Yabsi

Yabsi (from Nenet language meaning unlucky or unfortunate woman)

Adult female Peregrine trapped and tagged at her breeding territory on the 12th June 2009, when her nest held an incomplete clutch of three eggs.  The nest was situated on the edge of a prominence on a high, unstable sand cliff overlooking a river.

12-30 June 2009
Location data from the Argos satellite system showed that Yabsi remained in the vicinity of her nesting territory up to the 22nd June.  On the 23rd June Yabsi had moved approx. 25 km NNE where she remained until the end of the month.  (Data not shown on tracking map as all movements were within the general breeding area).

01-31 July 2009
Yabsi ranged over the tundra and lakes ca. 25 km north of her breeding territory for a period of 26 days.  It is likely that the nest ledge had collapsed as the sand cliffs of this tundra region are very unstable. On the 19th July Yabsi had moved approx. 20 km west to the coast of the Baydaratskaya Bay, where she spent three days at the northern edge of the Erkuta River delta.  On the 23rd July Yabsi had moved approx. 25 km NNE along the coastline to another river delta, where she remained until the end of the month. (See tracking map)

01-30 August 2009
On the 1st August Yabsi had moved approx. 35 km NNE further along the coastline of the Baydaratskaya Bay to the delta of the Yuribey River, where she remained until the 15th August. On the 16th she had moved approx. 50 km southwards along the coastline, to the Tamb’yakha river delta, where she spent time close to the active breeding site of another pair of Peregrines moving back, 50 km northwards, to the Yuribey delta the following day.  Yabsi remained in the Yuribey river delta from the 17th to 20th August and on the 21st she had moved approx. 60 km south back to the area where she had settled temporarily (23rd June-18th July) after her nest had failed.  Argos locations on subsequent days showed that Yabsi was spending time in the deltas of the Baydarata, Enzor and Erkuta rivers.

01-30 September 2009
On the 4th September Yabsi moved back, 60 km northwards, to the Yuribey river delta again, where she remained until the 9th September. Beginning of autumn migration:
On the 10th September Yabsi flew 60 km south to the Payuta river and stayed there for several hours before embarking on a long flight early on the 11th September.  By midday on the 12th Yabsi was located in the forest marshes of the Ob river valley some 850 km south (approx. 100 km west of Khanty-Mansiysk).  On the following three days Yabsi was located in the forest marshes of the Konda river valley near Lugovoy, some 1050 km south of her breeding place.  On the 15th September Yabsi had moved 650 km SSW from her previous location and was now located in the Kurgan Region.  On the 16th September Yabsi had moved a further 85 km SSW and was located very close to the border of Kazakhstan. Yabsi continued SW entering Kazakhstan on the 19th. By the 22nd she had left Kazakhstan and arrived at the north western corner of the Caspian Sea. From here she travelled SSW and was located on the southern border of Iraq on the 28th. The following day she was located a further 450km SSW next to the town of Buraydah in Saudi Arabia

01 October - 30 November 2009
Yabsi spent the whole of October and November around the agricultural land near the town of Buraydah, Saudi Arabia.

Khanavey

Khanavey (from Nenet language meaning Peregrine)

Adult male Peregrine trapped and tagged at his breeding territory on the 12th June 2009, when his nest contained a clutch of 4 eggs. The nest was situated 2 m from the edge of a high sand cliff overlooking a river.  The nest mate of Khanavey has also been satellite tagged (See Pukhu)

12-30 June 2009
Khanavey spent the month close to his nest site, with 57 high resolution location coming from within an area of 12 km2 (i.e. LC2 and LC3 Argos signals).  (Data not shown on tracking map as all movements were within the general breeding area)

01-31 July 2009
Khanavey spent the month close to his nest site, with 95% of the high resolution locations coming from within an area of just 3 km2 (N = 91 LC2 and LC3 Argos signals).  (Data not shown on tracking map as all movements were within the general breeding area)

01-31 August 2009
Khanavey spent the month close to his nest site, with 95% of the high resolution locations coming from within an area of just 12 km2 (N = 114 LC2 and LC3 Argos signals).  Beginning of autumn migration: on 30th August Khanavey moved 190 km southwards to the Ob river delta.

