qH JOURNAL

ilix ; THE EAST AFRICA NATURAL HISTORY

™ SOCIETY AND NATIONAL MUSEUM

is uecember 1981

No. 174

EASTERN AFRICAN BIRD RINGING REPORT 1977-1981

G. C. BACKHURST

P. O. Box 24702, Nairobi, Kenya

This report covers the four ringing years between 1 J uly 1 977 and 30 J une 1 98 1 . The number of birds
ringed in 1979-80 was the highest ever (25 738, see Table 2); the totals for the other three years were
average.

The number of recoveries of ‘Nairobi’-ringed birds was disappointingly low: only 27 showing a
movement of over 1 00 km are listed in Table 3. The minute number reported in 1 980 and 1 98 1 is especially
puzzling. An examination of the Marsh Warbler figures is interesting in this regard: between 1967 and
1978 7744 were ringed; so far these have generated 10 long-distance recoveries. However, the 9493 Marsh
Warblers ringed between the autumn of 1978 and the spring of 1981 have resulted in none, although two
foreign-ringed birds were controlled during this time (see Table 3).

Still not a single Whitethroat from eastern Africa has been recovered anywhere, even though over
16 000 have been ringed, but recovery rates for some other species, for example Great Snipe, Wood
Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Blackcap and Red-tailed Shrike, have been high.

Most ringing during the period has been done in Kenya, especially at Ngulia Safari Lodge in Tsavo
National Park (West), around Nairobi and at Mida Creek on the coast. Very little has been done in
Uganda but in Tanzania there has been a considerable ringing effort, mainly in forested areas by S.N.
Stuart. The arrival of N. Baker at Dar es Salaam augurs well for the future.

In 1977 ‘Nairobi’ rings were first used in the Sudan by G. Nikolaus and M. Raguschat; previously
British Trust for Ornithology rings were used, mainly around Khartoum by A. Pettet; Prof. Pettet’s totals
are not included in Table 1 but will be given in the next report. The northward extension of the East
African ringing scheme to the Sudan has resulted in an increase in the number of Palaearctic, and to a
lesser extent Afrotropical, species ringed. At first most ringing was done in the south of the country but in
1980 work started along the Red Sea coastal strip during the southward migration and a further
expedition to this area is planned for the 1981 autumn.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Ringers gratefully acknowledge the help given them by various people in granting permission to ring
birds in certain areas, $uch as National Parks and private land. We are also grateful to the Administrative
Director of the National Museums of Kenya for allowing the Museum’s address to appear on rings. We
are also most grateful to the Head Postmaster in Nairobi for forwarding a number of recovery' letters to
the Museum and to the Museum staff, especially to the Head of the Department of Ornithology, for
further forwarding recovery letters and information to the Ringing Organizer.

■Scientific names are given in Table 1.

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A number of other people have been of tremendous help and 1 should like to thank especially Roger
and Jan Chambers for everything they have done to assist ringers working at Ngulia Lodge. Special
thanks too go to Bill Woodley, Warden of Tsavo National Park (West), for allowing ringing in the Park
and for his support.

Finally, I should like to thank officers of certain foreign ringing schemes for their co-operation with
recoveries, and Mr George Vamos for help with translations.

Palaearctic birds ringed in eastern Africa

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Table 2

Afrotropieal birds ringed in eastern Africa

Non Passerines

Number of non passerine species

Passerines

Number of passerine species

Total Afrotropieal birds ringed

Total number of Afrotropieal species

Total Afrotropieal and Palaearctic

birds ringed

Total number of species

1977-78

1978-79

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1980-81

1960-81

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1063

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83

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Table 3

Recoveries and Controls

Key to symbols and terms

Ring number

— where this is in italics the ring has been returned.

Age

fg

— full grown, age uncertain;

ad

— adult;

1W

— bird in its first year;

pull

— young, not able to fly freely;

juv

— young, able to fly freely.

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— Male

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— female.

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+

— shot or killed by man;

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— found dead or dying;

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— found long dead;

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— manner of recovery unknown;

V

— caught or trapped alive and released
with ring (^control);

0

caught or trapped alive and not released, or released with ring
removed.

Date of Recovery

— given in the order: day, month, year. If the date is unknown, the
date of the reporting letter is given in round brackets.

Distance (km)

— The Great Circle distance in kilometres between the ringing and
recovery sites, i.e. the shortest distance between these two points.

Elapsed time (d)

— days.

All rings are marked ‘Send Museum Nairobi’ unless otherwise stated.

Co-ordinates of frequently mentioned ringing sites.

Juba. Sudan 4°52'N, 31°30'E. Kariobangi, Nairobi, Kenya 1°15'S, 36°53'E.

Kabete, Nairobi, Kenya 1°13'S, 36°44'E. Lake Nakuru, Kenya 0°20'S, 36°06'E.

