MADI, hatched 2022, from Pärnu county

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September 29
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Birdmap update for MADI https://birdmap.5dvision.ee/EN/2022/aut ... =0&speed=1

Previous data: ( viewtopic.php?p=10070#p10070 and next)
- 28.09.2022 (mid-flight data), Distance: 1966 km (+ 19 km)
- ROMANIA: Jijija - a commune in Tulcea County, Northern Dobruja

NEW data:
- 29.09.2022 (mid-flight data), Distance: 2021 km (+ 55 km)
- ROMANIA: Frecăței, Brăila - a commune located in Brăila County, Muntenia
(Frecăței is composed of six villages: Agaua, Cistia, Frecăței, Salcia, Stoienești and Titcov.)

more soon - done

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Mare - female BS hatched in Latvia - spent there some days in Sep 2021

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white stork on the fields near Frecăței https://goo.gl/maps/gEkLqSuJTnDnDGvw9 image capture Jun 2018 by mihai dirnea



Photos on the pic are from this blog http://pupezica.blogspot.com/2013/11/in ... ei-ii.html (there are more photos - views on the area there)
photo 1 http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DrWVZwkVbCs/U ... G_3259.JPG
photo 2 http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Te16nz2aPUg/U ... G_3336.JPG

Frecăţei PHOTOS e.g. http://wikimapia.org/14281153/ro/Frec%C4%83%C5%A3ei

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October 01
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Birdmap update for MADI https://birdmap.5dvision.ee/EN/2022/aut ... =0&speed=1

Previous data: (( viewtopic.php?p=10098#p10098 and next))
- 29.09.2022 (mid-flight data), Distance: 2021 km (+ 55 km)
- ROMANIA: Frecăței, Brăila - a commune located in Brăila County, Muntenia

NEW data:
- 30.09.2022 (mid-flight data), Distance: 2031 km (+ 10 km)
- ROMANIA: Frecăței - a commune located in Brăila County, Muntenia
It is composed of six villages: Agaua, Cistia, Frecăței, Salcia, Stoienești and Titcov. (same area)

Madi stayed on the Big Island of Braila (former wetland transformed into agricultural land). Newest localisation is to the west from Agaua above the fields.

more later

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VIDEO Plimbare cu motodeltaplanul pe Bratul Macin - Dunarea Veche (Ride with the hang glider on Bratul Macin - Old Danube) https://youtu.be/YKkO_efg3k4 uploaded on 29 Jul 2015 by Cristian Deceanu

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Great Brăila Island:The two river branches which separate it from the mainland are Măcin Branch and Vâlciu Branch. (more e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Br%C4%83ila_Island)

Dunărea Veche – Brațul Măcin (https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dun%C4%83 ... M%C4%83cin)
... The Old Danube – Brațul Măcin is a protected area (special avifaunistic protection area - SPA) ...
... The natural area occupies the eastern territory of Brăila county (Frecăței and Mărașu communes), ...

The marshes between Brăila and Galați, from an Austro-Hungarian military map of around 1900
(about the big change you can read e.g. here Great Brăila Island https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Br%C4%83ila_Island)


big MAP https://infrastruct.files.wordpress.com ... ac89bi.jpg (source: https://infrastruct.wordpress.com/2014/ ... la-galati/)

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MIGRATION - SITUATION as of 30.09




(source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... map-en.svg)

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Birdmap update for 01.10:

NO new data.
Last data: 30.09.2022 - viewtopic.php?p=10134#p10134

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October 02
Hello everyone

Birdmap update for MADI https://birdmap.5dvision.ee/EN/2022/aut ... =0&speed=1

Previous data: ((viewtopic.php?p=10134#p10134 and next))
- 30.09.2022 (mid-flight data), Distance: 2031 km (+ 10 km)
- ROMANIA: Frecăței - a commune located in Brăila County, Muntenia

NEW data:
- 01.10.2022 (mid-flight data), Distance: 2047 km (+ 16 km in 2 days)
- ROMANIA: Frecăței - a commune located in Brăila County, Muntenia
It is composed of six villages: Agaua, Cistia, Frecăței, Salcia, Stoienești and Titcov. (same area)

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Braila Islands is a socio-ecological system that is located in the South East of Romania and covers a total surface area of over 2600 km2. It corresponds to the Danube and stretches 78 km between Harsova and Braila. Find more information here.
Braila Islands is split into two, Big Island of Braila and Small Island of Braila respectively. 205 km2 of the total area of the Small Island of Braila is recognized as protected, both on a national level (Natural park - 06/03/2000) and on an international level (Ramsar - 15/06/2001).
(source: https://www.interreg-danube.eu/news-and ... vents/6035)

Currently, 681.3 km2 - 94.6% of the area of island - are occupied by agricultural terrains of which 70.84 km2 are irrigated and is protected by a dam having a length of 23.5 km. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Br%C4%83ila_Island)

Small Brăila Island - Small Island of Braila (Romanian: Insula Mică a Brăilei)
- "representative sample of habitats characteristic of floodplains as well as a former inland delta" (source: https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/1074)


Great Brăila Island - Big Island of Braila (Romanian: Insula Mare a Brăilei)
- agricultural terrains


both pic from VIDEO https://youtu.be/2c8pv2dXuco uploaded on 16 Sept 2018 by Al Dahra