Ringing:
Ringing recovery: A Blackcap ringed as a second-year female ringed on Lundy on 10 May 2004 (ring no. R873165) was found dead (having hit a window) in Antrim, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, on 19 May 2007 (1,104 days; 411 km; NNW 346°). This is the second Lundy-ringed Blackcap to have been found on the island of Ireland and is likely to have been in its breeding area. The first instance involved a bird found in Co. Cork in the Irish Republic in June 1996.
Ringing control: A Blackcap ringed as a full-grown female ringed on 06 Nov 2007 (Spanish ring no. N678134) at Junta de los Rios, San Roque, Cadiz, Andalucia, Spain (36° 14’N 5° 22’W) was controlled on Lundy on 25 Apr 2008 (171 days; 1,661 km; N 2°). This is the second ringing movement of a Blackcap involving Lundy and Spain.
Ringing control: A Blackcap ringed as a first-year female on 16 Sep 2008 (German ring no. 90011969) on Helgoland, Germany (54° 10’N 7° 55’E) was controlled on Lundy on 01 Sep 2008 (15 days; 911 km; WSW 249°). This is the second ringing movement of a Blackcap involving Lundy and Germany, but the first showing such rapid, long-distance movement south-west in autumn.
Ringing control: A Blackcap ringed as a second-year male on 21 Apr 2008 (ring no. V798210) at Braunton, Devon, was controlled on Lundy on 18 Apr 2009 during spring migration a year later (362 days; 37 km; WNW 282°).
Ringing control: A Blackcap ringed as a full-grown male on 07 Sep 2009 (Belgian ring no. 11305869) at Rijkevorsel, Antwerp, Belgium (51° 21’N 4° 46’E) was controlled on Lundy on 14 Oct 2009 (37 days; 657 km; W 269°). This is the sixth ringing movement of a Blackcap involving Lundy and Belgium.
Ringing recovery: A Blackcap ringed as a first-year female on Lundy on 16 Oct 2010 (ring no. L556016) was found freshly dead at, Boliqueime, Loulé, Algarve, Portugal (37° 09’N 8° 08’W) on 08 Nov 2010 (21 days; 1,582 km; S 190°). This is the first Blackcap movement involving Lundy and Portugal. The bird could already have been in its wintering area; equally, it may still have been heading further south when it died.
Ringing control: A Blackcap ringed as an adult female on Lundy on 28 Apr 2010 (ring no. L037253) was controlled on 16 Jun 2011 at Cors Ddyga, Llangefni, Anglesey, where it seems likely to have been in its breeding area (414 days; 229 km; N 6°).
Ringing control: A Blackcap ringed as an adult female at Nanjizal, Land's End, Cornwall on 28 Apr 2012 (ring no. Y101842) was controlled on Lundy on 02 May 2012 (4 days; 144 km; NNE 31°).
Ringing control: A Blackcap ringed as a first-year female at Longham Lakes, Dorset on 09 Sep 2011 (ring no. L902631) was controlled on Lundy on 03 May 2012 (237 days; 198 km; WNW 284°).
Ringing control: A Blackcap ringed as a first-year male at Finca Castillejos, Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain on 16 Oct 2011 (ring no. 1L27285) was controlled on Lundy on 28 Sep 2012 (348 days; 1,180 km; N 354°). This is the third ringing movement of a Blackcap involving Lundy and Spain.
Ringing control: A Blackcap ringed as a first-year male at Icklesham, Suffolk on 05 Oct 2013 (ring no. D354936) was controlled on Lundy on 05 Sep 2014 (335 days; 374 km; W 275°).
Ringing control: A Blackcap ringed as a first-year female at Nanjizal, Land's End, Cornwall on 27 Sep 2014 (ring no. Z350310) was controlled on Lundy on 28 Sep 2014 (1 days; 144 km; NNE 31°).
Ringing control: A Blackcap ringed as a first-year female on Lundy on 03 Oct 2015 (ring no. Z420822) was controlled on Hilbre Island, Wirral, Merseyside, on 04 May 2016 (214 days; 264 km; NNE 22°).
Ringing control: A Blackcap ringed as a first-year female at Beachy Head, East Sussex on 22 Sep 2018 (ring no. AYD2111) was controlled on Lundy on 05 May 2019 (225 days; 348 km; W 278°).
Ringing recovery: A Blackcap ringed as a first-year female on Lundy on 13 Sep 2018 (ring no. ABB7781) was found dead (hit wires; not fresh) at Socuéllamos, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain on 22 Nov 2019 (435 days; 1,329 km; S 174°). This is the fourth ringing movement of a Blackcap involving Lundy and Spain.
Ringing control: A Blackcap ringed as a first-year female on 29 Sep 2020 (ring no. APN2214) at Middle Hill, Gibraltar (36° 13’N 5° 33’W) was controlled on Lundy on 16 & 17 Apr 2021 (199 & 200 days; 1,670 km; N 2°).
Ringing control: A Blackcap ringed as a first-year female on Lundy on 11 Oct 2021 (ring no. ANL4786) was controlled at Denwick, Deerness, Orkney on 31 Oct 2021 (20 days; 874 km; N 9°).
Ringing control: A Blackcap ringed as a first-year male at Blavand Fugelstation, Blavand, Ribe, Denmark on 07 Oct 2020 (Copenhagen ring no. CX37116) was controlled on Lundy on 14 Apr 2022 (554 days; 975 km; WSW 241°).
Ringing control: A Blackcap ringed as a second-year female on Lundy on 02 May 2022 (ring no. AHX2038) was controlled at Challacombe, Postbridge, Devon, on 09 Jul 2022 (68 days; 86 km; SE 138°).
Ringing control: A Blackcap ringed as a first-year female on Skokholm, Pembrokeshire on 29 Sep 2022 (ring no. ACY7614) was controlled on Lundy on 17 Apr 2023 (6 months, 19 days; 73.5 km SE).
Ringing control: A Blackcap ringed as a first-year male at Isle of Grain Power Station, Medway, Kent on 05 Sep 2022 (ring no. APT9260) was controlled on Lundy on 22 Sep 2023 (1 year, 17 days; 374.5 km W).
Ringing control: A Blackcap ringed as a first-year female on Lundy on 21 Sep 2023 (ring no. BNA0555) was controlled at Longis Bay, Alderney, Channel Islands on 23 Sep 2023 (2 days; 240 km SE).
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