On 8th April Rothiemurchus flew 224 km and roosted in the Akchar Desert south f the Richat Structure. Next day he flew 434 km north and roosted over night in Mauritania south of the Morocco border and on 10th he flew another big flight of 433 km to reach Tan Tan in Morocco after completing the crossing of the Sahara.
April 7th – 10th
Rothiemurchus flew 284 km y
April 7th – 8th – 7th marked in yellow track
esterday and crossed the Senegal River into Mauritania at midday. Today (8th) he started his migration just before 1000GMT and flew 123 km over the desert by 1400hrs, when he was flying NNE at 62 km/h at 1091 metres altitude.
Rothiemurchus flew 199 km yesterday and today he was off again before 1000GMT and made 28 km by 1100hrs – he is headed NE towards the River Senegal
April 6th – 7th
Rothiemurchus flew 208 km yesterday and today he had flown another 145 km by 1899GMT, when he was flying NE at 63 km/h at an altitude of 1469 metres. Heading for the Desert
April 5th and 6th
At last Rothiemurchus has set off on migration. He left his wintering site sometime after 1045 GMT and flew north and by 14:00 hours he had flown 95 km and was heading for Diourbel. Once again he is a late migrator and I hope that he makes very good time flying north so that he gets a chance of finding a nest and a mate and breeding this year. It’s about time!
Start of Rothiemurchus’s migration
Rothiemurchus is still in his winter quarters living in a small range of 1.4 square km.
March 6th – 20th
Rothiemurchus is still at his wintering site to 14th March but should start migrating soon.
Rothiemurchus still living at wintering site – just sent latest GPS data to Chris Wood, who may get a chance to visit the site next week.
