This dataset contains published and unpublished high-frequency GPS data of 12 soaring birds. Published data are collected from: Griffon Vulture: Harel R, Nathan R. 2018. Data from: The characteristic time scale of perceived information for decision-making: departure from thermal columns in soaring birds. Movebank Data Repository. https://www.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.46t5141d Harel R, Nathan R. 2018. The characteristic time scale of perceived information for decision-making: departure from thermal columns in soaring birds. Funct Ecol. 32(8):2065-2072. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13136 Verreaux's eagle Murgatroyd, Megan, Theoni Photopoulou, Les G. Underhill, Willem Bouten, and Arjun Amar. 2018. Where eagles soar: Fine‐resolution tracking reveals the spatiotemporal use of differential soaring modes in a large raptor. Ecology and Evolution 8, no. 13: 6788-6799. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4189. Northern Bald Ibis Voelkl B. and Fritz J. 2017. Relation between travel strategy and social organization of migrating birds with special consideration of formation flight in the northern bald ibis. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B37220160235. http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2016.0235 Steppe Eagle Reynolds Kate V., Thomas Adrian L. R. and Taylor Graham K. 2014. Wing tucks are a response to atmospheric turbulence in the soaring flight of the steppe eagle Aquila nipalensisJ. R. Soc. Interface.1120140645. http://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2014.0645 Reynolds, K. 2015. “Soaring and Gust Response in the Steppe Eagle.” PhD thesis, University of Oxford. Lesser Kestrel Hernández-Pliego J., Rodríguez C., Bustamante J. 2015. Why Do Kestrels Soar? PLoS ONE 10(12): e0145402. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145402 https://datarepository.movebank.org/entities/datapackage/225f9132-72f9-4727-bf0f-cb27fbdc6240 The rest of the dataset is collected by Olivier Duriez, Andrea Flack and Mate Nagy.