On dove wings

On dove wings

Three turtles doves set for winter holidays (or austral summer holidays!), they went south directly across the Bay of Biscay.

Young turtle dove fitted with an OT3 GPS (3,5g)/ Photo credit: Stephan Tillo/MIGRALION
Start of the postnuptial migration of 3 turtle doves fitted with GPS inWestern France during the spring and summer 2024.

On dove, red on the map above, has crossed the Bay of Biscay flying at about 80km/h and between 50 and 200m high, which correspond to the height of a turbine rotor (although there isn’t any wind turbine in the region at the moment).