Tagged bird update
Macha continued to spend time in the northern Pennines, not far from the Stainmore Gap. Unfortunately, Charlie died around a week ago. His body was recovered and is being sent for a full post-mortem.
Tagged bird update
Charlie is still in south Wales, east of Sarn, near Bridgend. Macha is still in the Pennines, heading north near Balderhead Reservoir.
Tagged bird update
Charlie continued his explorations of south Wales, first heading south towards Caldicot, before turning west to end the fortnight near Sarn, north of Bridgend. Macha hasn’t transmitted much in the last couple of weeks, but gave us some good data near to Balderhead Reservoir in the Pennines.
Our satellite-tagged hen harriers
Charlie has had a busy fortnight, heading south from Bowland to reach the eastern end of the Brecon Beacons, most recently transmitting just north of Abergavenny. Macha continued to spend time in the Pennines, not far from Bowes.
Our satellite-tagged birds
Charlie continued to spend time in the Forest of Bowland, generally in the southeast, close to Dunsop Bridge. Macha had a busy few weeks, heading southeast to the coast near Bempton, then inland towards Leeds before moving north through the Pennines to end the period on moorland north of the Stainmore Gap. Data received in […]
Our satellite-tagged hen harriers
Charlie headed south into England on the 10 October. He took a relatively direct route to Bowland, and spent the fortnight exploring the area, finishing the period near Dunsop Bridge. Macha spent most of the last fortnight in the same area near Bowes, before heading southeast to finish the period on Spaunton Moor, near Thorgill […]
Our satellite-tagged birds
Charlie has been doing north-south runs in the last couple of weeks, moving several times between the Ettrick area and the hills northeast of Langholm. Iris (the third youngster) explored the area around Lairg in the middle of the last fortnight before heading back south to end the period north of Loch an Lagain, northeast […]
Our satellite-tagged birds
First news of our satellite-tagged birds! Charlie, tagged on 29 June, spent some time exploring the moorland east of Langholm town, before heading north and ending the fortnight in the area of Twislehope Burn. Macha, tagged on 4 July, spent the fortnight exploring the Croasdale area, west of Stocks Reservoir. Updates for our third bird, […]