderling Calidris alba Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 1 77 Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus 2 80 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 31

34 KARTONG TAN TUJ SAN SAN Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis Little Tern Sternula albifrons 1 87 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 4 88 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus 1 89 Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea 10 x x x 4 91 European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens x 94 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata x x 95 Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea x Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis x x 97 Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus x 98 Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer Namaqua Dove Oena capensis African Green Pigeon Treron calvus Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus 9 20 x African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus Little Swift Apus affinis Purple Roller Coracias naevius Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 32

35 KARTONG TAN TUJ SAN SAN Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus Bearded Barbet Lybius dubius Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo African Hobby Falco cuvierii Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 33

36 KARTONG TAN TUJ SAN SAN Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis Piapiac Ptilostomus afer Pied Crow Corvus albus White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis Crested Lark Galerida cristata Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus 30 x x 153 Little Greenbul Eurillas virens Yellow-throated Leaflove Atimastillas flavicollis Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus Sand Martin Riparia riparia Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 34

37 KARTONG TAN TUJ SAN SAN Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava Red-winged Warbler Heliolais erythropterus Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca Western Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 35

38 KARTONG TAN TUJ SAN SAN African Thrush Turdus pelios x 194 Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus House Sparrow Passer domesticus Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus 250 x Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus Lavender Waxbill Estrilda caerulescens Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 36

39 KARTONG TAN TUJ SAN SAN Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis African Silverbill Euodice cantans Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava White Wagtail Motacilla alba Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis 1 KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 37

40 6.1 RING SIGHTINGS Table 8. Details of metal (n = 1) and colour rings (CR; n = 28) read in the field during the winter 2014/15 together with original ringing information supplied by the various EURING schemes. TYPE: N = newly ringed birds, 1 = re-captured birds with ring replaced, R = re-captured birds, X = birds found dead, O = sightings of birds ringed at KBO (n = 10), S = sightings of birds ringed elsewhere (n = 19), C = capture of birds ringed elsewhere. Ring number CR Type Age Sex Date Details Elapsed Distance Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus N 6 22/06/2007 Kartong, The Gambia O 4 02/02/2015 Kartong (Fishing village), The Gambia 7 yrs 225 days AP N 6 30/01/2012 Kartong (Quarry wetlands), The Gambia O 4 09/11/2012 Kartong (Observatory wetlands), The Gambia 284 days O 4 24/01/2015 Kartong (Lemonfish scrub), The Gambia 2 yrs 359 days CT N 5 10/01/2014 Kartong (Observatory wetlands), The Gambia Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus S 4 10/01/2015 Tujering, The Gambia 1 yr 24 km DE40176 AP N 4 23/01/2012 Kartong (Quarry wetlands), The Gambia O 4 31/01/2015 Kartong (Lemonfish scrub), The Gambia 3 yrs 8 days O 4 01/02/2015 Kartong (Lemonfish scrub), The Gambia 3 yrs 9 days DE40178 AA N 5 23/01/2012 Kartong (Quarry wetlands), The Gambia O 4 05/02/2015 Kartong (Quarry wetlands), The Gambia 3 yrs 13 days DE40240 TC N 4 21/02/2013 Kartong (Quarry wetlands), The Gambia O 4 03/12/2014 Kartong (Quarry wetlands), The Gambia 1 yr 285 days DE40244 PE N 4 21/02/2013 Kartong (Quarry wetlands), The Gambia O 4 03/12/2014 Kartong (Quarry wetlands), The Gambia 1 yr 285 days DE43736 MH N 4 16/12/2011 Kartong (Quarry wetlands), The Gambia Sanderling Calidris alba O 4 05/02/2015 Kartong (Observatory wetlands), The Gambia 3 yrs 51 days ISR N 2 31/05/2013 Sangerdi, Iceland Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei S 2 08/12/2014 Kartong (Fishing village), The Gambia 1 yr 191 days 5680 km S 4 18/12/2014 Kartong (Fishing village), The Gambia 1 yr 201 days 5680 km BLB.E ISBN N 2 21/06/2001 Ile aux Oiseaux, Delta du Saloum, Senegal S 4 03/02/2015 Tanji beach, The Gambia 13 yrs 227 days 32 km NLA P3N N 1 07/05/2015 Ile aux Oiseaux, Delta du Saloum, Senegal Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii S 5 19/02/2015 Kartong (Allahein River), The Gambia 288 days 59 km ESI AFUJ N 1 22/06/2002 Ebro Delta, Tarragona, Spain S 4 02/02/2015 Kartong (Fishing village), The Gambia 12 yrs 225 days 3518 km ESI APLV N 3 20/06/2004 Ebro Delta, Tarragona, Spain Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus S 4 02/02/2015 Kartong (Fishing village), The Gambia 10 yrs 227 days 3518 km FRP.EA N N 1 05/07/2008 UMICORE, Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France S 8 02/02/2015 Kartong (Fishing village), The Gambia 6 yrs 212 days 4536 km ISR YB89 N 6 29/07/2008 Hvaleyri, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland S 4 19/02/2015 Kartong (Allahein River), The Gambia 6 yrs 205 days 5678 km NOS JE77 N 1 12/07/2006 Vestre Klovholmen, Vest-Agder, Norway S 4 02/02/2015 Kartong (Fishing village), The Gambia 8 yrs 205 days 5399 km 38 KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15

