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BTO tagged Cuckoos; The Journey Begins Again
Topic Started: Feb 7 2013, 07:02 PM (8,036 Views)
celticsparrow-Jan
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Laurie I hope Selbourne gets back okay and you manage to get a sighting :cool3:
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Davebutterflyman
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Thanks for the update Jan and i can't wait for the arrival of Cuckoos. Fingers crossed you manage to get a sighting of Selborne, Laurie.
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celticsparrow-Jan
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It is good to be able to watch their progress Dave :cool1:
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Laurie P
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celticsparrow-jan
Feb 8 2018, 08:41 AM
Laurie I hope Selbourne gets back okay and you manage to get a sighting :cool3:

Davebutterflyman
Feb 10 2018, 11:08 AM
Thanks for the update Jan and i can't wait for the arrival of Cuckoos. Fingers crossed you manage to get a sighting of Selborne, Laurie.

I hope so too Jan and Dave.

It was so frustrating last year. I was hearing his call all over the Hawkhill Inclosure , but each time I headed in that direction he's moved without me spotting him :notfair:

Anyway, I'll be keeping an eye on his tracking progress and once he arrives here I'll try to get out a.s.a.p.
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JennyWren
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:thanks: for the update Jan ... it's always a good sign to hear that the cuckoo's are making their way back to the UK :Cool:
Laurie , lets hope you have a sighting of Selborne this year :cool2:
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Night Owl
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:thanks1: for the update Jan it's great to hear they are starting to make their way back :yes:
:fingersx: they all have a safe journey.
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Davebutterflyman
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If you remember last year we had Cuckoo sightings in the first week of March so we might not have to wait too long.
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Laurie P
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Feb 11 2018, 11:15 AM
If you remember last year we had Cuckoo sightings in the first week of March so we might not have to wait too long.
For Selborne Dave, being the nearest for me, he arrived in the New Forest on 13 April 2017, and I went to his breeding ground in Hawkhill Inclosure three days later where I heard him.

So it will be interesting to see if he's any earlier this year :paul:
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Davebutterflyman
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It will be indeed Laurie. I'll be keeping an eye out for any sightings throughout the UK.
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Laurie P
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Checking the BTOs Cuckoo Tracking page, it looks like Selborne is on his way back to the UK, and hopefully back to his breeding ground in the New Forest.

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Davebutterflyman
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That's great news Laurie, hopefully he will make it back safely.
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JennyWren
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thanks Laurie ... that's good news :Cool: Tell us when you hear him :yes:
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celticsparrow-Jan
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Good news Laurie,I hope the weather warms up before the cuckoos arrive.
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Davebutterflyman
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A couple were spotted on the outskirts of London last week.
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celticsparrow-Jan
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An update on Selborne..

Selborne completes desert crossing - 28 Mar 2018
By 23 March, Selborne was on his way north and embarking on his desert crossing, having flown over Mali and into Mauritania. Signals on 25 March show he headed northwest slightly, towards the west coast of Morocco and the latest signal, received yesterday, revealed he had sucessfully completed the crossing and was north of Marrakesh.

He has taken a much more westerly route this year compared to his route through Mali and Algeria last year, though the timing is very similar. By 28 March 2017 he had left Africa and was in Spain, arriving back in the UK by 12 April 2017.

Could Selborne become the first tagged Cuckoo back to the UK this year? And if so, let's hope he brings the spring with him!

https://www.bto.org/science/migration/tracking-studies/cuckoo-tracking

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Dovetail-Marg
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Thanks for the updates Jan and Laurie. :cool:


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Alan
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I wish him well along with all the other birds coming home
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Laurie P
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Jan, I'm closely monitoring Selborne's progress on the BTO website, hoping he comes back to his regular breeding ground in Hawkhill Inclosure, New Forest.

That location is close to where I live , so I can be there pretty quickly to try and catch his mating calls :fingersx:
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Night Owl
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:thanks1: for the updates Laurie and Jan :fingersx: they all make it back safely :Cool:
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JennyWren
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:cool: Jan , thanks for the latest update ... so far so good
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