Kergu (adult male, Pärnu County)

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the autumn birdmap starts with data from August 15
The spring/summer migration stops in mid-August and the autumn/winter migration continues from the following day, the 15th = the bird map is set for autumn/winter migration and the new distance measurement starts from 15.08. However, the birdmap is sometimes ready a week or two later.

in this thread we follow adult male named KERGU (hatched 2011) from the streamed nest in the northern part of Pärnu County (we follow Kergu's 3rd autumn-winter migration with trasmitter)

Kergu himself was ringed as a chick in 2011 by Raivo Endrekson about 9 km away from the current nest location. He was caught and fitted with a transmitter in 2022. This was somewhat a special event because no previously ringed adult had been caught yet.
Kergu is a location name - Kergu nature protection area where the stork is from.
Why Nurme and Kergu got transmitters, read here: https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?p=8495#p8495 (thx for these info to our Madli)
Kergu Nature Reserve: The area of the nature reserve is 437 ha.The protected area was founded in 2007 to protect valuable habitat types and threatened species in Metsaküla and Sohlu village (both in former Kaisma Parish) and in Viluvere village (Vändra Parish). (wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kergu_Nature_Reserve)


KERGU colour ring number 7047 - 14 CY
(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.)

data source: https://birdmap.5dvision.ee/EN/2024/aut ... =0&speed=1

birdmap description:
A male black stork from the northern part of Pärnumaa. Born in 2011, 10 km from the current nest.
2022 fledged three chicks. The autumn migration starts on August 12. Kergu winters in northwestern Ethiopia.
2023 arrived on April 19, but remained single. The nest life could be observed via a web camera, the observations are on the forum. The autumn migration started on July 28.

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NESTING 2024 (https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?f=116&t=189) : to the end of the season one young female named Kerli visited the nest repeatedly, hopefully they will be a successfully new pair in the next season
- nesting: 2023 (https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=124): Kergu stayed lonely
- nesting 2022: three well fed chicks fledged (photo in this post https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?p=8466#p8466)

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Autumn-winter migration 2024-2025
(2023 birdmap started on 26.08)
birdmap started on 08.09/data 07.09 - first data for Kergu on 08.09/data 07.09

0/ departure/migration started on XY (EE - )
(2023: last seen on the streamed nest on 24.07 and started to migration on 29.07)
2024: last seen on the streamed nest on 25.07

- Lithunia via Latvia/near the border with Belarus (30.07) - Belarus (31.07) - Ukraine (15.08) - Romania (28.08 and next)

1/ stopover place/s https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 621#p39621
- Romania, Giurgeni from 07.09 to 14.09 17 days

thx to Adriana:
- 4.8. - 13.8 Belarus, Rybniki (10 days), 16.8. - 22.8 Belarus, Rybniki (7 days), 29.8 - 11.9 Romania, Giurgeni (14 days), 12.9. - 14.9 Romania, Vlădeni (3 days)

- Romania (15.09) - Turkey/Europe (16.09 via BG)

2/ crossing the Sea of Marmara 17.09 above the Sea (Erdek Island) https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 795#p39795
(2023 on 27.09 27.09 above the Sea - Marmara Island)

- Turkey (17.,18.,19.09)

3/ crossing the the Gulf of Iskenderun 20.09 (no update this day) above the Gulf
(2023 on 01.10 above the Gulf)

- Syria (20.09) - West Bank (21.09) - Egypt/Synai (22.09)

(2023: last data on 05.10.2023, JORDAN: Damia - a town located in the Balqa Governorate; next birdmap update: 26.03.2024/data; ornitrack data on 07.03.2024 - thx to Madli)

4/ crossing the Gulf of Suez: 23.09 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 933#p39933

- Egypt/Africa (23.09)

NO new data till now
- Last update for Kergu on 25.09, data 24.09 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 933#p39933
AFRICA: Halaib Triangle - in 1994 the Egyptian military moved to take control of the area as a part of Red Sea Governorate


5/ arrival to wintering destination:


continuation: SPRING MIGRATION 2025 - https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?f=147&t=255

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Autumn-winter migration 2023/24 - overview: https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?f=89&t=134
Autumn-winter migration 2022/23 - overview: https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=85

