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Interactive Great Migration Map
Explore the Great Migration month by month using GPS tracking data from migratory wildebeest between 2019 and 2023. The darker areas show where the tracked wildebeest were most commonly found each month, while the lighter areas show the wider area they travelled across.
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Great Migration at a Glance
Month | Typical area | What's happening |
|---|---|---|
January | Southern Serengeti & Ndutu | The tracked wildebeest were most concentrated across the southern plains, with a wider spread around the southern Serengeti. |
February | Ndutu & Southern Plains | The strongest concentration remained on the southern plains around the main calving period, with tracked animals also spread across the wider southern area. |
March | Southern Serengeti & Ndutu | The core distribution remained in the south, although the GPS data shows a wider spread around the southern Serengeti before the main northward movement. |
April | Southern to Central Serengeti | The distribution began shifting north. Some tracked wildebeest remained in the south while others were recorded farther north towards Moru and the central Serengeti. |
May | Central Serengeti towards the Western Corridor | The northward movement became clearer, with the core distribution moving through the central Serengeti and the wider distribution extending towards the west. |
June | Western Corridor & Central Serengeti | The tracked wildebeest were spread across a broad area, with a strong westward and northward shift through the Western Corridor and central Serengeti. |
July | Northern Serengeti | The core distribution shifted into the northern Serengeti, while the wider GPS distribution still extended farther south and west. |
August | Northern Serengeti & Mara River | The strongest concentration was in the northern Serengeti and around the Mara River, with the wider distribution extending across the surrounding northern area. |
September | Northern Serengeti | The core distribution remained in the north, while tracked wildebeest were recorded across a wider area of the northern Serengeti and Mara region. |
October | Northern to Central Serengeti | The GPS data shows a broad southward transition. The core distribution had moved farther south, while the wider distribution still included parts of the northern Serengeti and Mara region. |
November | Central Serengeti | The southward movement became clearer, with the core distribution around the central Serengeti and a much wider spread from the north towards the southern plains. |
December | Central to Southern Serengeti | The core distribution shifted farther south as tracked wildebeest moved towards the southern plains, although the wider monthly distribution remained broad. |
Please note: The Great Migration is a natural event influenced by rainfall and grazing conditions. The locations and timings shown are a general guide and can vary from year to year.
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