We have received no new positions for Chris as yet (morning of 13 July) but his tag is due to start transmitting very soon.
Updates from our Cuckoos
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Where’s Chris?
Kasper moves south
As expected, Kasper’s tag sprung into life again when he moved on. In the early hours of yesterday morning (12 July) we received a location for him about 30km (18 miles) NW of the outskirts of Rome (43km (27 miles) from Vatican City). He had moved 270km (170 miles) SSE from his previous position. He is our most southerly Cuckoo, except for Clement, having departed the area in which he was tagged at the same time as him.
Lyster still here
A location received in the early hours of this morning (13 July) placed Lyster very close to Reedham. Surely he must be nearly ready to join the other Cuckoos on migration?
Martin unmoved in Italy
Martin remains in the floodplain of the river Po, 50km (30 miles) SSW of Milan, close to the town of Voghera.
Clement in Africa!!!
After surprising us by moving into Spain over the weekend, Clement has provided even more excitement overnight. Shortly before midnight (our time) he was located over the western arm of the Mediterrranean Sea, 25km (15 miles) SSE of Cabo de Gata, the south-easternmost point of Iberia. Three hours later, the next position put him 180km (112 miles) to the south-east - 45km south-east of the Algerian coast. Clement had become our first Cuckoo to make it into Africa! As of this morning (0900 BST 13 July), Clement had settled in a scrub-covered northern slope of the Atlas mountains in the Sidi-bel-Abbes region of north-western Algeria – one of the very last vegetated locations before the vast sandy and rocky expanses of the Sahara…..
Diana de Palacio (BTO Ringing Office) reports that her mother, Maria Elena, flew to visit her from Almeria Airport, just 20km (12 miles) from Cabo de Gata, last night. She took off in the opposite direction from Clement just one hour before him and reports that weather conditions were very hot, humid and cloudy at that time.
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