We have received no new messages from Kasper. We would imagine that his tag will re-charge and resume transmissions when he moves on, as happened with Chris and Clement after their recent ‘blackouts’, so we are waiting to see where he will pop up!
Updates from our Cuckoos
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No word on Kasper
11 Jul 2011
Lyster reluctant to leave
11 Jul 2011
Lyster appears to still be in Norfolk, in the Reedham / Loddon area, although on the last ‘on’ period of his tag we didn’t receive any accurate locations. He could start his migration this week.
Martin near Milan
11 Jul 2011
Martin remains in the same area SSW of Milan, where a fairly accurate location received on the afternoon of Saturday (9 July) placed him.
Clement surprises us in Spain
11 Jul 2011
After receiving only two messages from Clement’s tag this month and no accurate fixes, it was a relief and a surprise when his tag began transmitting yesterday afternoon. Even more surprising was the fact that he was in Spain, having moved 640km (400 miles) WSW from his previous position!
To date there have been only two ringing recoveries from Spain, one of which was in the Valencia region, slightly further south than Clement’s current position. Until now we thought he would continue his migration in a south-easterly direction, as we expect Kasper, Martin and Chris to do once they leave northern Italy, so to find him here, 100km (62 miles) north of Valencia itself and 45km (28 miles) inland from the Mediterranean coast was a big shock!
Having initially moved in a south-easterly direction out of the UK and through France, as expected, this movement in to Spain has left us intrigued to see what he will do next! – will he continue moving towards the south-west and enter West Africa, or will he resume a south-easterly heading and move into Algeria or Tunisia before crossing the Sahara?
Chris getting a move on
08 Jul 2011
Chris has continued his migration south – on Wednesday afternoon (6 July) he turned up a few km’s north of Florence, having moved 600km (375 miles) SSE since Monday morning (4 July). He was still close to here at 2000hrs that evening but then surprised us with a twilight sprint 85km (53 miles) NE over the next hour and a half! Unfortunately the ‘on’ period of Chris’ tag ended then – could this have been the start of an unexpected north-eastwards migratory movement? We await the next transmissions, due Friday night, with great interest…..
Kasper unmoved
08 Jul 2011
Kasper’s tag is still not charging well but we received good quality fixes for him on Monday evening (4 July) and yesterday morning (7 July) which place him in the same area, near Serramazzoni 50km (30 miles) west of Bologna.
Lyster still on breeding territory
08 Jul 2011
As of the evening of Tuesday (5 July) Lyster was still in the Reedham area, several fixes putting him very close to Reedham village itself. His tag has just started transmitting this morning (8 July) and the first positions suggest he is still in the same area. Dave Leech (BTO staff member) found a freshly laid Cuckoo’s egg in a Reed Warbler’s nest earlier this week, so there may still be some mating opportunities for Lyster – we would expect him to set off on migration within the next week or so though.
Martin moves east
08 Jul 2011
Fixes were received for Martin on both Monday evening (4 July) and yesterday morning (7 July) that placed him in the same area - 50km SSW of Milan, 75km NE of his previous position on the border between Piedmont and Liguria. This north-easterly movement after arrival in Italy mirrors a similar movement by Chris on Wednesday evening - see his blog for further details.
Clement not transmitting
08 Jul 2011
We have received no further positions for Clement since last Sunday (3 July), and have now had two ‘on’ periods for his tag in which no transmissions have been received. Given our recent experience with Chris we are not unduly worried but it will be a relief when we do receive some new positions for him. The charge on his tag had dropped to a very low level when we last heard from him on 3 July.
Chris comes back to life!
04 Jul 2011
Despite, in our last blog, trying to gently prepare people for a possible death in our Cuckoo family, Chris has come alive again! A series of fixes have shown his tag is charging and that he is in the Moselle region of France. He has moved southwards 280km to an area of woods, 40km west of Strasbourg. This area is a popular tourist destination with some spectacular views (try googling the "Pays du Dabo"), so hopefully he is enjoying the views!
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