Locations received from Peckham's tag on 21 May showed that he was back in the UK and that he was close to the Gloucestershire/Herefordshire border, between Aston Ingham and Little Gorsley. However, we received a series of poor locations on 22 May that showed he was on his way back to the Yorkshire Dales, and when we next hear from his tag we expect him to be back at his tagging location near Sedbergh.
Updates from our Cuckoos
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Peckham back in the UK
23 May 2017
Larry settled in the Forest of Bowland
23 May 2017
Larry is visiting all parts of the Forest of Bowland but is currently focussing most of his attention on an area between Stocks Reservoir and Botton Head.
Where's David?
23 May 2017
We still haven't given up on David. On 24 May a team from BTO Wales will be going out to the area close to Tregaron that David showed great site faithfulness to in a bid to see him. They will be looking for any calling Cuckoos in the area and, if they find any, take a closer look to see if they can see the tell-tale antenna of the satellite tag.
Silence from David
17 May 2017
There have been no further signals from David's tag. In previous years David has returned to the UK between 28 April and the 14 May so he would have expected him to be on the move from his wintering location, if not back on his breeding grounds by now. Everything points to a loss of contact due to battery degradation (the tag is now quite old). We are holding out for a little longer before changing his status to inactive.
Peckham moves north
09 May 2017
Signals on May 7 show that Peckham had embarked on his desert crossing and was in the Sahara desert. When the tag switched off he hadn't yet completed the crossing. However, signals received in the last few hours show he has successfully reached Spain and completed his desert crossing. The map should update shortly to show him in the Sierra Morena Mountains.
Larry back on breeding grounds
09 May 2017
Recent signals from Larry's tag show that he left the south coast and continued north to arrive back on his breeding grounds in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire by May 7.
Victor returns
09 May 2017
By 3 May, Victor was in northern France, close to Rouen. Just a couple of days later and a further 350 km (220 miles) and he was back in the UK, at his breeding grounds on the Norfolk/Suffolk border by 5 May. He is the fourth of our tagged Cuckoos to arrive this spring.
Larry makes south coast
02 May 2017
From Spain, Larry has traveled around 905 km (565 miles) to arrive on the south coast of England by the afternoon of 1 May. He is currently located between Sidmouth and Exmouth near the Sawmill Reservoir, Yettington. He still has around 350km (220 miles) to go to reach his breeding grounds at the Forest of Bowland,Lancashire. He is the third of our tagged Cuckoos to return to the UK this year.
PJ returns to UK
02 May 2017
PJ has returned back to his breeding area, transmitting from Suffolk on 29 April. He covered the 495 km (305 miles) from his previous location in France during the late evening of 27 into 28 April. Since he arrived he has been moving around the Thetford and Mildenhall area, close to Kings Forest where he was tagged. He is the second of our tagged Cuckoos to make it back this year.
Victor continues north
02 May 2017
Victor has flown a further 290km (180 miles) north within France and is now in the La Brenne Regional Nature Park, east of Poitiers. The park covers 166,000 hectares and is dotted with over 2,000 lakes and ponds. Hopefully this is a good area for him to feed and rest in but we might expect him to continue his journey any time soon.
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