This Topic has been set up to follow the Autumn 2012 migration and wintering of satellite tracked ospreys, other than Caledonia and Alba from Loch Garten, who are followed on this thread, Tracking Caledonia & Alba
This topic replaces Satellite Tracked Ospreys (non-LG) Mar-Aug 2012
N.B. There are still some missing details (and possibly birds) which I will add once the information becomes available.
Is he going to stick around here for a while?
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data
Ilmari settles down in Cameroon:
On 13 October, Ilmari arrived in a seemingly unoccupied area that is criss-crossed by large and small rivers. It is situated at the west coast of Cameroon, between Doula and Limbe (formerly Victoria), some 30 km west of Douala, formerly a centre for slave trade and currently the largest city in Cameroon.
Ilmar heading on down the coast of Angola, just south of the Kumbira Forest reserve:
He's some bird Alan
Ilze getting ready to cross the Med:
Looks like Ilmar really is going all the way to S Africa.
Astonishing migration of Ilmar. Still heading south:
Ilze crosses over to Sicily:
Ilmari living in a small range in coastal Cameroon:
Wonder why do the Swedish/East European birds go on a longer migration?