Fearna has really got downto the task of migrating to West Africa. She crossed the Mediterranean Sea on 4th November, afer roosting NE of Motril ins outh Spain.  She reached Morocco in the early afternoon and roosted NE of Fez. On 5th she flew 205 km over the Moyen Atlas and roosted east of Midelt. On 6th she changed direction to SW and flew along the High Atlas mountains for 154 km.  Next day, she flew 222 km through the mountains and roosted in Toub Kal National Park.

On 8th she flew 268 km SW, well to the east of Agadir, and roosted close to Taghjijit. On 9th, she was heading for the desert and flew 333 km over the Guelmin es Semara and roosted that night just north of the border of Mauritania. On 10th,  she flew 521 km SSW over the desert, passing east of the Fderik iron ore mine and roosted just north of the main road. On 11th she had another good day, 409 km SSW – clipped the SE corner of Western Sahara, and over the Akchar desert o roost 220 km ENE of Nouakchott. She should soon be in Senegal.

Nov 3rd to 11th

October 30th to November 2nd

Fearna has got underway again – on 31st she flew south and roosted overnight SW of Siguenza. Next day she flew south well to the east of Madrid and roosted just north of Socuellamos. On 2nd November she migrated down through eastern Spain and reached a small river west of Estacion de Alamedella Guadahortuna, 5o km north of Granada, and spent the night there. Great to see her migrating again and that the trasnmitter is working – may be she will make West Africa or I wonder if she will stay in southern Spain or northern Africa for the winter.

Fearna is still in the same river system but the transmitter is not sending data properly with just non-GPS locations on 22nd and 26th October

Fearna moved a short distance south and spent 16th to 18th October along the river Najerilla between Anguiano and Bobadilla

October 16th to 18th

Fearna left roost site at 11am and flew south into Spain and after 120 km flight stopped on a river at Estella-Lizarra, SW of Pamplona. Stayed on the river and roosted overnight just south of Villatuerta

Flight on October 15th

Fearna still in Brittany – today in heavy rain and SW winds. Yesterday afternoon she flew 70km from Le Morbihan to the Nantes area and in the evening settled near the village of Rouans, west of Nantes

Afternoon migration on 12th October

Not sure what is happening with Fearna – on 5th and 6th October she had moved 50 km north and was along the Brest to Nantes canal, south of Rostrenen. The transmitter had stopped giving GPS locations because the battery was showing low voltage. The transmitter has not sent further data so may be it has malfunctioned.

Movement to new location on 5th/6th October

Fearna looked set to cross the Bay of Biscay at midday on 30th September but turned back and has slowly moved east along the Brittany coast. On 3rd moved into the estuary of the River d’Etel

October 1st to 4th

Still stopping over in north Devon