Recoveries Purple Sandpiper  Calidris maritima (40) Ringing place: Svalbard (Spitsbergen) Recovery place: Great Britain Autumn (September - November) Oldest bird: - 6029 Days = 16Years-6Months-1Days (SVS 4339757) - 5528 Days = 15Years-1Months-22Days (SFH AT14860) - 5202 Days = 14Years-3Months-2Days (SFH AT14860) - 4532 Days = 12Years-4Months-29Days (GBT NW14805) - 4288 Days = 11Years-8Months-25Days (SVS 4390211) Longest distance: - 2983 km (NOS 8B42683) - 2981 km (NOS 8B42683) - 2979 km (NOS 8B42683) - 2979 km (NOS 8B42683) - 2979 km (NOS 8B42683)