European Turtle Dove ringing recovery – Majarma (west coast)

I received a phone call from the National Wildlife Research Centre in Taif that they had received a European Turtle Dove with a BTO ring on its let. I took the number and have found out the following, although a full report from the BTO is still awaited with additional information that is missing.

European Turtle Dove

Ring Number: DE35152

Ringing date: 3-Jul-2013

Ringing Place: Near Al Reem Wildlife Park, Bahrain, Bahrain & Qatar (Co-ords: 26deg 00min N 50deg 29min E)

Age: Pullus

Ringer: A. A. R. Al-Kaabi

Finding date: 29-Sep-2014

Finding Place: Majarma, 150 kms south of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Co-ords: 20deg 20min N 39deg 49minE)

Finding Condition: Caught by falconer

Duration: 483 days

Distance: 1258 km

Direction: WSW

Finder: Jem Babbington

Route from Bahrain to Majarma

European Turtle Dove ringing recovery – Tabuk

Brendan has just received details of a European Turtle Dove ringed in Bahrain, at its breeding site, and shot and killed at Tabuk in Saudi Arabia, presumably on its way back to its breeding area in Bahrain?
Ring Number: DE35144
Ringing date: 13-Jul-2012
Ringing Place: Near Al Reem Wildlife Park, Bahrain, Bahrain & Qatar (Co-ords: 26deg 00minN 50deg 29minE)
Age: Pullus
Ringer: B Kavanagh, 4736
Finding date: 30-Apr-2013
Finding Place: Tabuk, Saudi Arabia (Co-ords: 28deg 23minN 36deg 33minE)
Finding Condition: Bird freshly dead (shot)
Duration: 291 days
Distance: 1402 km
Direction: 281 deg (WNW)
Finder: Abdulla Ahmed, Bahrain