KERGU (2011, adult male) - Pärnu County

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previous birdmap update 16.09 viewtopic.php?p=52076#p52076 - next update 18.09 viewtopic.php?p=52130#p52130

September 17 (birdmap update 18.09 early morning)
Hello everyone

Previous data
- 16.09, Distance: 2480 km (+ 11 km)
- Romania (border river Prut): Mata – Radeanu Complex (wetland area) / Vădeni - village (Cavadinești commune) in Galați County, Western Moldavia

NEW data
- 17.09, Distance: 2485 km (+ 5 km)
- Romania (border river Prut): Mata – Radeanu Complex (wetland area) / Vădeni - village (Cavadinești commune) in Galați County, Western Moldavia

KERGU is moving in the same area (Kuremari stopped there too)

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September 18

Previous data viewtopic.php?p=52106#p52106
- 17.09, Distance: 2485 km (+ 5 km)
- Romania (border river Prut): Mata – Radeanu Complex (wetland area) / Vădeni - village (Cavadinești commune) in Galați County, Western Moldavia

NO NEW data

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previous data 17.09 viewtopic.php?p=52106#p52106 - new data 20.09 viewtopic.php?p=52170#p52170

September 19
Hello everyone

Previous data
- 17.09, Distance: 2485 km (+ 5 km)
- Romania (border river Prut): Mata – Radeanu Complex (wetland area) / Vădeni - village (Cavadinești commune) in Galați County, Western Moldavia

- 18.09
- Romania (near the border): Rariștea - a village (commune Ion Corvin) in Constanța County, Northern Dobruja

NEW data
travelling days
- 19.09, Distance: 3279 km (+ 794 km in 2 days)
- TURKEY (ASIA): Çaltılı - a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Savaştepe, Balıkesir Province

continuation





google says 3 months ago REEL by Kamp Yolcusu https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Y27ygRwt1ec

"In this video, we take a small trip on Çaygören Dam Lake in Balıkesir Sındırgı. The excessive withdrawal of water in the dam lake shocked those who saw it."


uploaded on 06.11.2024 by Dron Ozan

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previous data 19.09 viewtopic.php?p=52158#p52158 - new data: 21.09 viewtopic.php?f=170&t=314&p=52190#p52190

September 20
Hello everyone

Previous data
travelling days
- 19.09, Distance: 3279 km (+ 794 km in 2 days)
- TURKEY (ASIA): Çaltılı - a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Savaştepe, Balıkesir Province

EDITED
NEW data
travelling day
- 20.09, Distance: 3560 km (+ 281 km)
- Turkey: Çobanisa - Isparta District and Province

continuation





STREET VIEW (somewhere in the valley) https://maps.app.goo.gl/gKmSzqSbADdf6QvW7 05/2024

Çobanisa Village(photo uploaded on 13.09.2022

(https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... 000&type=3

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previous data 20.09 viewtopic.php?p=52170#p52170 - new data: 22.09 viewtopic.php?p=52204#p52204

September 21
Hello everyone

Previous data
travelling day
- 20.09, Distance: 3560 km (+ 281 km)
- Turkey: Çobanisa - Isparta District and Province

NEW data
travelling day
- 21.09, Distance: 3925 km (+ 365 km)
- Turkey: Arslanlı - a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Erdemli, Mersin Province

continuation:


Kergu crossed the Lake BEYŞEHİR
in Turkey the lakes dry up for a long time
01.08.2025 https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM0TUVvTmmm/
19.08.2025 https://www.facebook.com/cumhuriyetgzt ... 387610410/

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September 22

Previous data viewtopic.php?p=52190#p52190
travelling day
- 21.09, Distance: 3925 km (+ 365 km)
- Turkey: Arslanlı - a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Erdemli, Mersin Province

NO NEW data (it is usually in that area)

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September 23

Previous data viewtopic.php?p=52190#p52190
travelling day
- 21.09, Distance: 3925 km (+ 365 km)
- Turkey: Arslanlı - a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Erdemli, Mersin Province

NO NEW data

EDIT: late update again for Kergu

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previous data 21.09 viewtopic.php?p=52190#p52190 - new data 24.09 viewtopic.php?p=52245#p52245

Previous data:
- 21.09, Distance: 3925 km (+ 365 km)
- Turkey: Arslanlı - a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Erdemli, Mersin Province

travelling days - Israel via Syria and Lebanon
- 22.09
- SYRIA: Shahta - a village located in Al-Suqaylabiyah Nahiyah in Al-Suqaylabiyah District, Hama Governorate

NEW data:
- 23.09, Distance: 4501 km (+ 576 km in 2 days)
- ISRAEL : Hula Nature Reserve - northern Israel (the Hula Valley), it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council
(Lush wetlands known for its diverse range of migratory birds, marsh animals & rare water plants)



Kergu again cross directly over İskenderun Gulf

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DAY 1 - 22.9.2025

FROM
- 21.09, Distance: 3925 km (+ 365 km)
- Turkey: Arslanlı - a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Erdemli, Mersin Province

TO
- 22.09
- SYRIA: Shahta - a village located in Al-Suqaylabiyah Nahiyah in Al-Suqaylabiyah District, Hama Governorate
(Kergu flew over the Ghab Plain https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghab_Plain)





view on the Ghab Plain


PHOTO https://maps.app.goo.gl/zxtWYTpTHX1z89BF6 - Loai - 08/2020

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DAY 2 - 23.09.2025

FROM
- 22.09
- SYRIA: Shahta - a village located in Al-Suqaylabiyah Nahiyah in Al-Suqaylabiyah District, Hama Governorate

TO
- 23.09, Distance: 4501 km (+ 576 km in 2 days)
- ISRAEL : Hula Nature Reserve - northern Israel (the Hula Valley), it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council

Important Bird Area (IBA), Key Biodiverssity Area (KBA) and AZE: area protection refers to the safeguarding of Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) sites, which are identified as the last remaining refuges for one or more Endangered or Critically Endangered species

https://www.birdingplaces.eu/en/birding ... re-reserve

https://www.kkl-jnf.org/tourism-and-rec ... lake-park/ VIDEO, PHOTOS
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/fact ... cted-areas

https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/868:
A human-made wetland created as a result of an attempt to restore part of the drained Hula Lake and swamps. Located in the Jordan Rift Valley, the site consists of open water, permanent and intermittent pools with fringing reedbeds, freshwater marshes, and riparian forest and wet meadows.

14.11.2022 The bold and beautiful rewilding of Israel’s wetlands https://www.jns.org/the-bold-and-beauti ... -wetlands/ PHOTOS

change:





STREET VIEW https://maps.app.goo.gl/SqDGdLB6pNUeLRSeA - by BAKILI - Film - 09/2021

Hula Valley, Galilee. A Resting Place for Birds During Their Migration from Europe to Africa

uploaded on 15.08.2023 by DimaWalker

20.09.2025 https://youtu.be/0RqkZ2XeN1A?feature=shared

REEL view from above on the valley: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0GEPa36yNrE