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Red knot migration along the East Atlantic flyway
Porsanger Fjord
SouthWest Iceland
Morecambe Bay
Wash
Wadden Sea
Weight change of migrant Red Knot Grams
To breeding areas
Wadden Sea departure
200
190
190
SouthWest Iceland Departure
Staging
Flying
175
150
150
SouthWest Iceland Arrival
125
10
15
20
25
May
Staging, moulting and non-breeding area Breeding area Major wetlands designated under the Ramsar Convention
Source: personal communication with Peter Prokosch, GRID-Arendal; Piersma, T., Davidson, N., The Migration of Knots, WSG Bulletin 64, 1992.
Figure 19: Red knot migration along the Eastern Atlantic Flyway.
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