41 Ring number CR Type Age Sex Date Details Elapsed Distance Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus NOS JCY3 N 1 24/07/2008 Nordhortavaer, Leka, Nord-Trondelag, Norway S 4 03/02/2015 Tanji beach, The Gambia 6 yrs 194 days 6172 km NOS J2UA N 1 26/07/2010 Lemmingvaer, Troms, Norway S 4 02/02/2015 Kartong (Fishing village), The Gambia 4 yrs 191 days 6698 km S 4 04/02/2015 Kartong (Fishing village), The Gambia 4 yrs 193 days 6698 km Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia NLA PKR N 1 06/05/2014 Ile aux Oiseaux, Delta du Saloum, Senegal S 5 19/02/2015 Kartong (Allahein River), The Gambia 289 days 59 km NLA PCV N 1 27/05/2014 Ile aux Oiseaux, Delta du Saloum, Senegal S 5 22/01/2015 Kartong (Allahein River), The Gambia 240 days 59 km Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus NLA P24 N 1 13/06/2014 Ile aux Oiseaux, Delta du Saloum, Senegal S 5 03/02/2015 Tanji beach, The Gambia 235 days 32 km Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis DE43740 G00 N 4 17/12/2011 Kartong (Barracunto beach), The Gambia O 6 17/11/2013 Kartong, The Gambia 1 yr 335 days O 4 30/01/2015 Kartong (Allahein River), The Gambia 3 yrs 44 days DE43741 G04 N 4 17/12/2011 Kartong (Barracunto beach), The Gambia O 4 20/11/2013 Kartong, The Gambia 1 yr 338 days O 4 30/01/2015 Kartong (Allahein River), The Gambia 3 yrs 44 days DE43743 G03 N 3 17/12/2011 Kartong (Barracunto beach), The Gambia S 4 12/06/2015 Coquet Island, Northumberland, UK 3 yrs 177 days 4878 km DE43745 G06 N 4 17/12/2011 Kartong (Barracunto beach), The Gambia S 4 30/06/2012 Ottersaat, Texel, Netherlands 196 days 4842 km S 4 04/07/2012 Ottersaat, Texel, Netherlands 200 days 4842 km S 4 22/07/2012 De Putten, Camperduin, Bergen, Netherlands 218 days 4804 km O 4 15/01/2013 Kartong (Fishing village), Gambia, Gambia 1 yr 29 days O 6 24/10/2013 Kartong, Gambia, Gambia 1 yr 312 days S 4 11/04/2015 Wagejot, Texel, Netherlands 3 yrs 115 days 4847 km DE44345 ETD N 1 02/06/2011 Ythan Estuary, Newburgh, Aberdeenshire S 4 30/01/2015 Kartong (Allahein River), The Gambia 3 yrs 242 days 5074 km 6.2 CONTROLLED BIRDS Table 9. Details of birds ringed at KBO and re-captured elsewhere (n = 1) and birds ringed elsewhere and controlled at KBO (n = 0). Ring number CR Type Age Sex Date Details Elapsed Distance Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus Z N 4 31/01/2015 Kartong (Observatory wetlands), The Gambia C 4 12/06/2015 Las Canas, Viana, Navarra, Spain 132 days 3547 km KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 39

