Cromarty departed roost at 8am on 23rd September and headed SW to the Senegalese coast and then turned south down the Atlantic coast, flying over the Sine Saloum delata and at 1434 GMT over the River Gambia. He cut across Gambia and finally turned coastwards in southern Senegal and at 1702hrs settled in an area of creeks and mangroves south of Kafountaine. He is just 22 km NW of Blue XD’s wintering site.