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previous autumn migration path



previous stopover site/s





previous wintering site/s

ETHIOPIA - north-western area

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reserved for some next information (photos)

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next info 31.07 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 063#p39063

July 30 data
Hello everyone

"data source": our Madli - big thank!
Kergu also started to go somewhere fast.

description later (I am on the way away) - done on 04.08

FROM
- ESTONIA

TO
- 30.07
- LITHUANIA: Triburčiai (probably)- a village on the right bank of the Dysna River in Ignalina District Municipality of Aukštaitija region




big PHOTO https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... 9FA5=h1440 by VietovesLt
or on the google map https://maps.app.goo.gl/d3Hwex2KMVkyedHc7 Photo - Jul 2014

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previous info - data 30.07 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 979#p38979
next info - data 15.08 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 483#p39483

July 31 data data
Hello everyone

(I have an internet connection again - I will complete everything; done on 04.08)

Thx to Madli for data - map!

FROM
- 30.07.2024
- LITHUANIA: Triburčiai - a village on the right bank of the Dysna River in Ignalina District Municipality of Aukštaitija region

TO
- 31.07.2024
- BELARUS: Lachaŭka/Лахаўка - in Luninyets District of Brest Region/Oblast
(it is near the Pripyat river marshes)

2023: on 01.08 Kergu was in this area https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 316#p22316 and next (also photo)



the area seems maybe like on this pic (not far to the north from Kergu) https://maps.app.goo.gl/b9386sy3KU2u5L7j7 Maksim Pachkovskiy Photo - Nov 2018

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previous info - data 31.07 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 063#p39063
next info - data 27.08 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 552#p39552

August 15 data
Hello everyone

"data source": our Madli - big thx!
Kergu's 500

FROM:
- 31.07.2024
- BELARUS: Lachaŭka/Лахаўка - in Luninyets District of Brest Region/Oblast
(it is near the Pripyat river marshes)

TO:
- 15.08.2024
- UKRAINE: Sarny / Сарни) - a small city/administrative center of Sarny Raion (district) in Rivne Oblast

Krum flew to the border with Moldova but turned back to the north again

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previous info - data 15.08 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 483#p39483
next info - data 06.09 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 621#p39621

August 27 data
Hello everyone

description (photos) later - I am again on holiday; done 06.09

"data source": our Madli - big thx!
10 days moving of Kergu

FROM:
- 15.08.2024
- UKRAINE: Sarny / Сарни) - a small city/administrative center of Sarny Raion (district) in Rivne Oblast

TO:
- 27.08.2024
- ROMANIA (via Moldova): Barcea - a commune (composed of two villages, Barcea and Podoleni) in Galați County
(Western Moldavia)

Kergu turned back to Belarus and after some days continued again to the south - now he is already in Romania





here:

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previous info - data 27.08 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 552#p39552
next info - data 07.09 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 642#p39642

September 06
Hello everyone

"data source" : our Madli
Kuremari and Kergu
They are about 15-20 km from each other in Romania.

Previous data:
- 28.08.2024
- ROMANIA (via Moldova): Barcea - a commune (composed of two villages, Barcea and Podoleni) in Galați County
(Western Moldavia)

NEW data:
- 06.09.2024
- Romania: Mihail Kogălniceanu - a village (Mihail Kogălniceanu commune) in Ialomița County
(Muntenia)




STREET VIEW Ialomița County Google Street View Aug 2018

Kergu in this area in the season 2023 and 2022
2022: from 25.09 to 06.10./migration started on August 12 after successfully nesting season
2023: from 20.09 to 25.09./migration started on July 28



EDIT:
The other storks are relatively in the same area as before and are not rushing to Africa yet. (07.09, info shared by our Madli)

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previous info - data 06.09 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 621#p39621
next update 10.09 / data 09.09 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 667#p39667

September 08 (data 07.09)
Hello everyone

we have the first birdmap update https://birdmap.5dvision.ee/EN/2024/aut ... =0&speed=1

- 07.09.2024; 3379 km
- Romania: Giurgeni - a commune (composed of a single village Giurgeni) in Ialomița County (Muntenia)
(located on the left bank of the Danube)





(probably later more - some info, photos)