KERLI (adult female) - 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 KERLI from the streamed nest in Pärnu - Kergu's nest (we follow Kerli's 2nd autumn-winter migration with transmitter)

KERLI colour ring number 719R 4(?) CY
btw. her yellow markig on the birdmap is not good visible here KERLI
(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.)

Madli (the godmother): Kerli is a nice Estonian woman's name.
The name Kerli means "light" or "gentle." It is a shortened form of name from the name Kertu, which in turn comes from the name Gertrud, which means "protection" or "strongness." Kerli is a lovely and elegant name associated with being gentle and light. https://www.name-days.com/now/name/et_ee/ee/kerli
This name matches perfectly with our Kerli's personality and it matches nicely with Kergu.

data source:
https://birdmap.5dvision.ee/EN/2025/aut ... =0&speed=1

birdmap description:
A young female Black Stork, which was caught in Pärnumaa County, as part of the Black Stork survey of the Tootsi-Sop wind farm. Survey was ordered by Enefit Green company.

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- NESTING 2025 (viewforum.php?f=156): three chicks fledged (Tootsi, Vihm, Iksi) fitted with a transmitter
- "Nesting 2024" (viewtopic.php?f=116&t=189): to the end of the season Kerli visited the nest of Kergu repeatedly (first on 28.06 viewtopic.php?p=35736#p35736)

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Autumn migration 2024/2025 - viewtopic.php?p=38448#p38448
- overview:

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Autumn-winter migration 2025-2026
2025: first birdmap update - 31.08, data 30.08 viewtopic.php?p=51569#p51569

0/ departure/migration started on (EE - )
- Latvia () - Lithuania () - Belarus () - Ukraine ()

1/ stopover place/s
Ukraine - wider area
arrival:
departure:

- Ukraine - Bulgaria -

2/ crossing the Sea of Marmara via

3/ crossing the the Gulf of Iskenderun

4/ crossing the Gulf of Suez:

5/ arrival to wintering destination:

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continuation - Spring migration 2026:

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previous/2024 autumn migration path



previous/2024 stopover site



previous/2024 wintering site

1/ Sudan, KassalaState, New Halfa Scheme (irrigated fields) and 2/ Ethiopia (streams)


Kerli in Ethiopia (Kafta Humera County, Western Region, Tigray State)

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next data 17.08 viewtopic.php?p=51285#p51285

August 16
Hello everyone

big thx for sharing to our Madli

Oops. It was time for her to go this afternoon too. At 11:32 he was still working on the sump.

FROM
- 16.08.2025
- Estonia (nest area)

TO
- 16.08.2025
- Latvia: Mukuļi - in Viļāni Parish of Rēzekne Municipality in the Latgale region

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previous data 16.08 viewtopic.php?f=170&t=317&p=51284#p51284 - next data 18.08 viewtopic.php?f=170&t=317&p=51309#p51309

August 17
Hello everyone

big thx for sharing to our Madli

Oops. It was time for her to go this afternoon too. At 11:32 he was still working on the sump.

FROM
- 16.08.2025 (+ 220 km)
- Latvia: Mukuļi - a village in Viļāni Parish of Rēzekne Municipality in the Latgale region

TO
- 17.08.2025 (+ 224 km)
- BELARUS: Den'guby (Дзяньгубы) - a little village in Lyepyel district of Vitebsk region

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previous data 17.08 viewtopic.php?p=51285#p51285 - next data 19.08 viewtopic.php?p=51334#p51334

August 18
Hello everyone

big thx for sharing to our Madli

Kerli has made a small movement today but she is still practically in the same area as yesterday evening.

FROM
- 17.08.2025 (+ 224 km)
- BELARUS: Den'guby (Дзяньгубы) - a little village in Lyepyel district of Vitebsk region

TO
- 18.08.2025
- UKRAINE: Vas'kivtsi (Васьківці) - a village in Korosten Raion of Zhytomyr Oblast (NW UA)

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second update

This interference with the signals is causing anomalies in the migration data, but the GPS waypoint shows that Kerli was in Ukraine by the evening... The previous information was only from a couple of hours in the morning. Maybe tomorrow evening at 20:00 there will be new information, but some part of the journey is missing.

Kerli was in Ukraine by the evening.

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previous data 18.08 viewtopic.php?p=51309#p51309 - next data 20.08 viewtopic.php?p=51346#p51346

August 19
Hello everyone

big thx for sharing to our Madli

He flew over 600 km yesterday and didn't rest today either.

FROM
- 18.08.2025
- UKRAINE: Vas'kivtsi (Васьківці) - a village in Korosten Raion of Zhytomyr Oblast (NW UA)

TO
- 19.08.2025
- Ukraine: Novofedorivka (Новофедорівка) - a village in Voznesensk Raion of Mykolaiv Oblast

18. - 19.08


19.08

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previous data 19.08 viewtopic.php?p=51334#p51334 - next data 21.08 viewtopic.php?p=51373#p51373

August 20
Hello everyone

big thx for sharing to our Madli

FROM
- 19.08.2025
- Ukraine: Novofedorivka (Новофедорівка) - a village in Voznesensk Raion of Mykolaiv Oblast

TO
- 20.08.2025 (+ 71 km)
- Ukraine: Vynohradivka (Виноградівка) - a village in Bashtanka Raion of Mykolaiv Oblast (southern UA)

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previous data 20.08 viewtopic.php?p=51346#p51346 - next data 22.08 viewtopic.php?p=51375#p51375

August 21
Hello everyone

big thx for sharing to our Madli

FROM
- 20.08.2025 (+ 71 km)
- Ukraine: Vynohradivka (Виноградівка) - a village in Bashtanka Raion of Mykolaiv Oblast (southern UA)

TO
- 21.08.2025 (+ 166 km)
- Ukraine: Luzhok (Лужок) - a village in Kropyvnytskyi Raion of Kirovohrad Oblast (central UA)