Sayaan
Sayaan was named after Cuckoo funder Anne Master's new baby cousin. Sayaan is an old Saka name, Saka being the region of Siberia that his mum comes from, and it means “kind, generous and warm like the sun”.
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- Status:
- Active
- Tagged:
- Thursday, May 18, 2023 - 05:00
- Tagging Location:
- Knepp Estate, Sussex
- Sex:
- Male
- Age when found:
- Adult
- Satellite Tag No.:
- 242502
- Wing Length (mm):
- 221
Sayaan's journey from 02 May 2024 to 29 June 2024
Sayaan's movements
27 Jun 2024 - Sayaan swoops southwards
Since leaving the Dijon area in western France a few days ago, Sayaan has flown some 463 km (287 miles), skirting Switzerland, and crossing into Italy just to the west of Turin.
He is now in the Piedmont region, just north of Genoa, from where his next move should see him heading south through Italy and on towards the Mediterranean.
24 Jun 2024 - Sayaan sets south
Sayaan is making steady progress and has travelled around 167 km (103 miles) in recent days.
Currently in the Côte-d’Or area, he is exploring a commercially forested area just 16 km (10 miles) to the west of the city of Dijon, the capital city of the Burgundy region of eastern France.
20 Jun 2024 - Sayaan says ‘so long’ to Sussex
Having spent the breeding season in and around the Knepp Estate in West Sussex, Sayaan has now headed south. He left the English coast at Worthing on the exact same date as he did last year!
He cut across the Channel and arrived in France, just south of Dieppe after a journey of 380 km (236 miles). Sayaan then continued towards Paris, skirting the north-east of the French capital, and is currently just north of the city of Sens.
Remarkably, Sayaan is now around just 50km (31 miles) to the west of Cuach Torc!
01 May 2024 - Sayaan swoops into Sussex
Since our last update two days ago, Sayaan has covered the last 385km (239 miles) to his summer residence in West Sussex. Making a direct flight north east, he cut across Normandy before crossing The Channel and arriving in the UK near Worthing.
He is currently back at the Knepp Estate, where he was originally tagged. Since leaving the UK on 19 June 2023 Sayaan has taken a wide circular route which has seen him pass through a remarkable 21 countries!
29 Apr 2024 - Sayaan surges on
Sayaan has now crossed from Spain into France and is currently near the small picturesque town of La Gacilly, in Brittany.
He avoided a Pyranees crossing, taking a direct route from the north Spanish coast across the Bay of Biscay and arriving in the Parc Naturel Régional de Brière, by the Loire estuary, covering some 656km (407 miles).
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