Lake Magadi, Kenya 2°00'S, 36°10'E. Ngulia, Tsavo, Kenya 3°00'S, 38°13'E.

Ciconia ciconia White Stork

Varsovia
B 5791

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24.06.1935

Ubieszyn (Rzeszow), Poland, 50° lOTV, 22°35'E
(M. Nowinski).

X/ +

04.12.1935

Kingwal Swamp (Nandi), Kenya, 0° 1 5TV, 35°08'E, 1 95 d,
5673 km, (Game Department, Nairobi).

Varsovia
B 5719

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23.07.1935

Berezow, now Ukrainian S.S.R., U.S.S.R., 51°35'N,
27°22'E (A. Dobrski).

x/ +

04.01.1936

Kapsabet, Kenya, O0^^, 35°10'E, 166 d, 5755 km,
(Vogelwarte Rossitten).

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B 6217

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09.07.1936

Zacieczki (Bialystok), Poland, 53°37'N, 22°17'E

(J, Gromadzki).

x/ +

12.12.1936

Bilubilu (Maswa), Tanzania, 2°50'S, 34°00'E, 157 d,
6367 km, (The Maswa Office).

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Varsovia

juv

11.07.1936

Ciolkowicze Wielkie, now Ukrainian S.S.R., U.S.S.R.,

B 6195

51°35'N, 25°57'E (W. Soloniewicz).

x/ +

25.12.1936

Nyahururu (formerly Thomson’s Falls), Kenya, 0°02'N,
36°30'E, 168 d, 5813 km, (Game Department, Nairobi).

Varsovia

pull

23.06.1934

Ruda Sielecka, now Ukrainian S.S.R., U.S.S.R.,

B 4595

50°09'N, 24°24'E (A. Bartmanski).

x/ +

00.03.1937

Kisumu, Kenya, 0°06'S, 34°45'E,>981 d, 5670 km,
G. Lanki.

Helgoland

pull

17.06.1936

Isenstedt (L'ubbecke), West Germany, 52°21'N,

224383

X

00.03.1937

8°37'E (M. Baade).

Babati (Mbulu), Tanzania, 4° 1 l'S, 35°46'E, >256 d,
6782 km.

Varsovig

juv

01.07.1935

Cruchleby (Lublin), Poland, 52°14TM, 23°17'E (M. M.

B 1446

x/ +

06.03.1937

Tchorznicki).

Chunya, Tanzania, 8°30'S, 33°30'E, 1343 d, 6819 km,
D.R. John.

This bird is also recorded (Rydzewski 1949a) as having been recovered in January 1938 by W.T. Aitken at the Lupa

River Goldfields, Itewe Hills, Tanzania, 8°30'S, 33

°20'E,>1644 d, 6816 km.

Varsovia

juv

13.07.1936

Zagroby (Bialystok), Poland, 53°00'N, 22°09'E (S.

B 7454

x/ +

04.06.1937

Mistygacz).

Ibolero (Tabora), Tanzania, 5°00'S, 35°48'E, 329 d,
6571 km. District Office, Tabora.

Varsovia

juv

16.06.1937

Lohiszyn, now Belorussiyan S.S.R., U.S.S.R.,52°20'N,

B 9772

x/ +

00.01.1938

26°59'E (J- Tymkowicz).

Yombo (Nzega), Tanzania, 4°47'S, 33°19'E, >291 d,
6375 km, G.H. Laflamme.

Helgoland

pull

17.06.1936

Grettstadt (Schweinfurt), West Germany, 49°59'N,

220387

+

00.02.1938

10° 1 8'E (I. Schanz)

Kinyangiri (Singida), Tanzania, 4°28'S, 34°36'E,>228 d,
6485 km.

Varsovia

juv

29.06.1932

Piskorzoniec (Lodz), Poland, 5 1 ° 0 1 TN, 20°03'E (B.

B 694

x/ +

00.03.1938

Jakubowski).

Speke Gulf (Mwanza), Tanzania, 2°30'S, 33°30'E,
> 2435 d, 6082 km, (District Officer, Ngudu).

Varsovia

pull

24.06.1935

Justrosin (Wroclaw), Poland, 51°39'N, 17°10'E (E.

B 5491

Krotki).

X

1940-1944

Kenya, >1651 d, (British Museum).

Helgoland

pull

01.07.1939

Schloss Schllusselburg (LUbbecke), West Germany,

222877

/?/

16.02.1940

52°29'N, 9°04'E (M. Baade).

Minakula (Lango), Uganda, 2°29'N, 32°21'E, 231 d,

5957 km, (C.R.S. Pitman).

This bird was listed by Eggeling (1951) but without ringing details.

Varsovia

pull

00.06.1939

Dolsk, now Ukrainian S.S.R., U.S.S.R.,

51°077V,

B 2657

x/ +

early 03. 1940

24°22'E (J. Stadion-Rzyszczewski).

