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 Arvo from the former Eedi's nest, Karula NP (we follow Arvo's 1st autumn migration
ARVO colour ring number XY 1 CY
(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.)
data source:
birdmap description:
Arvo (2025) - "Metsoja 25 juv" - former Eedi's nest (Karula NP)
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Re: Arvo (2025) - "Metsoja 25 juv"
Autumn-winter migration 2025-2026
0/ departure/migration started on 24.08 (EE)
- Latvia (24.08) - 25.08 (no data) - Belarus (26.08) - Poland (27., 28.,29.,30.08) - Czechia (31.08)
1/ stopover place/s
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:
0/ departure/migration started on 24.08 (EE)
- Latvia (24.08) - 25.08 (no data) - Belarus (26.08) - Poland (27., 28.,29.,30.08) - Czechia (31.08)
1/ stopover place/s
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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Re: Arvo (2025) - "Metsoja 25 juv"
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Metsoja is the chick from former Eedi's nest (Karula NP). There were 2 chicks, one received transmitter.
Urmas has given him the name: Arvo
Metsoja is the chick from former Eedi's nest (Karula NP). There were 2 chicks, one received transmitter.
Urmas has given him the name: Arvo
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Re: Arvo (2025) - "Metsoja 25 juv"
next data 18.08 viewtopic.php?p=51322#p51322
August 13
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Today, the Karula Metsoja juveniles were once again at the supplementary feeding site, demanding more food. The feeding basket is about 500+ meters from the nest, near the .... The adult bird and herons continue to visit the feeding site regularly.
"Young black stork with a companion at Metsoja, Karula National Park" (photo 13.08)
August 15
Karula National Park: Early this morning, they were also at the site with Urmas’s feeding basket, and the last time was at 12:45. After that, the tagged bird went on about a 30 km adventure in the area and even made it into Latvia. By evening, it had not returned to the nest and is now back on the Estonian side near the border, about 10+ km from the nest. The likelihood of them returning to the feeding basket is low
August 17
In Karula, the Metsoja nest chick with a transmitter came to the feeding basket in the morning to eat and then flew off to explore Latvia again, but by evening was back on the Estonian side, near the confluence of the ... and ... rivers — still about 10 km from the nest.
August 13
Hello everyone
thx to our Madli for sharing
Today, the Karula Metsoja juveniles were once again at the supplementary feeding site, demanding more food. The feeding basket is about 500+ meters from the nest, near the .... The adult bird and herons continue to visit the feeding site regularly.
"Young black stork with a companion at Metsoja, Karula National Park" (photo 13.08)
August 15
Karula National Park: Early this morning, they were also at the site with Urmas’s feeding basket, and the last time was at 12:45. After that, the tagged bird went on about a 30 km adventure in the area and even made it into Latvia. By evening, it had not returned to the nest and is now back on the Estonian side near the border, about 10+ km from the nest. The likelihood of them returning to the feeding basket is low
August 17
In Karula, the Metsoja nest chick with a transmitter came to the feeding basket in the morning to eat and then flew off to explore Latvia again, but by evening was back on the Estonian side, near the confluence of the ... and ... rivers — still about 10 km from the nest.
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Re: Arvo (2025) - "Metsoja 25 juv"
previous data 13.,15.,17.08 viewtopic.php?p=51321#p51321 - next data 24.08 viewtopic.php?p=51414#p51414
August 18
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The juvenile stork Metsoja 25 tagged this season is over 10 km away from the nest, and today it did not return to the nest or to the feeding site. It has also visited Latvia a couple of times but doesn’t seem eager to begin migration yet.
August 18
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The juvenile stork Metsoja 25 tagged this season is over 10 km away from the nest, and today it did not return to the nest or to the feeding site. It has also visited Latvia a couple of times but doesn’t seem eager to begin migration yet.
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Re: Arvo (2025) - "Metsoja 25 juv"
previous data 18.08 viewtopic.php?p=51322#p51322 - next data 25.08 viewtopic.php?p=51438#p51438
August 24
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Arvo started his first migration today and reached the Latvian-Russian border.
FROM
- 23.08
- ESTONIA
TO
- 24.08 (+ 207 km)
- LATVIA: Škauna - a very little village in Ludza Municipality in Latgale region of eastern Latvia
change
night roost
August 24
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Arvo started his first migration today and reached the Latvian-Russian border.
