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WENSUM  , 6th year of wearing Balise Argos  . The record  !

It just broadcast on March 13, 2018 from Germany.

Place of Equipment  : ENGLAND, Norfolk on 03/18/2013.

Place of reproduction  : FINLAND, Lahti

Wintering place  : GERMANY Lower Saxony.

Sex  : Female.

Weight  : 369 grs.

Beak  : 74 m / m.

Wing  : 199 m / m.

Arrivals on its Reproduction site  :

2013  : 09 May.

2014  : April 22.

2015  : April 16.

2016  : April 19.

2017  : April 08.

Particularities. This superb Woodcock, fitted in 2013 in England, has never been returned there.

She wintered in Germany in the Lower Saxony between Hamburg and Hanover from 2013 to 2017.

It is likely that his trip to England was triggered by the 2012/2013 cold snap over Germany  ; its wintering site being in this country.

It tells us about the reliability of Argos Beacons by telling us that they can emit more than five years.

It should also be noted that WENSUM has the chance to live its life as a migrant, in countries * where the withdrawals are very low. It remains for him to avoid Predations, Accidents, Diseases  ; for at least five years she has succeeded  !

Good luck for 2018 Beautiful WENSUM.

Philippe Vignac March 2018

* Estimated annual withdrawals (source da draft piano 2006/09), Germany: 6,000. Finland: 5,200.

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