NORTHUMBERLAND

&

    TYNESIDE BIRD CLUB

        Registered Charity No.  517641

Swinhoe’s Petrel  -  Tynemouth  July 1991 (upper two)

& July 1992 (lower three)

© Colin Bradshaw

A new species for Britain with single birds trapped and ringed in July 1989 and July 1990, the latter bird depicted here was re-trapped each July between 1991 and 1994. The story of the ‘detective work’, including DNA testing, involved in establishing beyond doubt the correct identity has been amply described in well-known journals