Chegere (Lango), Uganda, 2° 057V, 32°31'E,

> 258 d.

5502 km, (W.J. Eggeling).

This bird was listed by Eggeling (1951) but without ringing details.

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Varsovia

pull

27.06.1939

Dabek (Warszawa), Poland, 53°03'N, 21°47'E (F.

B 505779

Cisek).

x

13.03.1940

Igumira (Tabora), Tanzania, 6°48'S, 33°15'E, 260 d,
6738 km.

Varsovia

pull

24.06.1939

Rogozna, now Belorussiya S.S.R., U.S.S.R., 51°50TN,

B 509559

23°47'E (L. Surdacki).

x

00.12.1940

Kibondo District, Tanzania, 3°37'S, 30°42'E,> 525 d,
6196 km.

Varsovia

pull

24.06.1939

Panki (Bialystok), Poland, 53°08'N, 22°53'E (Z.Zawal).

B 501740

X

10.03.1941

Kasuguti (Mwanza), Tanzania, c. 3°S, 32°56'E, 625 d,
c. 6300 km.

Varsovia

pull

30.06.1939

Lysa Gora, now Ukrainian S.S.R., U.S.S.R., 50°43'N,

B 508840

26°46'E (J. Holowinski).

x

13.03.1941

1 60 km S of Lake Victoria, Tanzania, c. 4° S, 33° E, 622 d,
e. 6100 km.

Varsovia

pull

22.06.1938

Osada Krechowiecka, now Ukrainian S.S.R., U.S.S.R.,

B 503685

X

03.04.1943

c. 50°41'N, 26° 1 1 'E (A. Kulinicz).

160 km S of Lake Victoria, Tanzania, c. 4°S, 33° E,
1747 d, c. 6100 km.

Varsovia

pull

03.07.1939

Basowy Kat, now Ukrainian S.S.R., U.S.S.R., 50° 361^,

B 510625

X

00.00.1944

26°15'E (W. Romanowski).

Dodoma, Tanzania, 6° 1 l'S, 35°44'E,>1641 d, 6375 km.

Varsovia

pull

29.06.1952

Wolka Zablocka (Lublin), Poland, 51°28'N, 22°45'E

B 523133

X

17.11.1952

(K. Moszczynski).

Eldama Ravine, Kenya, 0°03T<, 35°40'E, 142 d, 5841 km,
(British Trust for Ornithology).

Radolfzell

pull

20.06.1954

Alerheim (Nordlingen), West Germany, 48° 51 TV,

BB 5530

10°37'E (F. Pfleiderer).

*A

00.06.1955

Rukwa Valley, Tanzania, 8°25'S, 32°30'E, >346 d,
6712 km.

Gdansk

pull

23.06.1957

Czarnogozdzice (Poznan), Poland, 51°28'N, 17°20'E

B 526478

*A

late 01.1958

(A. Mrugasiewicz).

Issele (Itumba), Tanzania, 6°20'S, 35°00'E, >192 d,
6640 km.

Helgoland

pull

01.07.1958

Dornburg (Zerbst), East Germany, 52°02'N, 11°54'E

H 2407

V

30.01.1959

(W. Gorgass).

Lake Kitangiri (Iramba), Tanzania, 4°05'S, 34°20'E,
214 d, 6586 km.

Radolfzell

pull

22.06.1958

Molkenberg (Havelberg), East Germany, 52°42'N,

BB 8801

+

00.02.1959

12° 13'E, (M. Muller).

Lipumba (Songea), Tanzania, 10°49'S, 35°05'E,>224 d.

7387 km.

Helgoland

pull

29.06.1958

Brockel (Celle), West Germany, 52°32'N, 10°14'E

240680

X

10.02.1959

(J. Wittenberg).

South Kinangop, Kenya, 0°37'S, 36°42'E, 227 d,
6399 km.

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Helgoland

pull

29.06.1958

Mecklenhorst (Neustadt am Rubenberge), West

H 4402

X

19.06.1959

Germany, 52°3I'N, 9°30'E (B. Lohmer).

Ilago (Shinyanga), Tanzania, 3°40'S, 33°20'E, 356 d,
6632 km.

Helgoland

pull

02.07.1958

Hamburg-Finkenwerder (Harburg), West Germany,

241557

X

15.12.1959

53°32'N, 9°53'E (G. Volkmann).

Eldoret, Kenya, 0°35'N, 35°15'E, 532 d, 6330 km.

Gdansk

pull

07.06.1958

Polichno (Bydgoszcz), Poland, 53°10'N, 17°20'E (M.

B 522681

X

early 02.1960

Stepniewicz).

Mwele Sisal Estate (Tanga), Tanzania, c. 5°S, 37° E,
>239 d, c. 6720 km.

Helgoland

pull

05.07.1958

Gross Schwiilper (Grifhorn), West Germany, 52°22'N,

244239

10°27'E (R. Muller).

