MATS (adult male) - Pärnu County

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Last birdmap update: viewtopic.php?p=52475#p52475

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January 1

BREAKING NEWS

NEW DATA
- 31.12.2025, Distance: 10 919 km
- Africa/Ethiopia: - to the north from Gish Abay, a town in west-central Ethiopia.
Located in the Mirab Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region, it is the administrative center of Sekela woreda. The town is named after the nearby Mount Gish and the Abay River whose source is in the foothills of the mountain.

Mats spent a lot of time along streams in Sudan (to the northwest from Kulshabi, Lagawa, West Kordofan) and later moved to Ehiopia.

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evening update:

Previous data: see more viewtopic.php?p=53203#p53203 and next
- 31.12.2025, Distance: 10 919 km
- Ethiopia: to the north from Gish Abay - a town in the Mirab Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region, it is the administrative center of Sekela woreda. (The town is named after the nearby Mount Gish and the Abay River whose source is in the foothills of the mountain.)

NEW DATA
- 01.01.2026, Distance: 10 938 km (+ 19 km)
- Ethiopia: same area (to the north from Gish Abay - a town in Sekela woreda, in the Mirab Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region (west-central Ethiopia

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February 5
Hello everyone

Newest data
- 04.12.2025, Distance: 11 360 km
- Ethiopia: to the north-east from Gish Abay, a town in west-central Ethiopia.
Located in the Mirab Gojjam Zone of the Amhara Region, it is the administrative center of Sekela woreda. The town is named after the nearby Mount Gish and the Abay River whose source is in the foothills of the mountain.

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- most probably there are (Ortodox) Forest Churches
- Church Forests are an iconic sight across the Ethiopian highlands. They preserve a small remnant of once widespread forest in a deforested land.

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(infos from the past/older - Kuremari, Timmu)

The Incredible Church Forests of Ethiopia https://youtu.be/UdsmIkRagMw?si=98i7US9FzQ6orKsr uploaded on 20.05.2024 by Kieran Dodds
or e.g.
- this reading (photos) https://emergencemagazine.org/film/the- ... -ethiopia/
- https://documentaryweekly.com/home/2020 ... f-the-week)

- you can read about Ethiopia's 'church forests't also e.g. here https://www.nationalgeographic.com/envi ... odiversity
- or https://treefoundation.org/projects/chu ... -ethiopia/ (VIDEOs too)

and next 2 nice videos:
- Ethiopia's church forests (clip) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07m1pdq
- The Church Forests of Ethiopia (video) https://youtu.be/8fGe-CPWZlE


PIC from VIDEO https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/1 ... iopia.html


source: https://www.geographyrealm.com/ethiopia ... diversity/

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the area looks maybe similar

Rotating drone flight around remote village with classic homes made of straw, rural community in Ethiopia
Upload date: 23 August 2019 - Stef Hoffer

https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip ... VideoClips