Broad billed sandpiper Christian Hoefs

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Wader breeding in humid zones with 3-4 main populations in N Europe (Fennoscandia), the Taymir peninsula and NE Siberia. Coastal wintering bird from E Africa to S Asia (BirdLife International 2022).

Franks, S., Fiedler, W., Arizaga, J., Jiguet, F., Nikolov, B., van der Jeugd, Ambrosini, R, Aizpurua, O., Bairlein, F., Clark, J., Fattorini, N, Hammond, M., Higgins, D, Levering, H., Skellorn, W., Spina, F, Thorup, K. Walker, J., Woodward, I. and Baillie, S.R. (1) (2022) Online Atlas of the movements of European bird populations. https://migrationatlas.org EURING/CMS (1) Principal investigator
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Overall Connectivity for Broad-billed Sandpiper

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Few ring-recovery data, with recoveries only in Europe and the Middle East, so winter quarters not revealed by this source of information. Main axis of migration is from Fennoscandia to SE/Europe and the Middle East (up to the Persian Gulf). But some recoveries follow a S/SW axis of migration, reaching Iberia (probably drifted birds or birds following an abnormal flyway given that their wintering areas are found in E Africa).

Recoveries by Condition for Broad-billed Sandpiper

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Overall, most recoveries (almost 90%) due to birds seen alive (either recaptured or identified by other means). Practically no data before 1960 (only 2 recoveries, due to shot). From 1961 to 1990, more than 80% of recoveries were already owing to birds seen alive, and less than 5% due to shot. From 1991 to present, recoveries due to birds found dead comprise 8.8% of the total.

Annual Movements for Broad-billed Sandpiper

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Main passage through Baltic coasts in autumn from Jul to Aug, with adults preceding juveniles (Waldström & Lindström 2001, Meissner 2005). Some recoveries in Sep in SC/SE Europe, revealing movement to winter quarters in, probably, E Africa. Recoveries in spring, when birds come back to their breeding areas, seem to be more E-biased, through the Black sea region, which might suggest looping migration pattern.

Connectivity by Month by Region for Broad-billed Sandpiper

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All captures in Europe obtained from Jul to Sep, which means that most of them come from birds already in passage, most around the Baltic sea area. Recoveries, however, obtained through a broader time window, both in spring and autumn. For instance, many birds from E Fennoscandia, ringed in Jul, recaptured in May in Crimea (Syvash lake), where seems to be a relevant stopover area for the species in spring. Recoveries in Persian Gulf both in Mar and Oct. In W/SW Europe, in Feb-Mar and Nov.  

Juan Arizaga

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Mapped data*
Total available data
*Mapped data include only distant (>= 50 km) recoveries