X

(16.03.1960)

NE Acholi, Uganda, 619d, (District Commissioner,
Kitgum).

Radolfzell

pull

22.06.1960

Griesingen (Ehingen/Donau), West Germany, 48°16'N,

BB 5877

+

13.03.1961

9°47'E (L. Bendel).

Nuu (Kitui), Kenya, 1°04'S, 38°21'E, 265 d, 6134 km.

Radolfzell

pull

16.06.1960

Dachsbach (Neustadt/ Aisch), West Germany, 49°39'N,

BB 9228

+

16.04.1961

10°42'E (Th. Mebs).

Mulango (Kitui), Kenya, 1°22'S, 38°01'E, 305 d,
6240 km.

Helgoland

pull

15.06.1968

Langenhorn, Delverkoog, Schleswig-Holstein, West

H 8473

X

00.12.1972

Germany 54°20'N, 9°16'E (R.Schnorr).

Iringa Region, Tanzania, e. 7°49'S, 35°39'E, (1650 d),
e. 7332 km. Tanzania National Research Office.

Bucaresti

pull

27.06.1960

Danube Delta, Romania, 45°04'N, 29°05'E.

B 968

x

04.02.1973

Tangalo (Dodoma), Tanzania, 6°05'S, 35°28'E, 4603 d,
5719 km.

Helgoland

pull

19.06.1971

Freiburg, Niedersachsen, West Germany, 53°50'N,

249494

X

11.02.1973

9° 1 7'E (G. Dahms).

Kimali, Maswa District, Tanzania, 3°23'S, 34°28'E,
603 d, 6774 km. Veterinary Office, Maswa.

Helgoland

pull

16.06.1974

Poyenberg, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany,

3779

+

early 02.1975

54°02'N, 9°42'E (E. Meybohm).

Ifakara, Morogoro, Tanzania, 8°10'S, 36°36'E, (230 d),
7357 km, H.E. Krutschau.

Helgoland

pull

17.06.1974

Karghude, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany, 53°46'N,

3057

X

15.03.1975

10°08'E (H. Bieling).

Old Shinyanga, Tanzania, 3940'1S, 33°25'E, 271 d,

6739 km, Ministry of Natural Resources.

Helgoland

pull

23.06.1975

Wester-Bargum, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany,

E 5503

X

07.02.1979

54°42'N, 8°56'E (G. Fiedler).

near Mbeya, Tanzania, 8°50'S, 33°22'E, 1325 d,
7419 km, E. Mwabenga.

Helgoland

pull

01.07.1975

Grapel-Schonau, LUneburg, Niedersachsen, West

4073

X -

23.02.1978

Germany, 53°34'N, 9°1FE (G. Dahms).

Rongai, Kenya, 0°10'S, 35°51'E, 968 d, 6457 km.

(Warden, Lake Nakuru National Park).

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Helgoland

pull

08.07.1977

Herrenhallig, Schleswig-Holstein, West Germany,

8615

X

00.02.1978

54°24'N, 9°06'E (G. Fiedler).

Singida Region, Tanzania, c. 4°50'S, 34°45'E, (220 d),
c. 7000 km. Ministry of Natural Resources.

Helgoland

pull

08.07.1980

Kapern, Luneburg, West Germany, 53°01'N, 11°32'E

7864

*(car)

07.12.1980

(H.-G. Weigel)

Kilaguni, Tsavo, Kenya, 2°54'S, 38°04'E, 153 d,
6688 km, B.S. Meadows.

Gdansk

pull

27.06.1980

Piatnica, Lomza, Poland, 53°12'N, 22°06'E (A.

V 1427

c. 06.02.1981

Ruminski).

Idete, Kilombero District, Tanzania, 8°40'S, 36°25'E,
c. 225 d, 7007 km, (newspaper report via K.M. Howell).

0

Details of the pre-war German and Varsovia birds have been taken from Schuz (1961) and the Polish authors listed

under ‘References’.

Recoveries of White Storks in the Sudan are being assembled by G. Nikolaus and will be documented elsewhere.

Plegadis falcinellus Glossy Ibis

Moskwa

pull

15.06.1978

Astrakhan Reserve, Astrakhan Region, U.S.S.R.,

C 247144

46°40'N, 48°08'E.

+

00.03.1980

Kosti, White Nile, Sudan, 13° 1 l'N, 32°38'E, >562 d,
3992 km, (GN).

Platalea leucorodia Eurasian Spoonbill

Moskwa

pull

19.05.1978

Kherson Region, Ukrainian S.S.R., U.S.S.R., 46°27'N,

B 153564

(+)

28.02.1980

31°55'E.

near Khartoum, Sudan, c. 15°33'N, 32°25'E, 651 d,
3434 km, (S.N. Adams, GN).

Phoeniconaias minor

Lesser Flamingo

London

pull

30.10.1962

Lake Magadi, Kenya, 1°55'S, 36° 1 8'E, L.H. Brown etal.

