Updates from our Cuckoos

Having remained in the same area since he was tagged, Kasper surprised us all by turning up on the morning of Monday 13 June 240km (150 miles) to the south-east in an area of wooded scrub in the middle of an oil storage facility in Antwerp docks! We wonder whether he might have made part of this journey on board an Antwerp bound oil tanker? Kasper is the third Cuckoo to move away from his tagging location and the first to do so in a directly south-easterly direction.

At 0210 hrs on the morning of Sunday 12 June, Clement was located 300km (188 miles) south of his previous location is Burgundy – another movement due to south over the course of a weekend! Although the locations received were not very precise, by 0500 hrs he was approximately a further 65 km (40 miles) further south, 30km (18 miles) NNE of Aix-en-Provence. As first suspected when he moved due south to France, he appears to be heading to northern Italy whilst avoiding the Alps.

Lyster has remained in the area between Reedham, Cantley and Halvergate – although in the early evening of Saturday (11 June) he made another one of his brief trips, this time 15km (9 miles) south-west to the area around Brooke.

Chris remains in the Sedlescombe area in East Sussex, although in the evening of Saturday (11 June) he did make a brief excursion out to an area of woodland near Netherfield, north-west of Battle.

Martin has remained in the same area – on Saturday evening he was located at Martham Fen. Perhaps a good area for female Cuckoos on the look out for Reed Warbler nests.

Clement has remained in the same area of central Burgundy that he was last located in, a couple of accurate fixes apparently identifying the particular woodland he has settled near to or in.

Chris remains in the Sedlescombe area but appears to have moved slightly west.

Martin continues to move around the area inland of Winterton Dunes and south of Hickling Broad.

Lyster remains in the area just north of Reedham although on Thursday morning he made a brief excursion down the Waveney valley to near Haddiscoe.

Kasper remains in the Hickling Broad and Horsey area.