Estonia: TIMMU, adult male

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Estonia: TIMMU, adult male

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TIMMU, adult male from Pärnu county (we follow him from season 2020/2021)
spring migration started on 10.03.2022 (viewtopic.php?p=1280#p1280)
arrival to Estonia on 13.04, info shared by our Madli: most probably arrived to his nest at 14.04 (viewtopic.php?p=1691#p1691)

- last autumn birdmap update viewtopic.php?p=1121#p1121 and next + here viewtopic.php?p=1065#p1065
- unfortunately the spring map is still not ready
EDIT:
- Don't know about Timmu, no data. (info by Urmas, 09.03.2022)

previous season: spring migration started on 02.03.2021 and arrival to the nesting area on 07.04.2021

the situation a year ago, when we first followed Timmu's spring migration, was as follows:

departure (Ethiopia): 02.03.2021
- Eritrea (02.03) - Sudan (04.,05.03) - Egypt (06.,07.,08.03)
Suez Gulf: 09.03.2021
-Egypt/South Sinay Gov. (09.03) - Israel (10.03) - (Timmu flew east from Lebanon) - Syria (11.,12.03)
Gulf of İskenderun/Gulf of Alexandretta 13.03.2021
- Turkey (very cold and rainy days: 13.03 - 22.03)
Sea of Marmara: 23.03.2021
- Greece (24.03) - Bulgaria (26.,27.03) - Romania (28.,29.,30.,31.03) - Ukraine/westernmost part (02.04) - Poland (03.04) - Belarus (04.04) - Lithuania (05.04) - Latvia (06.04)
arrival (Estonia): 07.04.2021

btw. we hadn't data from 04.03 (Egypt) to 13.03 (Turkey)

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Re: Estonia: TIMMU, adult male

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TIMMU 2021 (!)

in the last season his spring migration started on 02.03.2021 (at home: 07.04.2021)

first spring data - data 02.03.2021 (birdmap update 05.03) - ERITREA

previous data - autumn birdmap:
- Distance: 8431 km, Last data: 14.02.2021
- wintering place: near tributary streams and the river Athbara (north east from Metemma - a town in northwestern Ethiopia, located in the Semien Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region)
new data - spring birdmap:
- Distance: 526 km (the new distance measurement started on 15.02), Last data: 02.03.2021
- south from Sebdereat, Gash Barka Region, in the south-west of the country ERITREA (above mountains/hill)

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the next update - data 04.03.2021 (birdmap update 08.03) - plus 560 km - SUDAN
- Distance: 1086 km, Red Sea state (Port Sudan is the capital of the state), SUDAN

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TIMMU 2021 (!)

and after long pause the third update - data 13.03.2021 (birdmap update 14.03) - plus 2302 km - TURKEY
Timmu don't send data 9 days (!)

- Distance: 3388 km, Last data: 13.03.2021
- east from Karaisalı - a small city and a district in Adana Province of Turkey, administratively a part of the Metropolitan Municipality of Adana (location in forest area - maybe his night resting place)

Timmu crossed the Gulf of Suez on 08.03 and flew via Sinay, Israel (09.03), Syria (11.,12.03) to Turkey over the Gulf of İskenderun (13.03)
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detailed path
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TIMMU 2021 (!)
who know were he is these days

update March 15 - TURKEY, plus 207 km
- Distance: 3595 km, Last data: 14.03.2021
- before Konya, between villages İsmil and Ovakavağı (Karatay District, Konya Province, Turkey)

Timmu crossed the Taurus Mt.
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Re: Estonia: TIMMU, adult male

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TIMMU 2021 (!)

update March 16 (data 15.03) plus 13km (wheater: very cold and rainy)
- Distance: 3608 km, Last data: 15.03.2021
- before Konya, south from south from the village Yarma, near canal (Karatay District, Konya Province, Turkey)

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Re: Estonia: TIMMU, adult male

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TIMMU 2021 (!)

(second) update March 16 (data 16.03) plus 94 km (not favourable weather)
- Distance: 3702 km, Last data: 16.03.2021
- Sarayönü - a town and district of Konya Province in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey (maybe in flight)

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TIMMU 2021 (!)

update March 18 (data 17.03) plus plus 133 km (not favourable weather)
- Distance: 3835 km, Last data: 17.03.2021
- in the southern shore the Eber Lake - near Eber - a village in the District of Çay, Afyonkarahisar Province, TURKEY

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where you are Timmu?
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TIMMU 2021 (!)

March 18 (data 18.03) plus 141 km (not favourable weather)
- Distance: 3976 km, Last data: 18.03.2021
- in Kütahya - the capital of Kütahya Province, Aegean region, TURKEY

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Re: Estonia: TIMMU, adult male

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TIMMU 2021 (!)

March 20 (data 20.03) plus 20 km in 2 days km (not favourable weather)
- Distance: 3996 km, Last data: 20.03.2021
- TURKEY, Kütahya Province and district, Yoncalı
(his localisation is in the area the Dereboğazı Çay (= stream)/open street map; Kocasu Stream/satellite view)

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I still hope, but I am already worried about Timmu - finger crossed!

Timmu, Eedi and Karl II on 20.03.2021 (!)
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Re: Estonia: TIMMU, adult male

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March 22
Birdmap update 13.03.2022 (already a week old data)

TIMMU http://birdmap.5dvision.ee/EN/2022/spring/timmu?line=1&track=0&speed=1

Previous data: 14.02.22. Distance 7710 km. At his wintering area in Metema district in the North Gondar Zone, Amhara National Regional State, NW ETHIOPIA.
New data: 13.03.22. Distance 1055 km(starting from 15.02). Nubian Desert, Red Sea state, SUDAN. East from the Nile.

Timmu started his spring migration on 10.03.2022, passing through Eritrea and reached the border of Sudan on the first night. Then he continued NW direction through the Nubian desert in Sudan.
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Timmu's last movement in his wintering area in Ethiopia from 15.02 to 09.03
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Timmu's last known location in the desert. Last data was probably received during flight.
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