1020565

1039911

X

13.01.1963

Embagai Crater lake, Tanzania, 2°53'S, 35°50'E, 75 d,
123 km, (Hudson 1963).

(The above concerns two

birds with identical ringing and recovery data.)

London

pull

02.11.1962

Lake Magadi, Kenya (as above).

1032064

X

09.07.1964

Sodere, Ethiopia, c. 8°30'N, 39°30'E, 612 d, 1207 km,

(Hudson 1967).

The three recoveries reported here resulted from the ringing of some 8000 Lesser Flamingo chicks during October and
November 1962; British Trust for Ornithology rings were used and the birds have never been included in the East African
ringing totals. Smart (1967) mentioned the recovery to Ethiopia but stated that two birds were involved. One further
bird, London 1020332, ringed on 30. 10. 1962, was found at Magadi on 24.09. 1974 when it was considered to have been
dead for several months (D. Clay, per BTO).

Phoenicopterus ruber Greater Flamingo

Tehran pull 25.08.1973 Dowguzlar Island, Lake Rezayeh, Iran, 37°18'N,

LL 3691 45°40'E (Dept, of the Environment).

50 km south of Khartoum, Sudan, c. 15°30'N, 32°30'E,
>495 d, c. 2747 km, (Argyle 1975).

00.00.1975

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Charadrius dubius

Little Ringed Plover

Hiddensee

1 W

13.08.1978

Helmestausee, Sangerhausen, East Germany, 5 1°27'N,

80509160

v

13.11.1978

11°01'E (Vogelwarte Hiddensee).

Juba, Sudan, 92 d, 5512 km; re-ringed with Nairobi
K 5309, GN.

The second recovery of this species affecting eastern Africa; the first was from Lake Nakuru to the Black Sea in 1968.

Actitis hypoleucos

Common Sandpiper

Pretoria

fg

03.12.1977

Umhlanga Sewage Pans, near Durban, South Africa,

BB 14909

(+)

06.04.1978

29°42'S, 31°04'E (H.E. Wilson)

Kinyete River, Torit, Sudan, 4°25'N, 32°35'E, 124 d,
3794 km, (GN).

The only previous recovery of this species affecting eastern Africa was from Lake Nakuru to the Perm’ Region,

U.S.S.R. in

1968.

Tringa glareola Wood Sandpiper

A 25054

fg

21.10.1978

Juba, Sudan (GN).

+

01.06.1980

Yamal District, Tyumen Region, U.S.S.R., 66°30'N,
70°38'E, 589 d, 7478 km (RCM).

B 9642

1W

11.09.1971

Lake Nakuru, Kenya (DJP, JGR).

*(car) 20.11.1980

near Norvalspont, Orange Free State, South Africa,

30°38'S, 25°27'E, 3356 d, 3550 km, (Dr. T. Farkas).

The fifth and sixth long-distance recoveries of this species; all have been to the U.S.S.R except for B 9642. A 2504 is the

most easterly and northerly recovery.

Tringa stagnatilis

Marsh Sandpiper

B 11838

fg

12.10.1975

Lake Magadi, Kenya (GCB, DEGB, WPHD).

v

27.01.1979

Lake Manyara, Tanzania, 3°35'S, 35°50'E, 1203 d,
1 80 km; caught in fish net, released; N. Masaka.

Gallinago media

Great Snipe

B 13584

ad

14.11.1978

Juba, Sudan (GN).

+

30.08.1979

Sobakorki, Kirov Region, U.S.S.R., 51°00'E,

289 d, 6174 km, (RCM).

The first recovery of this species affecting eastern Africa.

Calidris minuta

Little Stint

K 3237

ad

06.09.1975

Lake Nakuru, Kenya (GCB, DEGB, WPHD).

v

23.08.1978

Darwendale Dam, near Salisbury, Zimbabwe, 17°52'S,
30°51'E, 1082 d, 2031 km; Pretoria A A 80285 added;
A. J. Tree.

K 5308

fg

13.11.1978

Juba, Sudan (GN).

V

20.01.1979

Lake Magadi, Kenya, 50 d, 922 km, DJP.

Pretoria

1W

18.03.1979

Crowborough, Zimbabwe, 17°52'S, 30°54'E (A.J. Tree).

AA 80557

V

23.08.1979

Lake Magadi Kenya, 158 d, 1854 km, DJP, DEGB.

Pretoria

ad

22.10.1978

Salisbury District, Zimbabwe, 17°52'S, 31°05'E (A.J.

AA 80372

V

16.08.1980

Tree).

Lake Magadi Kenya, 664 d, 1848 km, DJP, DEGB.

An above average set of controls within Africa. Previous recoveries have involved movements between rift valley lakes
in Zambia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zaire and Kazakhstan.

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Philomachus pugnax Ruff

B 15404

ado

24.10.1976

Lake Magadi, Kenya (GCB, DEGB).

