Text Aivar Leito
Photos Ainar Unus
Translation Liis
Estonian text published 11.10.2017
Juvenile crane from this year with transmitter
On October 6 2017, from the morning until afternoon, an active crane migration towards south took place in western
Crane „Loode“ started at noon on October 6 from the Pähkla fields in a south-southwesterly direction across the Nasva village and then along the western part of Suur katel, the sea at the east coast of the Sõrve peninsula and southwards across the Soela (Irbe) strait to the Kolka coast in Latvia, continuing the flight over the mainland along the shore towards southwest until Ventspils. The altitude of flight above the sea was a steady 200-
Crane „Liiva“ started on October
Crane „Paslepa“ started early in the morning on October 6 from Noarootsi and then flew without stopping in an almost straight line across Haapsalu, Saastna and Virtsu and then across the Uuluti isle in a southerly direction towards the sea. After that the crane flew in a south-southeasterly direction across the Gulf of Riga landing at the western edge of the city of Riga, then continuing the flight without stopping until Krekenava in central Lithuania where it stayed. The altitude of flight over the sea was 50-
These exact data on the migration flight of cranes in
At Kihnu the migration of cranes at sea has been watched earlier by radar but the working range of the radar used was some tens of kilometres at most and allowed the flight of cranes to be observed only for a limited distance
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