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Table 2 Summary of Hungarian- and Croatian-related recoveries of Common Terns, indicating the direction of migration

From: Geolocator study reveals east African migration route of Central European Common Terns

Age at recovery

Annual cycle stage

Number of recoveries

Number of recoveries with regard to direction

SW and W

SE and E

Other

Juvenile

Dispersal

6

 

2

4

Autumn migration

7

3

4

 

Immature

Wintering

3

1

2

 

Spring migration

1

1

  

Dispersal/prospecting

2

1

1

 

Autumn migration

2

2

  

Adult

Spring migration

6

1

5

 

Autumn migration

4

1

3

 

Total

 

31

10 (32.3%)

17 (54.8%)

4 (12.9%)

  1. The direction of migration indicated the direction from the ringing place. “Other” includes recoveries during dispersal, directed between NW and NE. For the age and stages of the annual cycle, see “Methods