Sagal left the roost and set off south at 08.20GMT and was east of Challans at 09.35. At 10.17 reached the French coast at Bretignolles-sur-Mer and headed down the coast to Les Sables-d’Olonne, where at 10.39 he headed out to sea and at 11.10GMT he was heading SSE for the NW point of Ile de Re, after 80 km of flying. He flew on over the island and then headed for Ile d’Oleron, passin over the whole island he flew on and started a crossing of the outer Gironde estuary at 13.32GMT. Sagal arrived on the south shore 12 minutes later and at 15.30 arrived on the east shore of Lac d’Hourtin. He settled there and roosted beside a track in a pine forest one km from the lake shore.
September 19th
