Thankfully, the wind turbine theory was right, Dulas had roosted on a circular balcony 10 meters up on one of the Gunfleet Sands turbines overnight. Phew.

He set off at first light the following morning, September 13th, briefly crossing the UK mainland between Ramsgate and Margate, before taking a short, 32 mile journey across the English Channel, hitting the French coast east of Calais just after 08.00 Tuesday morning.  He made good progress covering almost 170 miles before settling near Flavy-le-Meldeux in the early evening. The latest confirmed GPS reading for Dulas shows him approximately 40 miles north-east of Paris, at 10.00. Dulas started his migration at 14 weeks old exactly, 98 days, fairly late for an osprey.