Well, just when I thought it was going to be 'no change' from either Mallachie or Rothes, Mallachie decided to move on over the weekend. She was in the vicinity she's been in for the last little while through to 11am on 9th (Friday). By 2pm on Friday she was heading south at quite a height (over 1000m at times - not to hit the mountains...) more or less following the border between Portugal and Spain. She spent Friday night near Rosal de la Frontera and then continued S on Saturday. At 12noon on Saturday she was over the sea, making landfall in Morocco S of Oulad Mahdi by 5pm. She headed inland to roost N of Sidi Yahya du Rharb, and then continued S on Sunday passing Tiflet. I've only got data up until 2pm yesterday (11th) and so tomorrow it'll be interesting to see how far she's continued on.
Rothes meanwhile headed S from Ganjetra on Friday morning (9th) and followed the coast. At 1pm she turned W and headed back onto the islands - first to Ilha Roxa then NW to I de Rubane and then to Ilha de Bubaque where she roosted. On Saturday she visited a few more islands - I de Uracane, Ilha Carache and Ilha Caravela where she roosted. The latest point I have for Rothes is also 2pm on Sunday (11th) when she was back on Ilha de Carache.
I'll update again tomorrow. I'm sorry it seems to take a while for the map to update. The data I've talked about is all entered before I write this blog, but it doesn't get put onto the website map until the evening (and this can take a while to happen if there is lots of other stuff on the RSPB website needing to be 'updated').
Have a nice evening.
Thanks so much Alice. Great news about Mallachie. She seemed so happy to be pottering around I thought she would hang around for a little longer.
Super stuff:)
yeha, great news Alice, what a lot has happened over the weekend. Thanks for explaining all about the updating.
Thanks Alice. Best wishes and good luck to Mallachie on her journey. I'm sure Rothes will want to visit all of the islands before she's satisfied.
Excellent news, thanks Alice. Looking forward to tomorrow to see how much further Mallachie has travelled ... and how many more islands Rothes has visited ... she obviously wants a 'full house'!!
Thanks so much Alice for taking the time to post updates on the girls. Mallachie and Rothes can sure kick it into "overdrive" when they put their minds to it. Just amazing.
That is certainly unexpected news of Mallachie. I hope all now goes well for her. Rothes seems to be happy to continue exploring.
Thank you Alice.
Thanks, Alice; hope you had a good weekend.
So pleased Rothes is back in the Islands - has a safer sound to me, probably after loss of Nethy last year. Hope Mallachie manages round the coast and doesn't get too far inland over the desert.
thanks alice
good news for both the osps, let's hope it continues. wouldn't it just be the icing on the cake if someone could give us info on garten
Thanks for the extremely interesting update Alice. Seems like Mallachie was biding her time. Maybe she will join Rothes in the Bijagos Islands. Time will tell. All good news.
Thanks for the update Alice, didn't exspect mallachie to be in africa when i loged on i thought she was settled where she was in portugal
Rosal de la Frontera is exactly on Rothes migration track.
Was sure they would both go to Africa. Great news. Hope Garten is there too. thanks Alice.
Well spotted, Alan. Thanks Alice, for the up-date
I'm rather glad that Rothes has moved away from the area where Nethy was last year
PS: Many thanks for keeping us updated regularly
Alice many thanks and what a surprise for us. As someone else has said they can certainly go into overdrive when needed. I think Rothes will stay where she is for now so she can finish exploring the area. Soosin it would be great if Garten was there with them. She was such a feisty thing that I am sure she is safe as well.