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BTO tagged Cuckoos; The Journey Begins Again
Topic Started: Feb 7 2013, 07:02 PM (8,035 Views)
AnnB
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C'mon Selborne!

Laurie, I do so hope you get to see him.
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Davebutterflyman
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Thanks for the latest update Jan.
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Laurie P
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Selborne is getting closer - he's now in Southern Spain.

This is the latest Tracking info from the BTO website:

Selborne in Spain - 04 Apr 2018

Selborne is the first of our Cuckoos to return to Europe this year. Having successfully crossed the desert he spent a few days resting north of Morocco, but was on the move again in the early hours of 3 April. By lunchtime he had crossed the ocean and was in southern Spain, just north of Linares. He is on the edge of the Sierra de Andújar Natural Park, part of the immense Sierra Morena mountain range which stretches for 400 kilometres east-west across southern Spain. It's heavily covered by Mediterranean forest and scrubland and is home to endangered species such as the lynx, wolf, black vulture and imperial eagle.


I'm feeling a great sense of expectation now :yay:
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Davebutterflyman
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Looking very positive Laurie!
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Night Owl
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Thank you for the update Laurie :cool: It's looking quite likely Selborne will be the first to return :yep:
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Davebutterflyman
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Another untagged Cuckoo spotted in Hampshire yesterday.
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JennyWren
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:clap4: it'd be nice to know where the untagged have flown from Dave ... shame we've no info .

Fingers crossed for the last few miles Laurie :Cool:
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Laurie P
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Hopefully it won't be too much longer :fingersx:
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Davebutterflyman
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No way of telling which is a shame Jen.
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Davebutterflyman
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Three more Cuckoo sightings yesterday.
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celticsparrow-Jan
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Good to hear of all those sightings Dave.

Laurie Selborne is even closer now :cool3:

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Selborne heads north - 09 Apr 2018
During the afternoon of 7 April we received a location from Selborne's tag that showed he had left Spain and was in southern France, just south of Tartas. He is 811km (503 miles) south of the New Forest, Hampshire, where he was tagged in the spring of 2016.

PJ leading the pack - 09 Apr 2018
Around mid-morning on 8 April we received a couple of locations that showed PJ was in France, 1,863km (1,150 miles) north of his last location in Morocco. His last location in Morocco was at 23.21 on Friday 6 April. He is currently just north of Redon, 553km (343 miles) from Kings Forest, Suffolk where he was tagged in June 2016. It will be interesting to see how long he needs to recover before heading back to his tagging site.

Victor heading west - 06 Apr 2018
During the evening of 2 April we received a couple of locatrions that showed Victor has begun to move west and has crossed the border in to Ivory Coast. It will be interesting to see where he is when we next hear from him. Will he haved moved further west or begun his desert crossing?
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AnnB
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Great updates, thank you Jan.
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Night Owl
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:thankyou2: for the update Jan it;s looking very promising Laurie that Selborne will be the first back or could PJ be the dark horse and pip him to the post :grin:
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Davebutterflyman
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Thanks for that update Jan.
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Night Owl
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I've just been looking at the map showing all the locations of the Cuckoos and I've got my money on PJ being the fist back :yep:

https://www.bto.org/science/migration/tracking-studies/cuckoo-tracking
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Davebutterflyman
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Looks like that might be a sound bet Julie.
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celticsparrow-Jan
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Julie it could be PJ or Selborne they are both close and either/both could arrive this weekend

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Will PJ or Selborne be back first? - 12 Apr 2018
With both PJ and Selborne in France, the bets are on as to which will be the first back to the UK. While Selborne was the first to arrive in Europe, PJ has now leap-frogged his last location and is further north and closer to home. The weather looks set to take a turn for the better this weekend so perhaps they will time their arrivals to coincide with the arrival of spring!

Victor is crossing the desert - 12 Apr 2018
The latest signals, received yesterday, show that Victor is also on his way home and was mid-way through his desert crossing. The location yesterday afternoon placed him in Algeria, 1950km (1210 miles) from his last location in Ivory Coast. A further poor quality signal indicates he continued on a further 235km (145 miles) so we will have to wait for further signals to see where he is and whether he has completed his desert crossing. He is the third of our tagged Cuckoos to cross the desert this year and is ahead of last year's schedule, where he had completed his desert crossing by 23 April and was back in the UK by 6 May.
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JennyWren
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Thanks for the latest Jan :cool3: It looks as though PJ is making a spurt for home , and at this rate he could be here before Selborne ...... who knows :)
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Night Owl
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Thank you for the update Jan it will be interesting see who makes it back first :cool1:

Come on PJ :)
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Davebutterflyman
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Thanks for the latest update Jan.
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