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Read the latest updates from our Cuckoos on their epic migration between the UK and tropical Africa, or track their movements in real-time on our Cuckoo migration map.

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170432 in Spain not Sicily

13 Jul 2017
We thought 170432 was close to Sicily but having transmitted over the sea and not having moved onwards to land this raised a few questions! We took another look at the signals, all of which were of low quality, and found a much more likely scenario from another transmission - he was on land and actually in Spain. Some of you may have noticed the position has since been updated. 
The new tags are working in a different way to those used previously so we are still getting used to this. The 2g tag has a lower power output than the larger tag and because it is physically smaller we are finding that the solar panels are being covered to a greater extent by the bird’s feathers. This results in fewer and poorer quality locations, especially when the bird is under cover within its habitat, so more interpretation is needed.  This is new cutting edge technology and this is the first time we've trialled them. The successful development and deployment of these tags opens up exciting opportunities for future tracking projects, and would allow us to fit them to lighter and smaller birds.  Please bear with us while we get used to the new types of information we are receiving. 

170434 is named Kidman

13 Jul 2017
Kidman has been named by BBC Wildlife in honour of Rosamund Kidman Cox, the first and most long-standing Editor of the magazine.

Boris moves south to Spain

13 Jul 2017
Boris had left the wooded area in southwest France by the 10 July and headed further south to a location in central Spain, north of Cuenca.  

170433 receives a name

12 Jul 2017

Cuckoo 170433 has been named by Yolobirder and followers on Twitter after a poll of 4 choices. Mr Conkers won with 34% beating second place Frazzles at 27%.

Larry still in Croatia

07 Jul 2017
Larry is still settled in the south of the island of Cres, close to the village of Punta Kriza. We don't expect him to use this area as his stopover site, his usual site is 140km (87 miles) further south, just to the south of Lake Vrana.

170429 has a name

07 Jul 2017
It seems that giving 170429 a name prompted a reaction as during the morning of 6 July, Boris, as he is now known, transmitted for the first time outside of the UK. Boris is currently in southwest France, in an area of woodland just south of Bordeaux. Go Boris.

170435 settled close to Venice

07 Jul 2017
Locations received from 170435's tag show that he is settled close to the Piave River between Fossalta di Piave and San Dona di Piave. Looking on Google Earth the banks of the river have small areas of riverine woodland. This could prove to be 170435's staging area in preparation for his desert crossing.

170434 heads further south

07 Jul 2017
After spending a few days close to Paris, Cuckoo 170434 headed south, arriving in southeast France on 26 June and stopping for four days close to Lyon before heading east into Italy. He is currently in an area of woodland just north of Malpensa airport on the northern edge of the Po valley.

170433 in Spain

07 Jul 2017
Since we last heard from Cuckoo 170433 he has continued his journey south and has crossed the Pyrenees into Spain. He is currently in wooded habitat on the banks fo the river Salazar and close to the town of Rocaforte, 39km (24 miles) southeast of Pamplona.

Peckham getting ready to leave?

30 Jun 2017
Peckham has left his breeding grounds and as of the evening of 28 June was just south of Nottingham. Might he be the next to leave?  

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