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Millicent in Mauritania....by richard thaxton

Just a wee blog-ette with the latest on Millie.

After her long flight on 4 September, Millie had a relatively late start at 08.00 GMT on 5 September and headed SSSW reaching altitudes up to 1200m en route. She finally came to roost in the Western Sahara, S Morocco at 18.00 GMT having travelled 415 km or so.

She left the roost early on 6 September flying S stopping at 08.00 GMT. At 12.00 GMT she crossed the Tropic of Cancer and changed direction to SSW. At 16.00 GMT she crossed the border into Mauritania travelling at an altitude of 1890m. By 20.00 GMT she was at roost 40 km NW of Akjoujt, a copper mining town and capital of the Inchiri region. She again travelled a great distance of 530 km.

September 7 was a more modest day with her only travelling 275 km. She left the roost at 08.00 GMT travelling SW towards the coast. When she was near the coast at 16.00 GMT she turned SSSE passing E of Nouakchott on the way to her roost 30 km SE of the town in the Trarza region. Over the last three days she has travelled over 1200 km.

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Millie in Senegal! - 4 minutes ago by Jen Clark

Mike has the latest on her travels:

On 8th September she travelled in a southerly direction from her overnight roost S of Nouakchott in Mauritania and at 18.00 GMT she crossed into NW Senegal coming to roost at around 20.00 GMT on a small tributary of the Senegal River. She completed another 200 km.

She had a more leisurely day on 9th September only travelling around 40 km. Between 10.00 and 14.00 GMT she was perched at different locations close to the Senegal River before flying S to arrive at Lac de Guiers, 23 km S of the town of Rosso. This is a large lake and she may well have stopped for fishing before coming to roost at 20.00 GMT close to the lake.

On 10th September she had a leisurely start leaving the area around 10.00 GMT and she may well have gone fishing in the lake before this time. By 14.00 GMT she was at the S end of the lake near the small towns of Morar and Sièr before changing direction to roost at 18.00 GMT close to the small town of Keur (house) Modibèye. A modest day’s flying of 100 km.

On 11th September she flew SE at around 10.00 GMT and at 14.00 GMT she was flying just N of the town of Linguere.

Overall she had travelled a further 430 km over the last three days making it a total of around 5350 km since leaving Loch Garten.

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More from meandering Millie

by Jen Clark

More news from our young satellite tagged ospreys courtesy of Mike. It looks like Millie is doing a bit of border hopping whilst Breagha is being as predictable as ever – which really isn't something to complain about! It looks like Millie can't quite decide where she wants to settle, having explored Senegal, she has made her way back to Mauritania and is now swithering on the border of the two countries.

Over to Mike:

Millicent has returned to Mauritania after a few days exploring what might have been a dry region of North Senegal.

The last report on 11th September at 14.00 GMT showed her flying SSE where she roosted at 18.00 GMT in what may be an area with an active or dried up river. Overall she had travelled 135 km on this day. She left the roost at around 10.00 GMT the next day and travelled only 20 km or so before turning N at 12.00 GMT and then NW at 14.00 GMT heading towards the Mauritania border eventually going to roost at 20.00 GMT to the W of the town of Mbilor Dieri, Senegal close to the Senegal River and the Mauritania border. Another 220 km had been covered on 12th September. At 10.00 GMT on 13th September she was flying over the Senegal River near the town of Richard Toll and into Mauritania where she proceeded to explore a small area over the next two days. At 14.00 GMT on 13th she was perched at the side of a small lake on a tributary of the Senegal River and she had returned to this area by 14.00 GMT on 14th September where she was perched between 14.00 and 18.00 GMT on the tributary 2.5 km NE of the town of Keur Madike on the Mauritania – Senegal border.

Meanwhile, Breagha still appears to be healthy and not doing much more than short trips around his favoured area close to the Casamance River.

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Latest position for Millie near Dagana

Posted by ALAN PETRIE on 15 Sep 2014 8:22 PM

http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/places ... 32219858=6

Perhaps she likes the Senegal River as late Ceulan from Dyfi, Wales did 2 years ago

http://dyfiospreyproject.com/blog/2012/09/senegal