01-30 September 2009
Khanavey spent 6 days on the Ob river delta close to village Aksarka; an area rich with waterfowl and passerine birds. Interestingly, Khanavey begin his southerly movement simultaneously with a mass migration of waders and passerine birds along the Ob river delta.  Early on the 6th September Khanavey was located 200 km SW near the village of Muzhi.  By the 7th September he had moved 180 km further S along the Ob river and stayed for several hours near Igrim.  On the 9th September we received a signal from Khanavey 525 km SSW from his previous location; he has now left the Ob river valley and was near the village of Bakaryuka, ca. 250 km from the city of Ekaterinburg.  By the 10th September Khanavey had travelled a further 870 km SW, crossed the Ural Mountains and was now located in the north of the Orenburg region.  His SW migration continued and by the 13th Khanavey was located 150 km south of Volgograd near the village of Ketchenery.  By the 16th Khanavey had crossed the Caucasian Mountains and was located near Yerevan in Armenia; he had travelled a distance of approx. 3,500 km in just 10 days. Khanavey crossed the south Armenian border continuing his migration SSW for a further 700km, arriving in the city centre of Baghdad on the 30th of September

01 October - 31 November 2009
Khanavey remained in the city of Baghdad throughout October and November

Ne-nya

Ne-nya (from Nenet language meaning younger sister)

Adult female Peregrine trapped and tagged at her breeding territory on the 26th June 2009, when her nest contained two eggs. The nest was situated on the bank of a tundra lake.

01-31 August 2009
Ne-nya spent most her time in August in the vicinity of her nest site, with 95% of the high resolution locations coming from with an area of 44 km2 (N = 155 LC2 and LC3 Argos locations). Interestingly, Ne-nya from time to time visited the active nest site of another pair of Peregrine 5 km away even though this was not her nearest neighbouring pair. (Data not shown on tracking maps as all movements were within the general breeding area).

01-30 September 2009
Ne-nya remained around her breeding territory until the 13th September.  Beginning of autumn migration: on the 14th September Ne-nya was located 260 km SSW of her nesting site, in the river Sobtiyegan valley 80 km SE from Salekhard.  By the 16th Ne-nya had travelled more than 300 km S along the Ob river to reach the confluence of the Severnaya Sosva river near the village of Aneeva. From here Ne-nya travelled 2500km SW through Russia and arrived in Ukraine on the north coast of the Black Sea. She travelled westwards along the northern coast before heading SSW and arriving on the western coast of Turkey on the 30th September

01 October - 30 November 2009
From the west coast of Turkey Ne-nya crossed over the Sea of Crete to arrive in Crete on the October the 6th. She remained in Crete throughout the rest of October and November.

Id-ne

Id-ne (from Nenet language meaning water woman, owner of water)

Adult female Peregrine trapped and tagged at her breeding territory on the 13th June 2009 when her nest contained a clutch of 4 eggs. The nest was situated on a high bank overlooking a large lake.

13-30 June 2009
During June Id-ne was located in a very limited area of 3 km2 around her nest site. (Data not shown on tracking map as all movements were within the general breeding area).

01-31 July 2009
During July Id-ne remained close to her nest site, with 95% of high resolution locations coming from within an area of 9 km2 (N = 115 LC2 and LC3 Argos locations). (Data not shown on tracking map as all movements were within the general breeding area).

01-31 August 2009
Most of the locations for Id-ne continued to come from a limited area around her nest site but during August she also made some forays to the coast of the Baydaratskaya Bay in the delta of the Erkuta river.

01-30 September 2009
In September Id-ne was located most of the time in the tundra marshes of the Erkuta river delta. On the 21st of September Id-ne begin her autumn migration and had arrived in the northern part of the Kirov region, 1400km SW of her breeding area by the end of September.

01-31 October 2009
From the northern part of the Kirov region, Id-ne continued SSW, crossing into the Ukraine on the 8th of October. From here she took a more south westerly direction through the Ukraine, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia, arriving in northern Italy on October the 21st. Just 9 days later she had travelled a further 1800km following a very linear SW path ending in western Spain just 65km away from the Portuguese border.

01-30 November 2009
Id-ne spent November near the city of Albufeira in Portugal

Ngo-ne

Ngo-ne (from Nenet language meaning islander)

Adult female Peregrine trapped and tagged at her breeding territory on the 14th June 2009, when her nest held a clutch of 4 eggs. Ngo-ne’s nest was situated on top of a sand hill and was surrounded by numerous tundra lakes.

14-30 June 2009
During June Ngo-ne was located mainly in the close vicinity of her nest site.  (Data not shown on tracking map as all movements were within the general breeding area)

01-31 July 2009
During July Ngo-ne remained close to her nest site, with 95% of high resolution locations coming from within an area of 5 km2 (N = 75 LC2 and LC3 Argos locations).  (Data not shown on tracking map as all movements were within the general breeding area)

01-31 August 2009
During August Ngo-ne remained close to her nest site, with 95% of high resolution locations coming from within an area of 11 km2 (N = 129 LC2 and LC3 Argos locations).  However, she was tracked on one foray to the coastal area of the Erkuta delta. 

