Updates from our Cuckoos

Skinner’s last transmission from Spain was on 7 August and by the evening of 9 August, Skinner had left the country, crossed the sea, flown over the Atlas Mountains and was continuing south over Algeria. A series of transmissions show him continuing his migration over the evening of the 9 and throughout the day of 10 August.  Further transmissions received today reveal he rested in the desert for several hours before continuing onwards and a good location shows him later on in central Mali. Since the 7 August he has flown at least 2805km (1745 miles)!

Transmissions on 26 July still place Skinner in Spain, to the east of Checa in the Guadalajara region. 

By the morning of the 10 July it appears that Skinner had left the Netherlands and ventured south to central France, where he was 55km (35 miles) north of Lyon.  Poor signals this morning indicate he has continued to Spain and is in the Catalonia region,  675km (420 miles) from his location in France. If this is confirmed by further transmissions, he will be the second of our Cuckoos tagged in 2013 to venture in to Spain. 

Skinner becomes the tenth of our tagged Cuckoos to leave and he, like BB, has travelled to The Netherlands. Transmissions place him in the south-east in the De Maasduinen National Park, close to the border with Germany. The park consists of forests and heathlands on a sandy plateau along the river Meuse.

Cuckoo 128302 has been named Skinner after Norfolk farmer, broadcaster and BTO supporter, Chris Skinner.