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26th March
Logie was at roost at 0400-0500GMT, at 9am she was 14 kilometres north past Los Arcos; at 10am she was flying N at 41km/h at 933 metres. At 1200 GMT she was flying west at 21km/h over Zumala on the coast of the Bay of Biscay. An hour later she was perched for several hours at the bottom of the cliffs about 3 kilometres to the SW. At 1634GMT she was a further SW inland from Lekeitio. The day's flight was 113 Kilometres. The weather was rain and clouds, with 13mph west winds, which was not suitable for setting off across the sea. The forecast for tomorrow in heavy rain and west winds, so she may be delayed on north coast of Spain.
30th March
Just home from helping to host a 3 day beaver conservation study tour in Bavaria and neither of our rural hotels had wireless internet connections and two other possibilities, in our hectic (and very interesting) tour of beaver sites, had wireless internet but did not know their passwords - so this evening a rapid look at Logie's position. My sincere apologies for the break in updating Logie's webpage, and especially sorry to those who were worried she was lost at sea.
After reaching the Bay of Biscay coast, there has been a series of cloudy, rainy days with westerly winds, and she has decided to wait for better weather before heading north. Logie has been on the coasts north and east of Bilbao in northern Spain. Most days she has been around the estuary of the River Mundaka which runs into the Bay of Biscay, from Guernica. It looks a very good place for fishing ospreys. As soon as the weather improves she should head north and I'm pleased that I can now update regularly the rest of her migration.
Either later this evening or tomorrow morning I will fill out the details of her sojourn on the Basque coast. The weather there this evening is still rainy, with heavy showers, overcast and light west winds.
Logie spent all of Sunday 30th March around the Mundaka estuary. She was roosting in trees on the eastern shore at 0400-0500GMT; then moved east in to the forest for a couple of hours. At 0800GMT she was in mid estuary, and then spent the rest of the day in trees at the north end of the forest. At dusk, she was roosting in the south of the forest, two kilometres from the estuary.
31st March
Logie has spent another day around the Mindaka estuary, which is called the Urdaibal Biosphere Reserve. At 0400GMT she was roosting in the hill forest north of Kanala, an hour later closer to the estuary; then back in the hills 0600-0700. She moved a kilometre north for three hours, then back near roost, before flying our into the estuary, north of Isla,at 1600GMT; finally she moved SE in to the forest again. It was rainy most of the day. Tomorrow's forecast is similar with showers and light west winds in northern Spain and SW France; clearer sunny weather is forecast for Wednesday - may be she will move on soon.
Big news at home is that a male osprey was on Logie's nest at 11.30am and was almost certainly her mate from last year, although I did not identify his colour ring before he flew off, almost certainly to fish. It looked as though he had just arrived from migration - in excellent bright plumage but looking very empty and hungry. The male in the next nest also arrived today.
Further Reading:
Next report: Logie heads into France
Last report: Logie starts her migration
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