Ringing sites of Snow bunting
(n=)Recovery sites of Snow bunting
(n=)Facts
Birds ringed| Birds ringed | | 105 |
| Ringed as chicks | | 0 (0,0%) |
Recoveries| No. of recoveries | | 2 |
| No. of individuals | | 2 |
| Proportion recovered | | 1,9% |
Snow bunting was previously a rare breeding bird in the Faroes. Currently it occurs only as a migrant and winter visitor. 105 snow buntings have been ringed, 89 in Tórshavn, 15 on Nólsoy and one in Akraberg, Suðuroy. All have been ringed during 1962-1989. Most were ringed in early spring (January - March). A snow bunting ringed on 15 February 1968 on Nólsoy, was controlled on 9 February 1969 at the ringing site. A female snow bunting ringed on 29 March 1989 on Nólsoy, was controlled on 21 December 1989 in Glen Shee, Scotland, 600 km SSE of the ringing site.
Read more about the species in the chapter from
The Faroese Bird Migration Atlas here 
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