Bird ringing in the Faeroes was initiated when Mikkjal Danjalssona Ryggi, an assistant to the Dane Holger Petersen, in 1923-1927ringed 965 birds on the islands. Most were Lesser Black-backed gullsLarus fuscus and Oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus, the recoveriesof Which gave a first hint of the migration of these species. Duringthe Second World War the Faeroes were occu- Pied by British troops.Among these was officer and Ornithologist Kenneth Williamson whoorganised the Ringing of about 1000 birds (Ferdinand 1947, Williamson1948).
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