Data still coming in but she was still by the river at 0700GMT, but at 1200hrs was in a Pyrennean valley at Banca before flying over the col east of Monte Adi (1459 metres). At 13oohrs she was near Erro and then flew south to the east of Pamplona. She stopped by a small reservoir in the faming plains SW of Calahorra after 165km
On into North Spain
On 29th she flew back home – at 1500hrs she was flying inland down the coast and an hour later at Manilva she turned inland towards her egualr winter haunts and has remained there.
Aiugust 23rd to September 3rd
Fiddich is still ranging around the nest area and being fed by the male.
Aigan had flown south of the lake by 0800GMT and crossed Arcachon Bay an hour later, and then flew down through France before stopping on the River Ardour (well downstream of Beatrice’s stopover location) at 1400hrs and then moved down river to roost for the night near Port de Lanne after 188 km flight.
Down to the north slopes of the Pyrenees
Aigan was out in fishing in the estuary at 0900GMT and flying over it at 1100hrs, then at 1200hrs she had flown over the sea and was close to Ile d’Re and an hour later flying over Ile d’Oleron. She then coasted down over the mouth of River Gironde and at 1600hrs was perched in woods north of Lac d’Hourtin, where she roosted the night after a flight of 144 km.
Down the French coast 5th September
Rothiemurchus made the dogleg again – instead of heading south for Madrid he turned west to his old haunts in Galicia – a
Along the North Coast of Spain – 448 km
result of his difficult first migration across the Bay of Biscay as a juvenile. At 0700GMT he was flying round the cliffs east of Urdabai estuary – a favourite osprey fishing site full of mullets and a place I know well. An hour later he passed over the inner estuary where my friend Aitor Galarza has installed artificial osprey nests to try to encourage ospreys to return to breed in the Basque country. He then flew fast along the north coast of Spain, inland from the coast, and by 2100GMT he has returned to a small river south of As Ponte de Garcia Rodriguez, where he has spent time before. At 1100hrs on 3rd September he was fishing on the Eume reservoir. I wonder how long he will stop-over.
Aigan flew SSW through the French countryside to reach Nantes at 1400GMT, at 1600hrs was near Aizenay and reached the coast south of Les Sables-d’Olonne. Flew a little further south and roosted by a small estuary at La Guitierre after a flight of 233 km.
Flight on September 4th
Fearna has settled down along the River Yeo east of Barnstaple, moving as far up as Loxmore; she has also been visiting a trout fishery in the valley.
September 1st to 4th
Morven was in southern Extremadura, Spain, at 2217GMT on 1st September and near Meknes, Morocco, at 1646GMT on 2nd September – she’s well on her way to the wintering grounds
Rothiemurchus set off over the Lake District in the morning of 30th August and by the evening of 1st September he had flown to France and all the way along the Spanish coast to Galicia – the long route again. More to follow as I get back on broadband.
August 30th to September 1st
