First-summer Sand Martins are more prone to accidental deaths (eg traffic) than older birds, but most of the annual mortality occurs outside Britain. First-year birds suffer 77% losses, while mean annual adult mortality is 65%.
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C. J. Mead (1979) studied this question.
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