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[kenny]

hi guys Old bird breaks UK record

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1935000/images/_1937033_bird300.jpg The albatross holds the world record for longevity


A bird believed to be Britain's oldest has been found off the north Wales coast.
The gull-like seabird, a Manx shearwater, has amazed experts by preparing to breed again, at the age of 50.

[FONT=sans-serif][SIZE=2]What is perhaps more remarkable is that the nomadic bird has clocked up about five million air miles (eight million kilometres).
A spokesman for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) told BBC News Online: "I think it surprised everybody that this bird was able to live so long."
Other birds, such as ostriches, emus and albatrosses, were known to reach a ripe old age, he added.
There have been cases of puffins living into their mid-30s while an albatross and a Fulmar have both reached 40.
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The Manx shearwater was probably born in 1952, the year of the Queen's coronation.
It was ringed in 1957, and since then has travelled between Britain and South America many times on its summer migrations.
It happened to alight on Bardsey Island this month where it was found by staff of Bardsey Bird Observatory.
However, the seabird is unlikely to attract the attention of birdwatchers.
According to the RSPB, the only way of identifying this particular individual is by checking the ring attached to its leg.
It is likely to stay in the UK for a while to nest. About 90% of all Manx shearwaters in the world breed in Britain before going on their travels.

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[Waxbillman]

wow thats an amazing age for a bird that travels so far

Matthew

[kenny]

hi guys another one here


Bardsey Razorbill thrashes longevity record!
Bardsey Bird Observatory has just reported the capture of Europe's oldest Razorbill. This bird was ringed (with ring AT73954) as a chick on 2nd July 1962 and was then caught several times until 1979, when its original ring had to be replaced (with ring M23170). With its new ring, this bird was caught again on 25th June 2004, making it just one week short of 42 years old! The previous longevity record for a BTO-ringed Razorbill was 28½ years, which was a bird ringed on Skokholm Island in Wales.
Over the past week, the Bardsey warden has also caught three birds over 36 years old, all of which would have beaten the old record.
The Razorbill (a member of the auk family) breeds on rocky coasts around Britain and Ireland, with a population of over 215,000 birds, with 12,600 birds in Wales. The Bardsey population is around 1,000 pairs, and birds have been ringed there since the opening of the Observatory in 1954.

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