+ +

20.05.1977

Olenek River, Olenek District, Yakutian A.S.S.R.,
U.S.S.R., 68°28'N, 1 13°00'E, 208 d, 9675 km, (RCM).

C 3474

1 Wcf

27.10.1973

Lake Bogoria (formerly Lake Hannington), Kenya,
0° 15TSf, 36°06'E (DJP,WPHD).

X

03.07.1977

near Vilyuisk, Yakutian A.S.S.R., U.S.S.R., 63°45'N,
121°37'E, 1345 d, 9756 km, (RCM).

B 11883

IWo

02.09.1978

Aweil, Sudan, 8°46TM, 27°24'E (GN).

+

+

(24.04.1979)

Ain-Oulmene, Setif, Algeria, 36°11'N, 5°24'E, (<233d),
3772 km, M. Mameche Sassi.

C 2527

ad<?

27.09.1975

Lake Magadi, Kenya (DJP, WPHD).

+

00.06.1979

Khatanga, Krasnojarsk Region, U.S.S.R., 72°00'N,
102° 15'E, >1350 d, 9414 km, (RCM).

C 2558

1 Wcf

20.03.1976

Lake Magadi, Kenya (DJP, WPHD).

V

09.06.1979

near Rubtsovsk, Altai, U.S.S.R., 51°30'N, 81°13'E,
1 176 d, 7296 km (RCM).

C 5324

lWd*

06.12.1980

Selit (Khartoum), Sudan, 15°42'N, S2°30'E (GN).

*A

14.02.1981

Sennar, Sudan, 13°31'N, 33°38'E,<71 d, 271 km, A.L.A.
Elagib.

B 12444

1 Wo

24.01.1976

Lake Magadi, Kenya (DJP).

x +

02.07.1981

Lake Nakuru, Kenya, 1985 d, 185 km, John C.W.
Ochieng.

B 1 1883 is our first Ruff to Algeria and the only example to have moved west. C 2527 is our most northerly recovery.
Previous foreign recoveries have been to the U.S.S.R. (to 153°40'E) and India, plus one from South Africa.

Sterna hirundo Common Tern

Moskwa

pull

13.07.1974

Astrakhan’ Reserve, U.S.S.R., 46° 14TNT, 49°00'E(RCM).

P 315536

*(cat)

17.11.1974

Kilifi, Kenya, 3°38'S, 39°51'E, 128 d, 5614 km, J.W.L.
Harris.

The second foreign recovery of this species; the first was from eastern Austria to Tanga in 1970.

Upupa epops africana

Hoopoe

A 12832

fg

04.02.1979

Langata, Nairobi, Kenya, 1°22'S, 36° 43^ (GCB,
AMP-W).

*(dog)

21.12.1979

Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya, 1°15'S, 36°47'E, 320 d,
15 km, (G.R. Cunningham-van Someren).

Hirundo rustica Eurasian Swallow

Varsovia

juv

19.06.1932

Babica (Rzeszow), Poland, 50°06TV, 21°55'E (W.

G 51574

x/ +

01.10.1939

Gurtler).

Bobi (Acholi), Uganda, 2°35'N, 32°20'E, 2660 d,
5371 km, (W.J. Eggeling).

This bird was

included by Eggeling (1951) but without ringing details.

Helgoland

1W

28.10.1974

Heubach (Darmstadt), West Germany, 49°51'N 8°58'E

9R 72834

+

03.12.1974

(Rothman RG).

Matai (Sumbawanga), Tanzania, 8°18'S, 31°31'E, 37 d.

6821 km, (Ott 1980).

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Pretoria

fg

22.12.1974

Melrose Dam, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26°08'S,

AA 29105

0

08.11.1976

28°04'E (A.D.S. Hewitt).

Sidindi, near Eldoret, Kenya, 00° 09W, 34°23'E, 687 d,
2998 km, Z. Godia.

Praha

fg

30.07.1976

Sedlec, Breclav, Czechoslovakia, 48°47'N, 16° 42T

S 88956

+

04.04.1977

(VI. Hajek).

Kisoko (Busia), Kenya, 00°27'N, 34°17'E, 248 d,
5629 km, (Prague Ringing Office).

Pretoria

fg

02.03.1975

Avonlea, Salisbury, Zimbabwe, (at roost), 17°47'S,

AA 50534

X

28.04.1977

31°01'E (A.J. Tree).

Masindi, Uganda, 1° 41 31°43'E, 788 d, 2164 km,

R. Ojok.

Gdansk

1W

24.07.1976

Lake Druzno, Zblwiniec, Elblag, Poland, 54°05'N,

KB 03911

0

ado5*

03.05.1977

19°27'E (C. Nitecki).

Kabula Village, Mateka (Bungoma), Kenya, 00°34'N,
34°34T, 284 d, 6106 km, (Information Officer,
Bungoma).

