More Greater spotted eagles in 2022
Following on from yesterday’s post (see here), today I’ll report on two other Greater spotted eagles we are tracking.
6489 was captured in December 2021. Since then we have received 13,483 locations. It has ranged almost exclusively over Al Jahra, though it did may a short journey north along the coast one day. Below is a map of its movements since 1 January 2022 (we have received 12,018 locations during 1 January – 15 February 2022.).
Movements of a Greater spotted eagle (6489) during 1 January -15 February 2022. Yellow point is most recent location. © KFAS/KEL/IAR
6488 was the first Greater spotted eagle we captured and fitted with a GPS tag, in January 2020. Since then it has travelled to the breeding grounds during the past two summers. In summer 2020 it wandered widely, mostly in western Kazakhstan (See here).
6488 flying over Al Jahra upon its return in 2021 from summering grounds in southern Russia. ©Al Kanderi
In summer 2021 it settled on an apparent territory in southern Russia. Click here to see a post about its movements in summer 2021.
It has returned each winter since capture to Al Jahra, and is still regularly seen and photographed by the Kuwait Environmental Lens team. Below is a map of its movements since 1 January 2022. Overall we have collected almost 1.7 million(!) locations for this bird, so far. Since 1 January we have collected 145,491 locations.
Movements of a Greater spotted eagle (6488) during 1 January -15 February 2022. © KFAS/KEL/IAR
