KERGU (2011, adult male) - Pärnu County

marika.solo
Site Admin
Posts: 28812
Joined: 29 Sep 2021, 09:38

KERGU (2011, adult male) - Pärnu County

Post by marika.solo »

Autumn Birdmap: Starts 15 August. (Spring - Summer data ends 14 August.)

Migration Tracking of KERGU

Bird Profile:
  • Sex: Adult male
  • Age: 16 CY (hatched 2011 about 9 km away from the current nest location)
(CY = calendar year; birds are aged as the number of calendar years they have lived in, with the year they were born in as the 1st calendar year and increasing past every January 1st.)
  • Origin: Estonia, Pärnu County
  • Territory:
    - caught and fitted with a transmitter in 2022 - Pärnu County,
    - nesting season 2025, 2026: streamed nest in Pärnu County, mate: Kerli
  • Wintering ground: Ethiopia (Tigray Region)
  • 5th autumn migration with transmitter (tagged on 31.07.2022)
Ringing data:
I have both ornithological and colour ring numbers, but I’ve been asked to handle them with caution (e.g. to prevent misuse in false reports).
If you see a stork with a ring in the wild, on a webcam, or in the media, please contact me by Private Message.



Autumn - winter Birdmap 2026 since: 13.09 for some BS
FIRST BIRDMAP UPDATE FOR KERGU on: 13.09.2026

Autumn migration 2026
Data source: https://birdmap.5dvision.ee/EN/2026/aut ... =0&speed=1

0/ Departure (Left nesting area)/Migration started on: 13.08
(2025: 11.08)

- Belarus (13.08,14.08 - 22.08)

stopover: Belarus - Pripyat and Horyn river area from 14.08 to 22.08 (8 days)

- Moldova (23.08), Romania (24.08,25.-26.08, 27.08 -

stopover: Romania - southeastern part of Călărași County since 27.08

1/ Crossing the Sea of Marmara (Asia/Turkey)
(2025: on 19.09 via "Dardanelles")

-

2/ Crossing the Gulf of Iskenderun (Asia/middle East)
2025: on 21.09 via Gulf

-

3/ Crossing the Gulf of Suez (Africa/Egypt)
(2025: last data: 24.09.2025, Israel: Neve Harif)

-

4/ Arrival (wintering ground)
-


Continuation:
Spring migration 2027
Nesting season 2027:
marika.solo
Site Admin
Posts: 28812
Joined: 29 Sep 2021, 09:38

Re: KERGU (2011, adult male) - Pärnu County

Post by marika.solo »

reserved - reserved
marika.solo
Site Admin
Posts: 28812
Joined: 29 Sep 2021, 09:38

Re: KERGU (2011, adult male) - Pärnu County

Post by marika.solo »

Autumn-winter migration 2025/26 - overview: viewtopic.php?p=51107#p51107
Autumn-winter migration 2024/25 - overview: viewtopic.php?p=38882#p38882
Autumn-winter migration 2023/24 - overview: viewtopic.php?f=89&t=134
Autumn-winter migration 2022/23 - overview: viewtopic.php?f=65&t=85

previous autumn migration path

Image

previous stopover site
Btw. Tracking data show significant inter-individual (between different birds) and intra-individual (same bird in different years) variability in where stopovers happen.

Image

previous wintering site

Image
marika.solo
Site Admin
Posts: 28812
Joined: 29 Sep 2021, 09:38

Re: KERGU (2011, adult male) - Pärnu County

Post by marika.solo »

reserved reserved
marika.solo
Site Admin
Posts: 28812
Joined: 29 Sep 2021, 09:38

Re: KERGU (2011, adult male) - Pärnu County

Post by marika.solo »

next data 14.08 viewtopic.php?p=63758#p63758

August 13
Hello everyone :-)

FROM
- 13.08
- Estonia

TO
- 13.08 travelling day
- approx. 420 km
- Belarus

Image

first stop
Image

btw. here first viewtopic.php?p=63612#p63612
marika.solo
Site Admin
Posts: 28812
Joined: 29 Sep 2021, 09:38

Re: KERGU (2011, adult male) - Pärnu County

Post by marika.solo »

previous data 13.08 viewtopic.php?p=63702#p63702
next data 18.08 viewtopic.php?p=63940#p63940


August 14
Hello everyone :-)

FROM
- 13.08, travelling day
- BELARUS: between Leshcheynaty (Лешчэйняты), Voistom and Liubki

TO
- 14.08, travelling day
- approx. 275 km as the crow flies
- Belarus: Pripyat River, south of Lakhovka

Image

Image
marika.solo
Site Admin
Posts: 28812
Joined: 29 Sep 2021, 09:38

Re: KERGU (2011, adult male) - Pärnu County

Post by marika.solo »

previous data 14.08 viewtopic.php?p=63758#p63758
next data 20.08 viewtopic.php?p=63993#p63993


August 18
Hello everyone :-)

detailed description next days (I am on Holiday)

FROM
- 14.08, travelling day
- Belarus: Pripyat River, south of Lakhovka

TO
- 18.08, stopover (4th day)
- Belarus: Pripyat river area stopover site
(NE from Stolin)

Image
marika.solo
Site Admin
Posts: 28812
Joined: 29 Sep 2021, 09:38

Re: KERGU (2011, adult male) - Pärnu County

Post by marika.solo »

previous data 18.08 viewtopic.php?p=63940#p63940
next data 24.08 viewtopic.php?p=64071#p64071


August 20
Hello everyone :-)

detailed description next days (I am on Holiday)

FROM
- 18.08, stopover (4th day)
- Belarus - Pripyat river area stopover site
(NE from Stolin)

TO
- 20.08, stopover (6th day)
- Belarus - Horyn river area stopover site
(E from Rybniky)


Image
marika.solo
Site Admin
Posts: 28812
Joined: 29 Sep 2021, 09:38

Re: KERGU (2011, adult male) - Pärnu County

Post by marika.solo »

previous data 20.08 viewtopic.php?p=63993#p63993
next data 25.08 viewtopic.php?p=64098#p64098


August 24
Hello everyone :-)

detailed description next days (I am on Holiday)

FROM
- 20.08, stopover (6th day)
- Belarus - Horyn river area stopover site
(SE from Rybniky)

VIA
- 23.08, travelling day
- approx. 470 km as the crow flies
- MOLDOVA: a forest north of Rădoaia

TO
- 24.08, travelling day
- approx. 175 km as the crow flies
- ROMANIA: an area between Cârja to the east and Blăgești to the south-west

Kergu 2 days

Image

overnight 23.08.2026
Image

24.08.2026
Image
marika.solo
Site Admin
Posts: 28812
Joined: 29 Sep 2021, 09:38

Re: KERGU (2011, adult male) - Pärnu County

Post by marika.solo »

previous data 24.08 viewtopic.php?p=64071#p64071
next data 26.08 viewtopic.php?p=64120#p64120


August 25
Hello everyone :-)

FROM
- 24.08, travelling day (175 km)
- ROMANIA: an area between Cârja to the east and Blăgești to the south-west

TO
- 25.08, travelling day
- approx. 155 km as the crow flies
- Romania: Răchitoasa - left bank of the Danube River in Ialomița County, Muntenia (Balta Mică a Brăilei Natural Park)

Image

Image
Post Reply

Return to “Estonia”