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Three going east, five going west…and one reluctant to travel
Our tagged Sociable Lapwings are on the move, making rapid progress as they travel southwards. Three are taking the eastern migratory pathway (Maysa, Tesfaye and Vyan), with Tesfaye already at the key...
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Kiryl is a late starter, and is Vyan having a change of heart?
Kiryl has still not made a move from the breeding grounds near Zhanteke, but is alive and well, with three satellite tag readings yesterday (20th September) as he moves around. Kiryl stays close to...
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Western birds reach Turkey, with eastern birds at the Uzbek/Turkmen border
This has been a very exciting few days for news from Uzbekistan. Last Friday, Anna Ten and her team first reported that they had seen a total of 1,524 Sociable Lapwings in 4 flocks, the biggest number...
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Vyan heads west
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Sanjar reaches Saudi Arabia
All of our tagged birds on the western flyway are now heading into the Middle East. Sanjar has reached Saudi Arabia, after a few days in northern Iraq, with Vyan following and currently in Iran....
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Kiryl on the move at last
Kiryl is finally on the move – on the 10th of October he left his breeding grounds near Zhanteke in Kazakhstan, and after flying almost 1900 km in four days, crossing the Caspian Sea on his way, he is...
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More on the Tallymerjan expedition
Our western birds are still mostly making their way southwards, with Kiryl lagging behind in southern Russia. Sanjar has set up his wintering grounds in Saudi Arabia, with Nikoo currently in Iraq....
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Nikoo reaches Sudan
Autumn migration continues, with several birds having made their final destinations. Western birds 3rd November 2015 All birds have left Turkey, with Ajaz over the border in Syria. Canan, Shirin, Vyan...
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Maysa and Tesfaye both in Pakistan
After quite a lot of movement over the past few weeks, our tagged birds are beginning to reach their winter destinations. Both Maysa and Tesfaye are in Pakistan, a few tens of miles apart, and it will...
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Settling in for the winter
Not much has changed over the past week, with most of our tagged birds seeming to have settled down for the winter. In the east, Maysa and Tesfaye remain in Pakistan… Birds in Pakistan 23rd November...
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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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Sanjar reaches Saudi Arabia
All of our tagged birds on the western flyway are now heading into the Middle East. Sanjar has reached Saudi Arabia, after a few days in northern Iraq, with Vyan following and currently in Iran....
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Kiryl on the move at last
Kiryl is finally on the move – on the 10th of October he left his breeding grounds near Zhanteke in Kazakhstan, and after flying almost 1900 km in four days, crossing the Caspian Sea on his way, he is...
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More on the Tallymerjan expedition
Our western birds are still mostly making their way southwards, with Kiryl lagging behind in southern Russia. Sanjar has set up his wintering grounds in Saudi Arabia, with Nikoo currently in Iraq....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Nikoo reaches Sudan
Autumn migration continues, with several birds having made their final destinations. Western birds 3rd November 2015 All birds have left Turkey, with Ajaz over the border in Syria. Canan, Shirin, Vyan...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Maysa and Tesfaye both in Pakistan
After quite a lot of movement over the past few weeks, our tagged birds are beginning to reach their winter destinations. Both Maysa and Tesfaye are in Pakistan, a few tens of miles apart, and it will...
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Settling in for the winter
Not much has changed over the past week, with most of our tagged birds seeming to have settled down for the winter. In the east, Maysa and Tesfaye remain in Pakistan… Birds in Pakistan 23rd November...
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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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