Table 1. Detail of the migration schedule of the five Turtle doves equipped with geolocators in 2009 (birds #1–3) and 2010 (birds #4–5).
| Autumn migration | Spring migration | ||||||||
| Bird | Data | Significant shift in longitudea | Most western locationa | Main wintering groundsb | Eastwards shift | Departure fromwintering grounds | No. of traveldays | Distancec | Speed (km.day−1)d |
| #1 | Partial | 10 Sept | 18 Sept | Mauritania/Mali/Guinea | 17 Nov | 25 Apr | 4 | 1 568 km | 392.0 |
| #2 | Good | 6 Sept | 21 Sept | Mauritania/Mali | 22 Nov | 12 Apr | 6 | 2 350 km | 391.7 |
| #3 | Good | 5 Sept | 16 Sept | Mali/Burkina Faso/Ivory Coast | 24 Apr | 2.5 | 2 031 km | 812.4 | |
| #4 | Good | 13 sept | 05 Oct | Mauritania/Mali/ | 25 Apr | 6.5 | 1 561 km | 240.1 | |
| #5 | Partial | 31 Aug | 10 Sept | Mauritania/Mali/Guinea | 13 Apr | 4 | 1 682 km | 420.5 | |
a
Values are derived from Fig. 1.
b
Locations of the core wintering areas (50% Kernels) are in bold.
c
Cumulate distance between successive fixes.
d
Calculated as distance/No of travel days.