KERGU, adult male from Pärnu county

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in this thread we follow Kergu, adult male from the streamed nest in Pärnu county (we follow his 2nd autumn-winter migration)

KERGU colour ring number 7047
data source: https://birdmap.5dvision.ee/EN/2023/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 autumn migration started on July 28.

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Kergu got ring 11 years ago as a chick in a nest 8-9 km away from his current nest. Previous season (2022) he had 3 well-fed chicks who all fledged.
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 infos to our Madli)

NESTING 2023: https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=124 (streamed nest, Kergu stayed lonely)

Autumn-winter migration 2023-24
birdmap started on 26.08

0/ departure/migration started (Estonia) on 29.07
- "Kergu and Nurme both started migration yesterday (29.07)"- info by our Madli, thx very much
- birdmap info (2022) "Autumn migration started at the end of July. Nurme migrated up to the southern part of Belarus together with another monitored black stork from Pärnu County (Timmu)."

... - Belarus (29.07 - 01.08/Pripyat area) - Ukraine (02.08, ) - Moldova (13.08 and back to UA; 17.08 again to MD and back to UA) - Ukraine (19.08)

1/ stopover place/s
- Ukraine

- Moldova (14.09, Petrunea: 15.-17.09, 18.,19.09) - Romania (20.09-25.09)

2/ crossing the Sea of Marmara on 27.09 (via the Sea - Marmara Island) https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 909#p24909

- Turkey (27.,28.,29.,30.09, 01.10)

4/ crossing the the Gulf of Iskenderun on 01.10 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 059#p25059

- Syria (01., 02.10) - Israel (03., 04.10) - Jordan (05.10)


Last birdmap update : 05.10.2023, Distance: 5792 km (+ 65 km); JORDAN: Damia - a town located in the Balqa Governorate; on 05.10 Kergu moved again to the south but turned back https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 116#p25116

5/ crossing the Gulf of Suez

6/ arrival to wintering destination


continuation Spring migration 2024 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 377#p26377

Autumn-winter migration 2022
- overview: https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?f=65&t=85
last data od the birdmap: 11.10.2022, Turkey: in Altınözü district in the south-east of Hatay Province
new data on the (spring)birdmap: 17.03.2023,Turkey: Kurtpınar - a village in the District of Ceyhan, Adana Province
- wintering place: northwestern Ethiopia

[Madli]

next data: July 30 viewtopic.php?p=22215#p22215

July 29
Hello

Kergu has started his migration and has reached the border of Belarus.



Kergu's location yesterday at 18.08.
Near Siwtsy, Pastavy district, Belarus

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From
ESTONIA: Tootsi - a borough in Põhja-Pärnumaa Parish, Pärnu County
To
BELARUS: Siwtsy (Сіўцы) - Pastavy District of of Vitebsk Region

Distance: approx. 460 km




big PHOTO https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... 2ghXl=h720 by by Andrei S

[Madli]

previous data: July 29 viewtopic.php?p=22152#p22152
next data: July 31 viewtopic.php?p=22272#p22272

July 30

Kergu flew south..and returned to north

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From
BELARUS: Siwtsy (Сіўцы) - Pastavy District of of Vitebsk Region
To
BELARUS: Cherenki (Чаранкі) - Pastavy District of of Vitebsk Region

Distance: approx. 60+ 60 km = 120 km

as Madli wrote: "Kergu flew south..and returned to north" - probably the weather was not favourable (I will check it later)
edit:
today it is expected there very much rain, rainy weather also the next days (it seems morning it will be better, but only morning)







PHOTO https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... 0-h1440-pd by Dd Zoloto (2018-06-15)

[Madli]

previous data: July 30 viewtopic.php?p=22215#p22215
next data: August 01 viewtopic.php?p=22316#p22316

July 31

Kergu flew more south and is near Minsk.

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From
BELARUS: Cherenki (Чаранкі) - Pastavy District of Vitebsk Region
To
BELARUS: Birchuki (Бирчуки) - Pukhavichy District of Minsk Region

Distance: approx. 200 km

situation


change


detail

big PHOTO https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... B2uU=h1440 by Vladislav Volcheck

VIDEO the lake area to the north near the village https://youtu.be/FdaRhsqxXYs (uploaded on 19.07.2022 by mitia minoura)

map (there are canals near Kergu's localisation) https://belkraj.by/karta/berchuki

weather https://rusmeteo.net/weather/berchuki/

[Madli]

previous data: July 31 viewtopic.php?p=22272#p22272
next data: August 02 viewtopic.php?p=22417#p22417

August 01

Kergu made a longer trip to the south and has reached the Pripyat river and floodplains. This is probably his first stop-over place.

[marika.solo]

From
BELARUS: Birchuki (Бирчуки) - Pukhavichy District of Minsk Region
To
BELARUS: Namokrovo (Намакрава) - Luninets District of Brest Region

Distance: approx. 190 km

the name is derived from макрава = wet
Since ancient times and even up to the beginning of the 20th century there was a busy road from David-Garadok to Lahva and Mokrava. However, it was busy only in summer and winter, and during spring and autumn floods everything was covered with water. In summer, lush grasses as tall as a man's waist grew between the bushes of lakes. On the low hill, where the roads were hidden and there was a pavilion to Mokrava (locally called Namakrava), birches (высіліся бярозы ?) ,alders and aspens grew.
At the end of the XIX century these meats were taken over by melioration. In addition, according to Chadachka, the Kopanka canal and later the Cherabasau canal became the main canal.
Source: http://tutejszy.ru/brestskaya/luninetskij/namokrovo

situation


change

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there are canals near Kergu's localisation (Kergu's current localisation is very near the area of the Mid-Pripyat State Landscape Zakaznik )



two PHOTOS of the village https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Namakrava

detail

big PHOTO https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1 ... alqGD=h720 by Maksim Pachkovskiy or googlemaps https://goo.gl/maps/saTrhmBNj8P7k8Pj9, image uploaded Nov 2018

Kergu's current localistion is to the east from the previous autumn stop-over area and not far from our Bonus