Curlew tagged 20 years ago returns to Tees Estuary


This story from TeessideLive is about a Curlew that was tagged 20 years ago at Seal Sands and has been sighted again at the Tees Estuary.

Curlew tagged 20 years ago returns to Tees Estuary

While this is good news, 20 years old isn’t that surprising for a Curlew, we have similar examples in Gloucestershire and elsewhere. The average life of five years is misleading, because it includes birds that die very young; once they have reached adulthood it is not uncommon for them to reach 20 years.

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