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Recent Ringing Recoveries

An adult female Chaffinch ringed here on 15/10/2012 became a road casualty near Videbank, Denmark 663km away on 04/06/2014 which suggests it met it's maker near it's breeding site. A young male Sparrowhawk ringed here on 16/10/2011 hit a conservatory 95km away at Aylsham, Norfolk on 7th June 2014 with this date also suggesting it was nesting in this area - we get lots of dead Sparrowhawks killed by flying into conservatory windows so please don't clean the glass on your conservatory !