J 87835

30.03.1974

Lake Nakuru, Kenya, (JFH, LMH).

IV

05.06.1977

near Primorskoe, Zaporozhye Region, U.S.S.R.,
46° 44 TV, 36°23'E, 1163 d, 5230 km, (RCM).

J 104728

1W /

05.03.1976

Kariobangi, Nairobi, Kenya (DJP).

X

05.09.1977

near Terek, Kabardino-Balkarian A.S.S.R., U.S.S.R.,
43°57'N, 43°07T, 549 d, 5062 km, (RCM).

Gdansk

1W

07.08.1977

Okret Fish Pond, Domaniewice, Poland, 52°02'N,

KA 73176

0

26.04.1978

1 9° 5 1 'E (E. Ogrodowczyk).

Mirilhit, Tororo, Uganda, 00°42'N, 34°12T, 263 d,
5859 km, E.A.T.R.O., Tororo.

J 91367

fg

30.10.1977

Gaba, Kampala, Uganda, O^TM, 32°38'E, (MC).

+

00.00.1979

Yanikoy, Findikli, Rize, Turkey, 41° 17TV, 41°07'E,
(>428 d), 4639 km, U. Eyuboglu.

Helsinki

pull

13.07.1977

near Lieksa, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland, 63°30'N,

J 206018

0

03.05.1979

29°44'E (P. Seppo).

Kabula (Busia), Kenya, 00°27'N, 3403LE, 660 d,
7016 km, (G.R. Cunningham-van Someren).

London

1W(/

29.09.1977

Mouth of Nestos Delta, Thraki, Greece, (at roost)

KJ 96401

+

26.03.1980

40°53'N, 24°45'E (P.J. Belman).

Lodwar (Turkana), Kenya, 3°06'N, 35°38'E, 909 d,
4338 km, E.F. Ongoma.

Gdafisk

1W

18.08.1979

Okret Fish Pond, Domaniewice, Poland, 52°02'N,

KC 41953

V

03.04.1980

19° 5 IT (E. Ogrodowczyk).

Esibembe, Mateka (Bungoma), Kenya, 00°34'N,
34° 34T, 229 d, 5882 km, V.J. Okuma.

Budapest

1W

12.08.1978

Mexikd-puszta, Gyor Sopron, Hungary, 47°41'N,

728292

V

07.04.1980

16°52'E (L. Kdrp^ti).

Kabula Village, Mateka (Bungoma), Kenya, 00°34'N,
34° 34'E, 604 d, 5515 km, L. Wekesa.

J 170910

fg

14.03.1981

Kariobangi, Nairobi, Kenya, (DJP, DEGB).

+

06.06.1981

Kizlyarski District, Dagestanian A.S.S.R., U.S.S.R.,
43°52'N, 46°42'E, 85 d, 5108 km, (RCM).

A good set of recoveries, but mostly of foreign-ringed birds. Movements affecting Finland, Greece and Hungary have
not been recorded previously. The ringing locality of Budapest 728292 is less than 1 km from the Austrian border.

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Luscinia luscinia Sprosser

J 135563 1W 08.12.1978 Ngulia Safari Lodge, Tsavo, Kenya (NRG).

0 20.04.1980 Arne, Mt Hdrmon, Syria, 33°15'N, 35°50'E, 499 d,

4036 km. Dr A. Abdallah.

The second recovery of this species. The previous one, also from Ngulia, was shot only 80 km from Mt Harmon (but
in Lebanon) in April 1977.

Acrocephalus palustris

Marsh Warbler

J 76873

fg

16.12.1973

Ngulia Safari Lodge, Tsavo, Kenya (NRG).

0

00.06.1975

near Mekhel’ta, Dagestanian A.S.S.R., U.S.S.R,
42°47'N 46°33'E, (540 d), 5156 km, (RCM).

J 124731

1W

12.12.1977

Ngulia Safari Lodge, Tsavo, Kenya, caught at night
(NRG).

X

30.05.1978

near Karabudakhkent, Dagestanian A.S.S.R., U.S.S.R.,
42°43'N, 47° 36'E, 169 d, 5167 km, (RCM).

J 118525

1W

03.12.1976

Ngulia Safari Lodge, Tsavo, Kenya, caught at night
(NRG).

v=?

04.06.1978

Ostrava-Hefmanice, Ostrava, Czechoslovakia, 49°52'N,
18°20'E, 548 d, 6176 km, A. Kubenka.

J 126086

1W

18.12.1977

Ngulia Safari Lodge, Tsavo, Kenya, caught at night
(NRG).

X

07.07.1978

near Leningrad, U.S.S.R., 59°55'N, 30°25'E, 201 d,
7024 km, (RCM).

X0667

1W

08.12.1975

Ngulia Safari Lodge, Tsavo, Kenya, (NRG).

