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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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