Whimbrel

The number of newly banded birds		879
The number of birds captured away from the release site		5
Longest migration distance		5181	km
Longest recovery period		-	days

Legend

The number of newly banded birds

The number of individual birds that received a leg band and that were released in Japan

The number of birds recovered away from the release site

Of the total number of captures, the number of those encountered at a site five km or more away from the release site

Longest migration distance

The longest recorded distance from the release site to the capture site

Longest recapture period

The recorded longest period of time from the release date to the capture date