42 6.3 LOCATION OF RINGING SITES FOR CONTROLLED & SIGHTED BIRDS Fig.1. Map showing the ringing location for birds controlled or rings sighted at KBO during the winter 2014/ KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15

43 7. LONGEVITY Table 10. Maximum time elapsed for each species recaptured and rings sighted during the 2014/15 winter. KBO longevity records for the Afrotropical species are shown in red together with the previous longevity record. KBO longevity records for the other species are also shown (KBO MAX). Nomadic species that are not expected to be recaptured are shown in blue. SPECIES RING ELAPSED TIME PREVIOUS MAX KBO MAX Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus yrs 225 days 2 yrs 107 days Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus DE yrs 51 days 5 yrs 201 days African Jacana Actophilornis africanus EX yrs 323 days 3 yrs 292 days Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago SV yr 339 days 3 yrs 47 days Common Redshank Tringa totanus DE days 1 day Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus NW yr 346 days 323 days Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola NW yrs 43 days 1 yr 358 days Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos NW days 1 yr 303 days Sanderling Calidris alba ISR yr 201 days 0 days Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei BLB.E yrs 227 days 0 days Audouin's Gull Ichthyaetus audouinii ESI yrs 225 days 0 days Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus NOS yrs 205 days 170 days Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia NLA days 0 days Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus NLA days 0 days Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis DE yrs 242 days 2 yrs 263 days Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens ER yrs 328 days 4 yrs 233 days Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis XS yrs 252 days 4 yrs 5 days Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus CV yrs 42 days 6 yrs 175 days Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer LE yr 16 days 2 yrs 19 days Namaqua Dove Oena capensis RL days 0 days Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus SH yrs 316 days 6 yrs 59 days Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica DA yrs 330 days 1 yr 211 days African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta SH yr 17 days 2 yrs 107 days Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus SH days 1 yr 79 days Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis RJ yrs 326 days 2 yrs 315 days Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus SA yrs 48 days 6 yrs 178 days Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus DVC107 4 yrs 87 days 2 yrs 316 days African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae RF yr 12 days 7 yrs 130 days Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea BYE156 7 yrs 170 days 5 yrs 106 days Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis RL days 41 days Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus CX yrs 49 days 6 yrs 86 days Piapiac Ptilostomus afer EH yrs 36 days 1 yr 35 days Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus TA yrs 53 days 6 yrs 277 days Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura DKB847 3 yrs 49 days 2 yrs 249 days Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus NA yr 10 days 2 yrs 317 days Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus L yr 339 days 327 days Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus L yr 16 days 1 yr 128 days Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca R yrs 55 days 3 yrs 106 days Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps RF yr 19 days 5 yrs 60 days Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata L yr 345 days 4 yrs 33 days Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii DE yrs 36 days 1 yr 178 days Western Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis NA days 43 days Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis Y yrs 0 days 1 yr 351 days Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans L yr 15 days 38 days African Thrush Turdus pelios CX yrs 74 days 7 yrs 62 days continued on next page KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 41

44 SPECIES RING ELAPSED TIME PREVIOUS MAX KBO MAX Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla RF yrs 41 days 6 yrs 146 days Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos L yrs 48 days 1 yr 141 days Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus BYE031 8 yrs 48 days 4 yrs 169 days Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus DVC096 3 yrs 45 days 3 yrs 361 days Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus KJ yrs 328 days 2 yrs 312 days Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis TA yrs 137 days 5 yrs 240 days Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus NW yrs 332 days 2 yrs 314 days Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus TA yrs 105 days 5 yrs 79 days Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea Z days 5 days Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus L yr 344 days 3 yrs 291 days Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala DVC054 3 yrs 319 days 5 yrs 8 days Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus DXV670 2 yrs 48 days 2 yrs 293 days Lavender Waxbill Estrilda caerulescens DXV690 2 yrs 41 days 1 yr 229 days Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda DXV618 3 yrs 6 days 2 yrs 354 days Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Z days 0 days 42 KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15

