MATS (adult male) - Pärnu County

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Autumn Birdmap: Starts 15 August. (Spring - Summer data ends 14 August.)

Migration Tracking of MATS

Bird Profile:

• Sex: Male

• Age: unknown, adult

• Origin: unknown

• Territory: a large Pärnu County territory from Audru to Matsalu, including the nesting site where Madi (2022) hatched

• Wintering ground: Ethiopia (Amhara Region)

• 2nd autumn migration with transmitter (tagged on 03.06.2025)

Autumn migration 2026
Data source: https://birdmap.5dvision.ee/EN/2026/aut ... =0&speed=1

0/ Departure (Left nesting area)/Migration started on: 21.07
(2025: )

- Ukraine (31.07) - Romania (04.08 - 19.08) - Ukraine (20.08 - ?) - Moldova (?) - Romania (25.08 - 26.09)

stopover:
1/ Romania: 04.08 - 19.08
2/ Romania: since 27.08 - 26.09

- Türkiye (27.09)

1/ Crossing the Sea of Marmara (Asia/Türkiye) on 28.09
(2025: on 21.09 via Marmara, western edge)

- Türkiye (28.,29.,30.09, 01.,02.,03.10)

2/ Crossing the Gulf of Iskenderun (Asia/middle East) on 04.10
2025: on 24.09

- Syria (04.10) via Lebanon to - Israel (05., 06.10 -
stopover 2025: 28.09 - 07.10
LAST DATA: Oct 09, Israel (Maoz Haim - a kibbutz located adjacent to the Jordan River in the Beit She'an valley)

Last Data 2025: 08.10, Egypt/Sinay: Al Kantalla

3/ Crossing the Gulf of Suez (Africa/Egypt)


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4/ Arrival (wintering ground)
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Continuation:
Spring migration 2027
Nesting season 2027

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birdmap description: (2025)

An adult male, who was reparing the nest and guarding the territory alone. He did not have a mate in 2025.
Mats was caught and equipped with a tracking device in early June. No earlier information about its origin. Mats' territory is quite large, extending from Audru polder in south to Matsalu Bay in north.
In the past, parent birds from the same nest have had difficulties feeding their young (e.g. Madi 2022).
Since Mats had no offspring in 2025, he started migrating early, on July 25. As an experienced migrant, he moved quite directly to the migration stopover in Romania, on the Danube floodplains. Arriving there in August 6. ..... Mats continued its migration in September 21 (2025), reaching fish ponds in Jordan valley by 26th. (stop-over)

PHOTOS birdmap

First attempt to trap Mats was unsuccessful, he did not step in fish basket, 2025 May 28


Second attempt was successful and we agreed to track Mats year around. Near the finish of the meeting, Mats and Renno, 2025 June 3
photo: https://birdmap.5dvision.ee/admin/pildi ... 151913.jpg


2025 July 10 Mats in its feeding grounds. Photo by Merike Pikkmets

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2026 June, 28. Photo by Klaas Huwel

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previous/2025 autumn migration path



previous/2025 stopover site



previous/2025 wintering site

- 1st wintering site: southern Sudan - (approx. 2 month - to 23/12)
- 2nd wintering site : Ethiopia - to the north-east from Gish Abay, a town in west-central Ethiopia)

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July 22
Hello everyone

FROM
- 21.07
- Estonia

TO
- 21.07
- Latvia: Eglupe

Black stork Mats started his migration yesterday and arrived in Latvia. Today, no GPS transmitter points were received from him.

Mats did not find a mate this year and flew around a fairly large area. He regularly visited 3 nests and also showed one previously unknown nest.

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July 31
Hello everyone

FROM
- 21.07
- Latvia: Eglupe

TO
- 31.07
- Ukraine

Mats, who has migrated, has reached Ukraine, Trauma in Romania, and Uku in Moldova.

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August 04
Hello everyone

FROM
- 31.07
- Ukraine

TO
- 04.08
- ROMANIA: Stăncuța - a village in Brăila County, Muntenia
along the Balta Mică a Brăilei Natural Park

16 days


newest localisation

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August 14
Hello everyone

stopover (since 04.08)

FROM
- 04.08
- ROMANIA: Stăncuța - a village in Brăila County, Muntenia
along the Balta Mică a Brăilei Natural Park

TO
- 14.08
- Romania: Frecăței, resp. the opposite bank: Piatra - a small rural village located in the Tulcea County, within the commune of Dăen

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August 20
Hello everyone

FROM
- 14.08
- Romania: Stăncuța - a village in Brăila County, Muntenia
along the Balta Mică a Brăilei Natural Park

TO
- travelling day
- 20.08, approx. 190 km as the crow flies
- UKRAINE: Kalachivka (Калачівка) - a small village in the Bessarabian settlement community, Bolhrad Raion, Odesa Oblast
(night in MOLDOVA, near the border)

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August 25
Hello everyone

FROM
- 20.08
- (border area) Moldova or Ukraine: Kalachivka (Калачівка) - a little village of the Bessarabian settlement community in the Bolgrad district of the Odesa region

to/from
- 25.08
- MOLDOVA: Basarabeasca

TO
travelling day
- 25.08, approx. 105 km as the crow flies
- ROMANIA: Suhurlui - Galați County, Muntenia
The Barajul Suhurlui (Suhurlui Dam) is an abandoned and uncompleted major hydro-technical project