UKU (2019, adult male) - Viljandi county

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UKU (2019, adult male) - Viljandi county

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Autumn Birdmap: Starts 15 August. (Spring data ends 14 August.) Publication may follow 1–2 weeks later.

Migration Tracking of UKU - 7 CY
CY (Calendar Year) counts the calendar years a bird has lived in, starting with 1CY for its hatch year and increasing every January 1st.

Bird Profile:
  • Sex: Male
  • Age: Adult - 7CY (hatched in 2019)
  • Origin (hatch): Paganamaa Landscape Reserve, Võru County
  • 2nd autumn migration with transmitter (tagged on 09.07.2025)
Ringing data:
I have both the ornithological and colour ring number, 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:
FIRST BIRDMAP UPDATE FOR UKU on:

Autumn migration 2026
Data source:

0/ Departure (Left nesting area)/Migration started on:
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stop-over

1/ Crossing the Sea of Marmara (Asia/Turkey)
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2/ Crossing the Gulf of Iskenderun (Asia/middle East)
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3/ Crossing the Gulf of Suez (Africa/Egypt)
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4/ Arrival (wintering ground)
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Continuation:
Spring migration 2027
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Autumn-winter migration 2025/26 - overview:

previous/2025 autumn migration path

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previous/2025 stopover site

map:


previous/2025 wintering site

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birdmap-description 2025:

A male Black Stork that hatched in 2019 in the Paganamaa Landscape Reserve, Võru County, Estonia. The plastic ring on his left leg that he had got as a nestling has disappeared, and was replaced with a new white ring 719U on 9 July 2025.
There is no previous evidence of his encounter. He is unlikely to have had a successful nesting season this year, although another Black Stork was also fishing at the capture site.
Two days after the transmitter was installed, Uku went to Latvia for ten days before starting his migration. It is possible that this is related to the trapping.
The first migration stop over was noticed in southern Belarus (unusual in 2025), the second in the border areas of Ukraine and Moldova. The migration continued in early September.
update
The migration continued in early September to Near-East countries. There transmission of data stopped.


10.07.2025 by Madli:
Urmas caught a new male stork from Viljandi county, he was named Uku and was wearing a metal ring. Ringed as pullus in 2019 by Urmas in SE Estonia.

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Uku hatched in 2019 and is an individual ringed by Urmas himself, who has lost his plastic ring in the meantime. Urmas himself will put it on the migration map someday and also add other information and pictures.
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next data 04.08 viewtopic.php?p=63340#p63340

July 31
Hello everyone :-)

FROM
Belarus

TO
Romania

Mats, who has migrated, has reached Ukraine, Trauma in Romania, and UKU in Moldova.

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previous info 31.07 viewtopic.php?p=63160#p63160
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August 04
Hello everyone :-)

FROM
- 31.07
- Moldova

TO
- 04.08
- Moldova: Cuzmenii Vechi a small rural village located in the Fălești district in western Moldova

25 days

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newest localisation - reservoir on the Șovățul Mare - a river in the Republic of Moldova, a left tributary of the Șovățul Mic River. The slopes are asymmetrical, with those on the left being steeper and more fragmented. The riverbed has a width of 1–7 km, a depth of 0.1–0.4 m, and the river speed is 0.1–0.3 m/s. In dry years, the upper reaches dry up.

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https://maps.app.goo.gl/nKQohVFavBAdggwo6 Luminița Oct 2016

https://maps.app.goo.gl/m43tv5X8eLmp4ZiV6 Bogdan G. Oct 2021
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August 12 data
Hello everyone :-)

"The travelers seem to continue to be in the same places."

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UKU changed his mind and went to the north again (last 25 days)

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August 22
Hello everyone :-)

South to north on map:
Trauma - Romania, Mats on border Ukraine, Kuremari, Uku, Kergu and Kerli , Janis, Aidu - from Jõgeva county nest 710R, Arvo, Lembe

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August 24
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August 25
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