Valentine

Named in memory of the tag sponsor's late father who loved bird watching.

Status:: Active
Tagged:: Wednesday, June 5, 2019 - 08:09
Tagging Location:: BTO Nunnery Lakes Reserve, Norfolk, England
Sex:: Male
Age when found:: Adult
Satellite Tag No.:: 179107
Wing Length (mm):: 234

Valentine's journey from 27 May 2020 to 09 July 2020

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10 Jul 2020 - Valentine visits the south of France

Valentine has flown a further 512 km (319 miles) south and by yesterday evening was in an area of farmland just east of Nimes. Last year his route took him further west down through Spain so it'll be interesting to see whether he flies direct to Africa from France or travels first out to Spain.

06 Jul 2020 - Valentine is in France!

On Friday 3 July Valentine left his breeding grounds in Thetford, Norfolk and flew 588 km (365 miles) south east across the Channel and into eastern France. The latest signal received from his tag at 10 am yesterday morning show that he has remained in the same area, a few miles west of Charmes in the Vosges region in north-eastern France. Valentine's route south last year took him through Spain, by 18 July he was in Morocco and by a couple of days later he was in Burkina Faso having crossed the Sahara. If he follows the same plan this year we can expect rapid progress south from Valentine.

26 May 2020 - Local movements from Carlton II, PJ and Valentine

Carlton II, PJ and Valentine are all busy flying around their breeding locations, with the odd possible feeding excursion elsewhere, in areas that might be better for their caterpillar food. Right now they will be chasing and mating with female Cuckoos (all our tagged birds are males).

04 May 2020 - Valentine is back!

Over the weekend Valentine flew the final leg of his return migration, covering 625 km (390 miles) from central France back to the BTO Nunnery Lakes Nature Reserve in Thetford, Norfolk. He is the third of our tagged Cuckoos to successfully complete their migration this year. One of our staff members spotted a tagged Cuckoo on the reserve this morning so it probably was Valentine!

28 Apr 2020 - Valentine reaches central France

Valentine has pressed on through France since our last update, covering 325 km (202 miles) in a north-westerly direction into Central France. By 21:50 last night he was in a forested area, approximately 6.5 km west of Dun-sur-Auron.

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