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Valentine heads south
Nussey still going north
Larry crosses into Italy
Senan in Spain
PJ in Spain
PJ left the UK on July 2 and has been making steady progress ever since. After a brief stop near Brionne in northern France he pressed on south and by 05:55 on July 4 he was 675 Km (420 miles) south, on the France/Spain border. He has since flown a further 208 Km (130 miles) south west to his current location near the city of Salas de los infantes in Burgos Province between Logrono, Soria and Burgos in Spain.
Lambert near Blois
Carlton II in Spain
Nussey makes a U-turn!
Nussey the first to reach Africa!
As of yesterday morning Nussey is in northern Africa! He is the first of our tagged Cuckoos to make it to Africa this year and has traveled at an astonishing pace. Not only is he the first this year, he is also the earliest ever arrival date for one of tagged Cuckoos to Africa. Locations on 4 July show him 110km (70 miles) south-east of Tangier, on the northern coast of Morocco.
PJ already close to border with Spain
PJ has departed – and while it looks like he is the last to leave - it appears he was already on his way before Carlton II. Poor quality signals, which don't display on the map, indicate he was close to Brionne in northern France around 7am on 2 July, 370km (235 miles) from Suffolk.
Good quality signals on the morning of 4 July revealed that PJ was in the south of France, 685km (425 miles) further south close to the border with Spain. He is now already over 1000km (600 miles) south of his breeding grounds!