Nick near Le Mans, France

02 Jul 2013

On the morning of 30 June, Nick’s tag beamed transmissions from a new location in France, having travelled 490km (305 miles) from his previous position just south of Wicken Fen. He was in the Pays de la Lore region, and was close to Parcé-sur-Sarthe, roughly 35 km ( 22 miles) south-west from Le Mans, host to the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans sports car race. Signals later that morning show him in the area of Avoise, through which the Sarthe river flows. He is the eighth tagged Cuckoo to leave the UK.

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