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Two birds back in Kazakhstan
Both Tesfaye and Maysa have made it back to Kazakhstan after their long flight across the Hindu Kush and then across Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. In the west, Nikoo has left the Syria/Turkey border...
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An update from Pakistan
The latest information from the satellite tags on our Sociable Lapwings puts Maysa and Tesfaye back in Kazakhstan at the breeding grounds, with Nikoo on the Aral Sea “coast”, in Uzbekistan (although...
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And then there were three…
The latest signals from the satellite tags on our Sociable Lapwings show only three still transmitting, but Nikoo, Tesfaye and Maysa are all back in Kazakhstan for the breeding season. For the moment,...
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Southern migration has started
This autumn we still have three tagged birds from last year – Nikoo, Maysa and Tesfaye. While Maysa remains at her breeding grounds (green), Tesfaye has taken the eastern route (red) and Nikoo the...
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Maysa joins Tesfaye at Tallymerjan
After a later start, Maysa has joined Tesfaye in the Tallymerjan area, travelling 1460km in just three days. Tesfaye is spending his time in Uzbekistan, while Maysa is moving back and forth across...
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Autumn migration is already almost over
The location of tagged birds on the 28th October 2016 Two of the remaining tagged birds are now in their wintering grounds. Nikoo spent several weeks resting and refuelling in eastern Turkey, near the...
View ArticleTesfaye and Maysa wintering in Pakistan
Our tagged Sociable Lapwings, Tesfaye and Maysa have both spent the winter in Pakistan since arriving in October. The importance of Pakistan as a wintering area for Sociable Lapwings on the eastern...
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We’ve found Tesfaye!
Two sociable lapwings, Tesfaye and Maysa, tagged with satellite transmitters in 2015 on their breeding grounds in Kazakhstan, have been wintering in Pakistan’s Sindh and Balochistan provinces. The RSPB...
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The importance of Pakistan for the Critically Endangered Sociable Lapwing
We have known that Sociable Lapwings winter in Pakistan for almost a century, with reports as early as 1922. However, records are patchy and we still do not know the whereabouts of most of the...
View ArticleThe Amazing Journeys of Maysa
Rob Sheldon, of RDS Conservation, has written an update on winter survey work in Pakistan and the amazing journeys that Maysa has made since her tagging. Work in 2016/17 was funded by MbZ and...
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