A BIRD travelled almost 2,000km from Finland to North Yorkshire in a migration experts said was exceptional.
Members of Swaledale Ringing Group, based at Foxglove Covert nature reserve, at Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, found the young kestrel dead on a nearby military training area.
The bird was ringed in a nestbox as a chick in the town of Ili Li, near Oulu, in Finland, and had travelled 1,959km to North Yorkshire. It was found dead three months after it was ringed.
Major Tony Crease, a spokesman for the Swaledale bird ringers, said: "It is well demonstrated that some species migrate along the western European flyway as they move to and fro between the seasons, but it is very unusual for such a young raptor from central Finland to be found inland in North Yorkshire.
"The study of the bird migration through the bird ringing process produces fascinating results, but this one was certainly exceptional.
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