This video is called Sand Martin Nest Building.
According to a Twitter message by the British Trust for Ornithology, David Norman from England ringed a sand martin in Cheshire. Mr Norman recaught the same bird 8 months later in Senegal in West Africa.
So, that bird had not been caught by the Cheshire Cat 🙂 I hope all will go well with this sand martin‘s further migrations.
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Wow, that’s an amazing feat! Blessings, Natalie 🙂
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Yes, and some other bird species, like Arctic terns, fly even further:
It was really special that the same human caught the same bird he had ringed in England again in Senegal, so far away.
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Reblogged this on "OUR WORLD".
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Thanks for your reblog!
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