Red 8T was away south at 6am and passed Grantham at 10am. At 11am was just north of Rutland Water and probably overflew the osprey sites there and then called in at Eyebrook Reservoir at midday. Passed south over Pitsford Reservoir and by 4pm was just east of Oxford, an hour later at Nettlebed turned SW direct to Thatcham and then west to reach the woods at Kintbury – a favourite stop-over on previous migrations. 129 miles today
To Kintbury
At 11am and got as far south as Stanley, then over east side of Perth and turned west to Innerdonny Hill and then away to Dunblane by 6pm, where stayed the night after flight of just 45 miles
Away by 0900GMT and at 1100hrs was west of Madrid and then turned SW to settle for rest of day on Rio Alberche at Villa del Prado – just 90 km today
Red 8T was away about 8am and by 9am was NW of Hexham and 11am NW of Barnard Castle. Flew on down over the moors to reach Wetherby at 2pm and Doncaster at 4pm. At 7pm settled for the night in woods just NE of Coddington, Newark after 175 miles
September 8th
Fiddich set off from Moray late morning and was near Creagallachie at midday. Flew SSE and was flying to the Aberdeenshire border at Cabrach at 1pm, crossed into Angus over the heather moors at 2pm then tracked south to Glen Clova and settled for the night just NW of Bamff, near Alyth after 75 miles – a good start with excellent track.
First day’s migration
Aigan was under way before 0800GMT and at 1100 had passed Soria and A
lmazan at 1500hrs. Roosted east of Segovia after a day flight of 215 km
Rothiemurchus is stopping over in NW Spain and was still there at 5pm on 7th.
Stop over ranger 1st to 7th September
Red 8T was at and around the nest in the morning until 10am when he had flown to Loch Morlich and then headed through the Cairngorm mountains. An hour late he was south of Braemar heading for the Glenshee ski centre and at midday he was over Couper Angus and then to Fife, leaving the coast at Methil to fly across the Firth of Forth to Longniddry at 2pm. At 4pm he was at Bonchester Bridge and soon stopped for the night in the Borders Forests just north of the English Border after 140 miles
Red 8T first day’s flight
A few non GPS locations have come in from Morven’s transmitter – the direct overhead sun has kicked it to work. She was roosting 60 miles south of Agadir on night of 5th/6th and in the morning of 7th was flying south, west of Smara
Stan is still at home – I saw him perched in the tree beside his nest at 3.35pm on 4th September – he looked very well facing into a fresh westerly breeze. The data to last evening 7th showed him still at home although making a few trips to fishing lochs of up to 5.5 miles.
