Newly tagged Cuckoo Jim has joined the southbound pack and has just arrived in central France, having covered 340 km (210 miles) since leaving West Sussex at the weekend. 

As of this morning he is by the River Loire, near the town of Cloyes-sur-le-Loir, approximately 45 km (28 miles) west of the city of Orléans.

Sayaan has really taken flight and in the last couple of days and has headed 660 km (410 miles) determinedly south-east from West Sussex, and on into the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, close to the Swiss border. 

Tagged back in early June 2023, this is the third time that we will be able to follow Sayaan’s post-breeding migration! 

After a few days in Pembrokeshire, Irish-tagged bird Cuach Cores set off across the Channel, skimming the Cornish peninsula, passing Alderney and arriving on the French coast around La Hague on Sunday morning. From here, he has cracked on into western France and is currently close to Saint-Jean-de-Sauves in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. 

Cores was tagged in Killarney National Park in early June 2023, so this will be his third ‘autumn’ migration that we can follow. 

The first of our tagged Cuckoos to set off, Wingston is still leading the pack. Currently enjoying the delights of southern France, he is just north of Montpellier, close to the Mediterranean Sea. 

From here, will he head eastwards through Italy, west through Spain, or make a direct crossing into North Africa? 

Cuach Cores has already left Ireland and is now 300 km (186 miles) to the west . He is now on the Welsh coast around St Brides Bay, Pembrokeshire. 

Having arrived in Ireland on 22 April, he has spent just over six weeks in his breeding grounds!

Named by sponsors Cuckoo Broadband, Wingston Churchbill was tagged at Wisborough Green, West Sussex on May 14.

The first of our birds to start his post-breeding migration, he as already covered 520 km (323 miles), having left the UK just west of Worthing before crossing the Channel. He then headed inland toward Paris, after which he redirected toward the south-west, and our latest signal places him in the Loire Valley, between Angers and Tours. The race is on!

Meet Norman, who was tagged in Inversnaid, close to Loch Lomond on May 23. 

He has already left his main breeding area, and has moved c30 km (18 miles) south and is currently just outside the town of Dumbarton.

Jim was named in honour of former BTO Director and ornithological giant, Jim Flegg OBE. He was tagged at Wisborough Green, West Sussex on May 14

Frederic was tagged at High Fen Wildland, near Thetford in Breckland on May 21.

Ashok was tagged on May 31 at Suffolk Wildlife Trust’s Worlingham Marshes reserve in the Broads National Park. 

Ashok is sponsored by all at Xenolith Ltd and is named in memory of Ashok Kumar Kapur.