A good news story! Satellite-tagged Osprey 4K has reached his wintering grounds at the Pongo estuary on the coast of Guinea.

The migration took a total of 26 days between 9th September and 4th October. He spent 16 of those days actually migrating and the other 10 at his stop-over site at Baie des Veys in Northern France. The total distance of his migration was 5280km (3280 miles).

In comparison, last year, when 4K didn’t breed, he departed on 31st August and arrived in Guinea on 23rd September. That journey consisted of 24 days, of which 20 were travelling days and 4 days on stop-over at Baie des Veys.

Here are some images of his migration, with last year for comparison. 2022 is the red route and 2021 the white track. Its interesting to see how similar the routes through Africa are in particular.