01–30 September 2009
Up until the 13th September Ngo-ne spent most of her time around her nest.  Beginning of fall migration: on the 14th September Ngo-ne started to migrate and by the 15th had moved 400 km S for and was located near the village of Kazym-mys in the Ob river valley.  Just two days later she was located some 1000 km further south in the central part of the Kurgan region. From here Ngo-ne travelled 300 km SE before spending 4 days travelling SW along the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea. She spent a further 6 days migrating SW 1300 km through the centre of Iran, arriving on southern coast of Iran on the 28th of September

01 October-30 November 2009
Ngo-ne spent October and November on the south coast of Iran.

Yab-ne

Yab-ne (from Nenet language meaning happy woman)

Adult female Peregrine trapped and tagged at her breeding territory on the 15th June 2009, when her nest contained an incomplete clutch of 3 eggs. The nest was situated on the slope of sand hill, 200 m from a river bank.

15-30 June 2009
During June Yab-ne was located mainly close to her nest site.  (Data not shown on tracking maps as all movements were within the general breeding area)

01-31 July 2009
During July Yab-ne remained close to her nest site, with 95% of high resolution locations coming from within an area of 17 km2 (N = 34 LC2 and LC3 Argos locations).  Yab-ne was located a maximum of 11 km from her nest site during the month. (Data not shown on tracking maps as all movements were within the general breeding area)

01-31 August 2009
During August Yab-ne ranged further from her nesting site and was frequently located over the tundra bogs of the Erkuta river delta.

01 – 30 September 2009
Up to the 8th September Yab-ne spent most of the time around her nest site, with a few locations near the shore at the mouth of the Erkuta river delta. Beginning of autumn migration: on the 9th September Yab-ne was located 180 km S of her breeding site.  Two days later she was located a further 180 km SW in the Ob river valley 35 km E from the village of Muzhi.  On the 12th September Yab-ne was located 530 km SW in the northern part of the Sverdlovskaya region.  Yab-ne’s location the following day showed she had crossed the Ural Mountains having flown 400 km further SW and was located 30 km from Perm city.  By the 15th September she had moved 320 km further SW and was located 70 km east of Naberezhnye Chalny town.  On the 17th September Yab-ne had travelled 340 km and was located in the agricultural lands of Samarskaya region of southern Russia. On the 21^st of September Yab-ne was located a further 1000km SW on the NW corner of the Caspian Sea. She remained in this area for the rest of the month

01 October - 30 November 2009
Yab-ne remained in the same area around the agricultural land in the Republic of Dagestan throughout October and November

Sata-ne

Sata-ne (from Nenet language meaning fast, strong, aggressive)

Adult female Peregrine trapped and tagged at her breeding territory on the 15th June 2009, when her nest contained a clutch of 4 eggs. The eyrie was in an old Rough-legged Buzzard’s nest in a tributary valley of a river.

15-30 June 2009
During June Sata-ne was located mainly in the vicinity of her nest site.  (Data not shown on tracking map as all movements were within the general breeding area)

01-31 July 2009
During July Sata-ne remained close to her nest site, with 95% of high resolution locations coming from within an area of 15 km2 (N = 47 LC2 and LC3 Argos locations). 

01-31 August 2009
During August most of the locations for Sata-ne came from the vicinity of her nesting site, though during the month she also spent time hunting over the tundra marshes of the Erkuta river delta.

01-30 September 2009
Up until the 16th September Sata-ne continued to range around her nesting site and over the Erkuta river delta. She continued to range around her nesting site and over the Erkuta river delta up until the 27th of September. She then moved 100km S where she remained until October.

01-31 October 2009
On the 1st of October Sata-ne travelled 1200km S along the east side of the Ural Mountain range, before reaching the northern border of Kazakhstan on the 12th of October. She travelled SW through Kazakhstan and past the northern part of the Caspian Sea, before heading S again to arrive close to the border of Georgia.

01-30 November 2009
Sata-ne continued S and crossed Georgia and Turkey and arrived in Syria on the 6th of November.  She continued S through western Iraq and Saudi Arabia and remained on the northern coast of the red sea for 4 days before crossing S to Sudan on the 22nd of November. From here she travelled 1500km S, crossing briefly into Ethiopia and arriving in Jonglei in southern Sudan on December 1st.

