A Yellow-browed Warbler wintering in Devon has been confirmed as having been ringed in Norway in autumn 2023.
The fowl was first discovered at Broadsands on 1 December 2023 and was nonetheless current into 2024. Bearing a hoop, it has been established that it was ringed at Birkeland in Rogaland, in south-west Norway, on 24 September.
The Broadsands Yellow-browed Warbler, with the steel ring seen (Richard Moore).
The report marks solely the second Norwegian-ringed Yellow-browed Warbler to be recovered within the winter. Incredibly, that sole earlier fowl was recovered lower than 10 km away from Broadsands at Totnes in 2016.
Yellow-browed Warbler has elevated markedly as each an autumn migrant and wintering customer to Britain over the previous 20 years. However, the previous few autumns have seen fewer recorded and solely a handful seem like overwintering this yr, with the Devon fowl certainly one of solely 4 people reported since 1 January.
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