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54
125
150
175
200
SouthWest
Iceland Arrival
SouthWest
Iceland Departure
To breeding
areas
190
150
190
Weight change of migrant Red Knot
Grams
May
10
15
20
25
Wadden Sea
departure
Flying
Staging
Red knot migration along the East Atlantic flyway
SouthWest
Iceland
Porsanger
Fjord
Wadden Sea
Wash
Morecambe
Bay
Source: personal communication with Peter Prokosch, GRID-Arendal; Piersma, T., Davidson, N.,
The Migration of Knots,
WSG Bulletin 64, 1992.
Staging, moulting
and non-breeding area
Breeding area
Major wetlands designated under the Ramsar Convention
Figure 19:
Red knot migration along the Eastern Atlantic Flyway.