Oldest [known] Wild Bird in Britain

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Subject:	Oldest [known] Wild Bird in Britain
From:	Laurie&Leanne Knight <>
Date:	Thu, 18 Apr 2002 20:11:22 +1000

The gist of the story to be found at 
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=286214 
is that ornithological researchers have found a manx shearwater that they
believe to be fifty years old [they determined its age when it was banded for
the fourth time - apparently it was first banded in 1957 when it was estimated
to be 5 years old].  They also estimate that the bird has flown 8 million
kilometres  during that time, clocking up 800,000 of those km on its annual
migration to South America.

Not bad for a bird battling the elements in the wild.

LK

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