45 8. COLOUR RINGS AND LEG FLAGS DEPLOYED Table 11. Summary of colour rings and leg flags (Spur-winged Lapwings) added to newly captured (N) and recaptured (R) birds. Ring number CR Type Age Sex Date Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis FH F5B N 6 25/01/2015 FH J4B N 6 25/01/2015 FH X6B N 6 25/01/2015 FH C7B N 4 27/01/2015 FH J1B N 4 27/01/2015 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus DE X N 4 25/01/2015 DE A N 4 25/01/2015 DE C N 4 25/01/2015 DE E N 5 25/01/2015 DE H N 4 F 28/01/2015 DE J N 5 28/01/2015 DE K N 5 28/01/2015 DE L N 4 M 28/01/2015 DE M N 4 M 29/01/2015 DE N N 4 M 29/01/2015 DA P N 5 29/01/2015 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus EY A N 5 25/01/2015 EY C N 5 25/01/2015 EY10149 AA N 4 F 28/01/2015 EX73025 AC R 4 M 28/01/2015 EY H N 5 28/01/2015 EY10095 AE R 4 M 28/01/2015 EY J N 5 29/01/2015 KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 43

46 9. FEATHER SAMPLES Table 12. Summary of feather samples taken from flanks of captured birds. These will be made available for genetic sequencing and further studies. SAMPLES Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 1 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 1 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 1 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 12 Common Redshank Tringa totanus 1 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 1 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 1 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 1 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 2 Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 3 Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli 3 Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus 1 Eurasian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 5 African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus 1 Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida 1 Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca 31 Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta 2 Common Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 1 Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus 2 Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca 1 Western Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis 9 Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis 3 Subalpine Warbler Sylvia cantillans 22 Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 2 Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus 4 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 9 TOTAL KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15

47 10.1 IMAGES OF WESTERN PALAEARCTIC MIGRANTS During the 2014/15 winter 38 species of trans-saharan migrant were captured, recaptured or had rings sighted in the field. These included 12 species of shorebird (2 from Charadriidae and 10 from Scolopacidae) and 13 species of warbler (2 from Phylloscopidae, 6 from Acrocephalidae, 1 from Locustellidae and 4 from Sylviidae). Excluding rings sighted on birds not ringed at KBO (see Table 9), 23 birds of 10 species were returning Palaearctic migrants captured in previous years. The oldest passerine recaptured was a Western Olivaceous Warbler first ringed in Fig.2: Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla, NA82799, 26/01/15, 1 of 2 new birds captured but, unlike previous years, no returning migrants encountered (LVG). Fig.3: Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos, Y612137, 03/02/15, 2 new birds and 1 originally ringed at the same site in December 2012 (OJLF). Fig.4: Lesser Whitethroat Sylvia curruca, Y612326, 01/02/15, the 2 nd KBO record of this species that usually winters further east in Africa (OJLF). Fig.5: Western Orphean Warbler Sylvia hortensis, NA82685, 01/02/15, 1 of a record 9 birds processed, previous highest of 6 individuals in 2011 (OJLF). Fig.6: Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida reiseri, Y612287, 26/01/15, distinctive, small subspecies migrates from the Maghreb region, the 6 th KBO record (LVG). Fig.7: Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia, Y612151, 05/02/15, 4 th KBO record of this elusive species (OJLF). KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15 45

48 10.2 IMAGES OF AFROTROPICAL SPECIES A wide range of resident and intra-african migrants were captured and processed at KBO, providing new information on longevity, site fidelity and biometrics. 91 species were encountered including 9 from Columbidae, 5 from Alcedinidae and 8 from Cisticolidae. Dry conditions this winter meant an increased number of birds moved to the Kartong wetland area in search of drinking water. Fig.8: African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta, SB58269, 27/01/2015, 1 of 5 pygmy kingfishers from the coastal scrub, including 3 new birds (OJLF). Fig.9: Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala, SB58294, 27/01/2015, 1 of 2 new birds caught during the fortnight (OJLF). Fig.10: Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus, SB58268, 26/01/2015, fewer this year than usual with just 2 new and 2 recaptured birds (OJLF). Fig.11: Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis, RL35786, 27/01/2015, 1 of 3 new birds of 2 males and 1 female (LVG). Fig.12: Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps, RL89018, 05/02/2015, 4 ringed and 1 recaptured. A juvenile here with less white fringing on head and gape visible (OJLF). Fig.13: Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus, Y612406, 05/02/2015, Large number, including flock of 21 birds, present in this dry year (OJLF). 46 KBO REPORT WINTER 2014/15