Blackbird recovery

Finally got the details back of a Blackbird corpse I found when out on the bike ,the remains shown I had nothing to put it in so it went into the bottle carrier till I got home so I could recover the ring , presume it was trapped on Autumn migration in it's 1st year  and returned North over the years, head missing and well picked over presume Sparrowhawk kill . It was lying in the gutter but he ring caught my eye still get a thrill from finding a ringed bird !!!

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Ringing Scheme: London         Ring Number: LA74005         Species of bird: Blackbird

This bird was ringed by Sandwich Bay BO as age 1st year , sex male on 22-Oct-2008 at Sandwich Bay Estate, Kent OS Map reference TR3657, co-ordinates 51deg 16min N 1deg 23min E.

It was found on 12-Jun-2012 at Blyth, Northumberland OS Map reference NZ3184, co-ordinates 0deg 0min 1deg 30min W.

The bird was Dead    Bird Found

Remarks Remains only

It was found 1329 days after it was ringed, 473 km from the ringing site, direction NNW.