After resting up on the Senegal river for a few days, Leri decided to make a move. On October 4th she headed west and flew for two days, crossing Senegal to reach the west coast just NE of St Louis, a distance of 309 miles. Leri has spent the best part of a week in this area now, moving along the Lampsar River. She is just south of Djoudj National Park, a perfect habitat for wintering ospreys. This was one of the locations visited by the Rutland Water team last winter and they recorded ospreys from four different countries, so she will be in good company. Not sure she will come across many that speak Welsh though!

Hopefully Leri will settle down in this area and find a few favourite perching, eating, and roosting spots. More experienced ospreys will hold loose territories over the winter months around the same areas they may have had for several years; Leri has the temperament to boss herself one of her own! Here she is being filmed for the Autumnwatch series back in July when all three youngsters were ringed and tagged.