SAFRING results
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Ringing data entered by Nosithembele Bali (19 July 2002)
1. Numbers ringed with SAFRING rings, 1948-2001
- Total ringed: 3781
- First ringed: 1948/49 ringing year
- Trapping method: Mistnets
Number of Wood Sandpipers ringed per year with SAFRING rings
2. Computerised records, 1975-2001
- Number of records: 1845 (1975-2001), 20 (earlier)
- Ring sizes used: 468 with 2-prefix, 4 with 582-prefix, 11 with 622-prefix, 1 with 643-prefix,1144 with 3.0 mm, 138 with 3.3 mm, 14 with 3.5 mm, 84 with 4 mm, 1 with 5.25 mm rings
- Recommended ring size: 3.0 or 3.3 mm Stainless Steel
- Top ringers: 76 ringers; top 5 ringers: Mr AJ Tree (1243), Mr J Dalziel (150), Dr DN Johnson (60), Prof DP Cyrus (49), Dr CJH Hines (22)
- Bird age distribution: Unknown (71), Juvenile (262), Immature (112), Adult (1284), 0-6 months (18), 6-12 months (91), 1-2 years (27)
- Bird sex distribution: Unknown (1784), Male (16), Female (10), Possibly male (39), Possibly female (16)
- Markings: Metal only (1865)
- Condition: Good (1864), Released away from capture site (1)
- Birds ringed per region:
| Locality | n |
| Zimbabwe | 1277 |
| Eastern Cape, South Africa | 151 |
| KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa | 135 |
| Namibia | 77 |
| Gauteng, South Africa | 55 |
| Northwest Province, South Africa | 42 |
| Botswana | 39 |
| Limpopo Province, South Africa | 31 |
| Free State, South Africa | 18 |
| Zambia | 15 |
| Malawi | 14 |
| Mpumulanga, South Africa | 7 |
| Western Cape, South Africa | 2 |
Map of localities where Wood Sandpipers have been ringed, 1975-2001
3. Biometrics and moult
Mass data (g) for Wood Sandpipers
| Age | n | Min | Mean | Max |
| Adult | 730 | 31.0 | 61.8 | 130 |
Moult data
Active primary moult during September and November; 2 birds near end of primary moult in February.
4. Recovery history (SAFRING's database)
- Number of recoveries: 13 (+1 foreign) recoveries and 13 (+3 foreign) recaptures
- Greatest distance: 9562 km (290651)
- Greatest elapsed time: 10y 9m 12d (D03503)
- Causes of mortality of ringed birds: Collision (259241, B9642), Botulism (424324), Poisoned (BB43995), rest unknown
5. Ringing references
- Oschadleus HD. 2002. The Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola in South Africa - data from counting, atlasing and ringing. Ring 24:63-70.
Oschadleus D & Underhill L. 2002. Twenty five years of Wood Sandpiper ringing from southern Africa. Wader Study Group Bulletin 99:19-20.
Underhill, LG, Tree, AG, Oschadleus, HD & Parker, V. 1999. Review of Ring Recoveries of Waterbirds in Southern Africa. Cape Town: Avian Demography Unit.
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