Sikhirtya

Sikhirtya (from Nenet language meaning invisible, secretive, miracle)

Adult female Peregrine trapped and tagged at her breeding territory on the 16th June 2009, when her nest contained 4 eggs. Her nest was on a sandy slope overlooking a river.

15-30 June 2009
During June Sikhirtya was located mainly in the vicinity of her nest site.  (Data not shown on tracking map as all movements were within the general breeding area)

01-31 July 2009
During July Sikhirtya remained close to her nest site, with 95% of high resolution locations coming from within an area of 20 km2 (N = 41 LC2 and LC3 Argos locations).  (Data not shown on tracking map as all movements were within the general breeding area)

01-31 August 2009
During August Sikhirtya remained close to her nest site, with 95% of high resolution locations coming from within an area of 45 km2 (N = 68 LC2 and LC3 Argos locations).  (Data not shown on tracking map as all movements were within the general breeding area)

01-30 September 2009
Up until the 16th September Sikhirtya continued to range around her nesting site. Sikhirtya continued to range around her nesting site up until the 29th of September, when she begun her migration SW. She was located 500km SW of her breeding site on the 30th of September.

01-31 October 2009
Sikhirtya continued to travel SW and was located on the southern border of the Komi republic, 1000km SW of her breeding area on the 15th of October. This was the last transmission we received and either the PTT has stopped, or the bird has died.

Pukhu

Pukhu (from Nenet language meaning  wife)

Adult female paired with the male Khanavey. She was trapped and tagged at her breeding territory on the 17th June 2009.

Ranges of female Pukhu (pink) and male Khanavey (blue) during June. Pin shows nest location.

Ranges of female Pukhu (pink) and male Khanavey (blue) during July. Pin shows nest location.

01-31 July 2009
During July Pukhu remained close to her nest site, with 95% of high resolution locations coming from within an area of 8 km2 (N = 39 LC2 and LC3 Argos locations).  During the nestling phase of the breeding cycle Pukhu ranged over her wider area than her mate.  (Data not shown on tracking map as all movements were within the general breeding area)

Ranges of female Pukhu (pink) and male Khanavey (blue) during August. Pin shows nest location.

01-31 August 2009
During August Pukhu remained close to her nest site, with 95% of high resolution locations coming from within an area of 14 km2 (N = 112 LC2 and LC3 Argos locations).  As the nestlings developed Pukhu continued to range over a larger area than her mate.  (Data not shown on tracking map as all movements were within the general breeding area)

01-30 September 2009
Pukhu remained in her breeding area ranging over a large area of tundra covering 87 km2. Her mate, Khanavey, left the breeding area and set off on his autumn migration at the beginning of the month. On the 21^st of September Pukhu left her breeding area and begin her autumn migration SW.  Four days later at 03:30am she was located next to the town of Vuktyl on the Pechora river in the center of the Komi republic. From here she travelled a further 1300 km SW arriving in the Russian province of Penza on the 30^th of September

1-31 October 2009
Pukhu left Penza and travelled S, past the Black Sea on to the south coast of Turkey. From here she travelled 1400km S to the west coast of the Al Madinah region of Saudi Arabia on the 19th of October. This was the last transmission we received, and either the PTT has stopped working or the bird has died.

Khada

Khada (from Nenet language meaning elderly woman, grandmother)

Adult female Peregrine trapped and tagged at her breeding territory on the 18th June 2009, when her nest held 4 eggs. The nest was on the steep bank of small tundra lake.

15-30 June 2009
During June Khada was located mainly in the vicinity of her nest site.  (Data not shown on tracking map as all movements were within the general breeding area)

01-31 July 2009
During July Khada remained close to her nest site, with 95% of high resolution locations coming from within an area of 22 km2 (N = 41 LC2 and LC3 Argos locations).  (Data not shown on tracking map as all movements were within the general breeding area)

01-31 August 2009
During August Khada remained close to her nest site, with 95% of high resolution locations coming from within an area of 10 km2 (N = 49 LC2 and LC3 Argos locations).  (Data not shown on tracking map as all movements were within the general breeding area)

01-30 September 2009
Up until the the 21^st of September Khada continued to range around her nesting site and in the delta of the Erkuta river. She then began her autumn migration south. Nine days later she had travelled 1000km south of the breeding area, in the northern part of the Sverdlovsk Oblast near the Tavda river

01 October-30 November 2009
Khada spent October travelling 2500km SW through Russia. She arrived in the Krasnodar region adjacent to the Sea of Azov on the 17th of October and remained here for the rest of the month and throughout November.