Updates from our Cuckoos

146760 is the final Cuckoo to have been named and has been called Disco Tony. The Welsh bog in which he was tagged was a particularly challenging environment to work in, being characterised by high tussocky grass. Tony Cross has been part of the team in Wales since the first bird was tagged there in 2012. On capturing this Cuckoo, Tony had to do a hopping, balancing, disco dance of a run to retrieve it. To honour Tony’s commitment to the project, and of course his disco antics, Disco Tony seemed appropriate.

On the 4 July good signals were received from Chris' tag which revealed he was in the Netherlands,close to Rotterdam. Low quality signals received a few days before this show he may well have arrived in mainland Europe earlier than this, before moving north-east to his current location. This location is further north than the locations in Belgium we have seen him use in previous years. 

David Peckham is on his way. A signal around 9.00pm on 1 July showed he had left the UK and was in Lorraine, northeastern France. He continued south east and, by 03.24 on 2 July was in Switzerland, close to Eschenbach.

Derek is still in the Norfolk Broads, in the area that he arrived in on 26 April.Last year, he left on 22 July.

Chris is still in the area of Cavenham Heath that he arrived in on 29 April. Last year he left the UK on 7 July.

David is one of four out of eighteen Cuckoos that we are following this year that is still in the UK. Last year he left Wales for France on 1 July, so, he could leave any day now.

Newly named Cuckoo, David Peckham, is on his way. He has left his tagging site in the Yorkshire Dales and is currently in Suffolk, 11km (7 miles) south of the BTO headquarters.

Cuckoo 146760 is currently unnamed but this could change in the very near future. 146760 has continued south and is currently in southern France, close to Nimes. 

Better quality signals from Fred confirm that he is still in the area close to La Roche-sur-Yon in western France. He has been in this area since he arrived there on 10 June.

Since we last heard from Jake we have received some good quality signals that show he has moved east. He is currently in central France north of Nevers.