Anna Augustyn
Bird Migration Research Station, University of Gdańsk,
Przebendowo, 84-210 Choczewo, Poland
yen20@wp.pl
The field work was carried out at Bukowo-Kopań (54°21?N,16°21?E) and
Hel stations (54°46?N, 18°28?E) in spring, and Bukowo-Kopań and Mierzeja
Wiślana stations (54°21?N, 19°19?E) in autumn. The Operation Baltic programme
has started in 1961, nowadays is conducted by Bird Migration Research Station,
University of Gdańsk.
In total 407 752 birds of 177 species were ringed. The highest number: more
than 21 000 individuals, was caught at Bukowo-Kopań station during autumn
migration in 2005. The highest number of species (101) was caught also at
Bukowo-Kopań station during autumn migration but in 2002. The dominant
species were: the Robin Erithacus rubecula, Goldcrest Regulus regulus, Great Tit
Parus major, Blue Tit Parus caeruleus, Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus and
Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus. Among the trapped birds 2 667 were
controls, this number included 1105 birds with foreign rings, mainly from
Lithuania (437) and Russia (288). The most numerous were the Blue Tit (320),
Great Tit (310) and Long-tailed Tit (185). Among the trapped birds, several
rarities were caught, these included: the White?s Thrush Zoothera dauma, Darkthroated
Thrush Turdus ruficollis, Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus, Redeyed
Vireo Vireo olivaceus, Sardinian Warbler Sylvia melanocephala, Yellowbrowed
Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus, Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus,
Pallas?s Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus and Radde?s Warbler Phylloscopus
schwarzi, Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla, Pygmy Owl Glaucidium passerinum,
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta, Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus,
Arctic Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni and Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus
agricola.




