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The Flight of
Bird R04(1999) This female Osprey was
translocated to Rutland Water on 12 July and
released on 29 July. Just before release this bird
weighed 1610g and had a winglength of 440mm. BTO
ring number 1342794. Bird R04 was reluctant to
leave the pen when it was released and was
initially rather inactive. Later it became a very
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Rutland Water South Downs, West
Sussex East of Renne, NW
France Les Landes, near
Biarritz. East of Biarritz West of Madrid, Sierra de
Gredos Guadiana, 180km SE
Madrid Sierra de Ronda, 30km from
the Med. 30km from Morocco, 50km E of
Gibraltar S of Tetouan,
Morocco Atlas mountains, S of
Marrakech Atlas mountains, S of
Marrakech Goulimine,200km S of
Agadir 12/9/99 08:30 Mauritania/Western
Sahara 12/9/99 10:15 Agmar, Mauritania 120km E of Port Etienne,
Mauritania 70km N of Nouakchott,
Mauritania 17.25N+17.17W 50km off coast of
Mauritania 15.41N+16.75W S of St Louis, Senegal
coast 14.70N+17.20W SE of Dakar,
Senegal 15.93N+16.43W SE of St Louis,
Senegal 21/9-19/10/99 16.52N+16.34W Senegal River, N of St
Louis. Bird 04 had a steady flight
south from Rutland Water , moving over 1000km in 3
days. Then came a short stop-over, perhaps around
the lakes in Les Landes. It took her 4 days to
tranvserse Spain and cross the Mediterranean to
Morocco. Another week and she crossed the western
edge of the Sahara desert to the Atlantic Coast .
She then followed the coast south into Senegal
until 19/9, before retracing her flaps about 230km
north again. The total distance south from
Rutland Water was 4878km in 21 days. She then settled in the area
N of St Louis very close to the UNESCO World
Heritage Site, Parc National des Oiseaux du Djoudj.
Her radio has now stopped transmitting. |
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