Pullus Wood Pigeon ringed at Landguard 4th August 2013 was retrapped 506 km away at Helgoland, Germany on 1st August 2020. Why a Suffolk born & bred Wood Pigeon should be at the world famous bird observatory on Helgoland in early August seven years later is difficult to explain and open to conjecture. An educated guess is that it got caught up with migratory Wood Pigeons going over Landguard in its first autumn and joined up with one of the eastern populations. In early August it should be nesting as migrations of populations in Germany will not be moving at this time of the year.
Blackbird ringed Landguard 29th March 2020 was retrapped 268 km away at DeCocksdorp, Texel, The Netherlands on 9th November 2020. Easier to explain this one as a bird wintering in the UK caught here on spring migration then trapped on its autumn migration into western Europe this autumn.
Lesser Redpoll ringed Landguard 9th October 2020 was found dead 69 km away at East Wrentham, Thetford, Norfolk 4th November 2020.