After spending a couple of weeks around Voves in northern France, Knepp has moved south and west. He is currently in western France close to a block of woodland north of La Ferriere-en-Parthenay, 223km (138 miles) from his northern stopover.
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Knepp has moved again
02 Jul 2018
Carlton II has left the UK
02 Jul 2018
A series of locations received around breakfast on 2 July show that Carlton II has finally left his Suffolk home and headed south. Having made the move he has gone for it. He is on the western outskirts of Bordeaux, 881km (547 miles) southwest of Carlton Marshes. This should show on the map when they automatically update tomorrow morning.
Cameron heads south - and west
02 Jul 2018
Since crossing the Channel and spending a bit of time in the Foret Domaniale des Andaines, Cameron has moved again. He is currently moving around small pockets of woodland just to the northwest of Saint-Denis-d'Anjou, 239km (148 miles) south west of his previous stop.
Selborne on the west coast of France
26 Jun 2018
Selborne didn't stay very long in northern France. He is currently on the west coast, to the east of Rochefort.
Raymond isn't hanging around
26 Jun 2018
Since leaving the Knepp Estate it seems that Raymond has the bit between the teeth. Having spent only a couple of days in northern France, by 22 June he was on the move again. Locations received mid-afternoon on 24 June showed that he had crossed the western end of the Pyrenees and continued south into Castilla y Leon in northern Spain. He is currently moving around wooded hillsides close to Olvega.
PJ has left the forest
26 Jun 2018
A series of locations received from PJ's tag on the evening of 23 June showed that he was no longer in Thetford Forest, Norfolk and that he was in northern France. He is currently in Burgundy, between Carisey and Tissey, an area of farmland interspersed with fairly large tracts of woodland.
Amazing movement from Larry
26 Jun 2018
On the evening of 20 June, Larry was still at his tagging site in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire. On the evening of 22 June he was 1,554km (964 miles) south east of that location and in Slovenia. Having moved a little further south since, he is currenlty on the Croatian island of Cres. He stopped here in 2017, arriving on 22 June, this year he arrived there a day later. In 2017 he remained on the island until 17 July before moving to southern Italy.
Sylvester is off
22 Jun 2018
During the evening of 21 June we received a series of locations from Sylvester's tag that showed he was in northern France, in the area of the Somme close to Amiens.
Sherwood has crossed the Channel
22 Jun 2018
Having spent a bit of time around the Hayling Island area in Hampshire, Sherwood is now in northern France and is moving around pockets of woodland on the banks of the Seine, close to Gaillon.
Selborne heading south again
22 Jun 2018
Having successfully completed a full migration to and from Africa Selborne is on his way again. He is currently in the area he used as a stopover last year and close to Chateaubriant.
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