Updates from our Cuckoos

Of the three Cuckoos tagged on the Knepp Estate, Sussex, just over a month ago, Raymond is the only one still in Britain. How long will it be before he too makes his move across the Channel?

PJ has remained faithful to the northern part of King's Forest, Suffolk, since his arrival here on 17 April. Having been seen several times in this location it seems he is frequenting areas of the forest that are being used by at least one female Cuckoo that appears to be watching the breeding Tree Pipits. As we are coming close to the end of the Tree Pipit breeding season he could well begin his journey south soon.

Since arriving back in the UK on 8 May, Larry has remained faithful to his tagging site in the Forest of Bowland. With some of our Cuckoos now in France, Larry could leave any day now.

Lambert didn't stay long in central France. On 15 June we received locations from his tag that showed he had moved south and was 64km (39 miles) from the Mediterranean, north of Montpellier. He has travelled 806km (500 miles) since leaving the Knepp Estate in Sussex. His locations show that he is moving around wooded hillsides close to Notre-Dame-de-la-Rouviere. It will be interesting to see if he stays here or moves to the Po Valley in Northern Italy, which is a known stopover site for some of our Cuckoos.

Since having his tag fitted, Thomas spent the next 9 days moving around his tagging site in Thetford Forest, Norfolk. However, during the early morning of 14 May we recieved a series of locations from his tag that showed he had left the forest, heading southeast over East Anglia and Kent, before crossing the English Channel and flying over northern France. He didn't stop there, he is currently in the south of France, in a patch of woodland close to Langeac. He has flown 850km (528 miles) in two days and is our most southerly Cuckoo at this time.

Sherwood is poised to cross the English Channel. During the evening of 12 June, we received locations from his tag that showed he had left Sherwood Forest and was on the south coast, just north of Hayling Island. The next time we hear from him he may well be our fifth Cuckoo in France.

Locations received from Cameron's tag early on 12 June showed that he was in northern France, in the Foret Domaniale des Andaines. He has travelled 287km (178 miles) from his tagging site in the New Forest.

Tagged in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, Sherwood is now on the south coast at Chichester Harbour, 269km (167 miles) south of his tagging site. He might not stay here long but we won't hear from his tag again until Thursday afternoon - will he have crossed the English Channel?

A series of locations from Lambert's tag on Sunday put him 480km (300 miles) south east of his tagging location in Sussex. He is currently the furthest south of all of our tagged Cuckoos and is in woodland between Mezieres-en-Brenne and Chateauroux in northern central France.

Knepp has left his tagging location on the Knepp Estate in Sussex and is currently in northern France. He has spent the last few days moving around the extensive area of farmland to the north of Voves.