+

03.08.1978

Sanaw, Sultanate of Oman, 22° 22TC, 58°01'E, 969 d,
3545 km, Mrs M. Issac.

Praha
M 615757

fg

07.08.1977

RaZice, ReSabinec Pond, Pisek, Czechoslovakia,
49°15'N, 14°06'E (M. Strnad).

V

15.11.1979

Ngulia Safari Lodge, Tsavo, Kenya; caught at night;
831 d, 6252 km, NRG.

Praha
M 707385

1W

30.07.1976

Zahradky, Novozamecky Pond, Ceska Lipa, Czechoslo-
vakia, 50° 38% 14°32'E (Zd. Jon).

V

19.11.1979

Ngulia Safari Lodge, Tsavo, Kenya; caught at night;
1208 d, 6372 km, NRG.

X 0667 was evidently on its way back to Africa when shot; J 126086 was at the northern limit of the species’ range. The
six previous recoveries of Marsh Warblers affecting eastern Africa have been to East Germany, West Germany,
Switzerland, Saudi Arabia and Malawi — all from Ngulia, while a Czech bird was controlled in Nairobi in 1971.

Sylvia atricapilia Blackcap

J 113058 1 Wo'5’ 31.12.1978 Mt Kinyeti, Sudan, 3°56'N, 32°52'E (GN).

v 16.05.1980 Ottenby, Oland, Sweden, 56°^ 16°24'E, 501 d,

5989 km, Goran Pettersson, Ottenby fagelstation.

The only previous recovery of this species was from western Kenya to south-western Iran in 1971.

Motacilla cinerea Grey Wagtail

Mo slew a pul! 07.07.1978 Caucasus Mountains, near Sochi, U.S.S.R., 43°45'N,

XA 441875 4Q°00'E (P.A. Tilba).

v 07.11.1978 Gilo, Imatong Mountains, Sudan, 4°01'N, 32°51'E,

123 d, 4478 km; re-ringed with Nairobi J 1 12948, GN.

The first recovery of this species affecting eastern Africa, especially interesting in view of the small number caught here.

Motacilla Hava Yellow Wagtail

J 82148 IWo 05.03.1977 Kabete, Nairobi, Kenya, (at roost) (DEGB, DJP, JD

WPHD).

Atang-gwata, Gombolola Orum, Lango District,
Uganda, 2°29'N, 33°23' E, 277 d, 558 km, Mr Nywala-
Akech.

07.12.1977

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G.C. BACKHURST

No. 174

Well over 6000 ringed in the last four years have yet to produce an overseas recovery. Nearly 50 000 Yellow Wagtails
have been ringed in eastern Africa and 26 Kenya-ringed examples have been recovered in the U.S.S.R., Saudi Arabia,
Iran, Qatar and Tanzania.

Lanius collurio Red-backed Shrike

Budapest ad S 02.05.1970

172721

+ 06.04.1971

Tiszatelek, Zemplen, Hungary, 48° 11 TV, 21°45'E
(E. Schmidt).

Bagamoyo, Tanzania, 6°03'S, 38°47'E, 339 d, 6252 km,
(Newspaper report and Hungarian Ringing Office).

Lanius isabellinus Red-tailed Shrike

A 27566 ad<? 26.11.1976 Ngulia Safari Lodge, Tsavo, Kenya (NRG).

+ 13.04. 1979 15 km north of Kuwait City, Kuwait, 29°25'N, 48°00'E,

868 d, 3750 km, T. Abbas.

The one previous recovery of this species was also to Kuwait, in April 1977.

KEY TO INITIALS IN THE LIST OF RECOVERIES

DEGB

D.E.G. Backhurst

JFH

J. F. Harper*

GCB

G. C. Backhurst

LMH

L. M. Harper*

MC

M. Carswell (Uganda)

RCM

Ringing Centre, Moscow

JD

J. Dirks

GN

G. Nikolaus & M. Raguschat (Sudan)

WPHD

W. P. H. Duffus*

DJP

D. J. Pearson

AMF-W

A.M. Forbes-Watson

JGR

J. G. Rolfe*

NRG ‘Ngulia Ringing Group’, consisting of GCB and DJP plus DEGB, H. A. Britton*,
P. L. Britton*, AMF-W, GN and JD.

OTHER RINGERS IN EASTERN AFRICA NOT MENTIONED ABOVE

D. Angwin, A.L. Archer, L. Campbell, N. Baker, J.A.D. Cape*, D. Cole, M.A.C. Coverdale,
G.R. Cunningham-van Someren, A.W. Diamond*, J. Dittami, C. Fayad, V.C. Fayad, F.B. Gill, V. Haas,
R.M. Holman (Sudan), D. Ligon, C. Miller, F. Ng’weno; U. Reyer*, J.F. Reynolds*, S.N. Stuart
(Tanzania), P.B. Tayldr, S.J. Tyler* (Tanzania).

Ringers marked with an asterisk have left eastern Africa.

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