We fitted two young Egyptian vultures with tracking devices in January. These are solar-powered GPS-GSM devices that record the GPS location of the tag and then sends that information, via SMS, over the mobile phone network. These differ from the ones we used last year, which recorded the GPS location, then sent the data via the Argos system of satellites. Below is a picture of one of the birds with its tag.
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| Egyptian vulture fitted with a solar-powered GPS-GSM tag. (photo: M. McGrady) |
Since tagging the birds have been moving in areas frequented by the birds tagged in 2015, to the east and south east of the rubbish dump at Al Multaquaa.
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| Locations of two Egyptian vultures fitted with GPS-GSM transmitters. One is currently in the mountains west of Sifa and the other is NW of Tiwi. The shaded area is the Al Salil Protected Area. |
Particular thanks for the January effort goes to people at Be'ah, MECA, ESO and Sita-Suez, Glyn Barrett and Faisal Al Lamki
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