FROM
- 23.08
- ESTONIA
TO
- 24.08 (+ 207 km)
- LATVIA: Škauna - a very little village in Ludza Municipality in Latgale region of eastern Latvia
change
night roost
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Re: Arvo (2025) - "Metsoja 25 juv" - former Eedi's nest (Karula NP)
previous data 24.08 viewtopic.php?p=51414#p51414
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August 25
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Metsoja’s young stork Arvo didn’t transmit any data today. Stork has probably reached Belarus by now.
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August 25
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Metsoja’s young stork Arvo didn’t transmit any data today. Stork has probably reached Belarus by now.
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Re: Arvo (2025) - "Metsoja 25 juv"
previous data 25.08 viewtopic.php?p=51438#p51438 - next data 28.08 viewtopic.php?p=51512#p51512
August 27
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FROM
- 24.08
- LATVIA: Škauna - a very little village in Ludza Municipality in Latgale region of eastern Latvia
25.08 - "didn’t transmit any data today"
26.08 -
TO
- 27.08 (+ 474 km in 2 days)
- POLAND: Zaczopki - a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rokitno, within Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship
(eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus)
maps:
3 days
last localisation
August 27
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FROM
- 24.08
- LATVIA: Škauna - a very little village in Ludza Municipality in Latgale region of eastern Latvia
25.08 - "didn’t transmit any data today"
26.08 -
TO
- 27.08 (+ 474 km in 2 days)
- POLAND: Zaczopki - a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rokitno, within Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship
(eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus)
maps:
3 days
last localisation
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Re: Arvo (2025) - "Metsoja 25 juv"
previous data 27.08 viewtopic.php?p=51489#p51489 - next data 29.08 viewtopic.php?p=51535#p51535
August 28
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FROM
- 27.08 (+ 474 km in 2 days)
- POLAND: Zaczopki - a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rokitno, within Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship
(eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus)
TO
- 28.08 (+ 260 km)
- Poland: Nadratowo-Bieńki – a colony in Poland located in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship, in the Żuromen County, in the municipality of Żuromin
maps:
August 28
Hello everyone
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FROM
- 27.08 (+ 474 km in 2 days)
- POLAND: Zaczopki - a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rokitno, within Biała Podlaska County, Lublin Voivodeship
(eastern Poland, close to the border with Belarus)
TO
- 28.08 (+ 260 km)
- Poland: Nadratowo-Bieńki – a colony in Poland located in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship, in the Żuromen County, in the municipality of Żuromin
maps:
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Re: Arvo (2025) - "Metsoja 25 juv"
previous data 28.08 viewtopic.php?p=51512#p51512 - next data 30.08 viewtopic.php?p=51559#p51559
August 29
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FROM
- 28.08 (+ 260 km)
- Poland: Nadratowo-Bieńki – a colony in Poland located in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship, in the Żuromen County, in the municipality of Żuromin
TO
- 29.08 (+ 102 km)
- Poland: Teodorowo - a village in the district of Gmina Wielgie, within Lipno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
(north-central PL)
maps:
Leśne jeziorko, Wielgie (Forest lakelet)
PHOTOS google maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/i5r8Af69zJnfELZP7 - the little forest pond seems to be overgrown and drying up
Czarne-jeziorko w lesie / Black-lakelet in the forest
big PHOTO https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-c ... tE3M=h1440
or googlemaps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/DAncYj8tPGNKEJxo6 by Marek Grzegorz Bojarski Photo - Dec 2011
August 29
Hello everyone
thx to our Madli for sharing
FROM
- 28.08 (+ 260 km)
- Poland: Nadratowo-Bieńki – a colony in Poland located in the Mazowieckie Voivodeship, in the Żuromen County, in the municipality of Żuromin
TO
- 29.08 (+ 102 km)
- Poland: Teodorowo - a village in the district of Gmina Wielgie, within Lipno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
(north-central PL)
maps:
Leśne jeziorko, Wielgie (Forest lakelet)
PHOTOS google maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/i5r8Af69zJnfELZP7 - the little forest pond seems to be overgrown and drying up
Czarne-jeziorko w lesie / Black-lakelet in the forest
big PHOTO https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-c ... tE3M=h1440
or googlemaps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/DAncYj8tPGNKEJxo6 by Marek Grzegorz Bojarski Photo - Dec 2011