Migratory departures of Robins during spring migration at Skagen, Denmark

Kasper Thorup; Katherine R. S. Snell; Mikkel F. Mortensen; Fanny Rey; Sara Nørris Christoffersen; Thea Loumand Faddersbøll; Natasha Lizette Lundt; Emilie Nørgaard Madsen; Karen Ankersen Sønnichsen; Katrine Wagner Thiessen; Dan Bruhn; Cino Pertoldi; Anders P. Tøttrup; Simon S. Christiansen

doi:10.1080/03078698.2023.2290599

Migratory departures of Robins during spring migration at Skagen, Denmark

Kasper Thorup^*, Katherine R. S. Snell, Mikkel F. Mortensen, Fanny Rey, Sara Nørris Christoffersen, Thea Loumand Faddersbøll, Natasha Lizette Lundt, Emilie Nørgaard Madsen, Karen Ankersen Sønnichsen, Katrine Wagner Thiessen, Dan Bruhn, Cino Pertoldi, Anders P. Tøttrup, Simon S. Christiansen

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Abstract

SUMMARY: We tracked departures of European Robins Erithacus rubecula stopping over during spring migration at Skagen, Denmark, and facing a sea crossing of more than 50 km. The Robins stopped over on average for 3.8 days (range 1–14 days, n = 15) with departure days being slightly warmer than stopover days (1.5°C warmer, P = 0.003). Departures were concentrated in the evening, on average during astronomical twilight, and toward the northeast (µ = 33.3°, r = 0.499, P = 0.021). The mean northeasterly departure direction is close to the standard migration direction. Most birds probably crossed the sea to Sweden and we observed no obvious reversed departure directions.

Original language	English
Journal	Ringing & migration
Volume	38
Issue number	1-2
Pages (from-to)	1-8
Number of pages	8
ISSN	0307-8698
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03078698.2023.2290599
Publication status	Published - 2023

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Keywords

behaviour
migration
passerines
telemetry

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Thorup, K., Snell, K. R. S., Mortensen, M. F., Rey, F., Christoffersen, S. N., Faddersbøll, T. L., Lundt, N. L., Madsen, E. N., Sønnichsen, K. A., Thiessen, K. W., Bruhn, D., Pertoldi, C., Tøttrup, A. P., & Christiansen, S. S. (2023). Migratory departures of Robins during spring migration at Skagen, Denmark. Ringing & migration, 38(1-2), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/03078698.2023.2290599

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