Cuach Cores
Cuach Cores was named by the National Parks & Wildlife Service after a mountain in Killarney National Park where he was tagged.
- Status:
- Active
- Tagged:
- Wednesday, May 17, 2023 - 05:00
- Tagging Location:
- Incheens, Killarney National Park, Ireland
- Sex:
- Male
- Age when found:
- Adult
- Satellite Tag No.:
- 242386
- Wing Length (mm):
- 226
Cuach Cores's journey from 17 May 2023 to 21 September 2023
Cuach Cores's movements
29 Aug 2023 - Cuach Cores moves west in France
Since our last update Cuach Cores has flown 618 km (384 miles) across France from the east to the west. He is now in the countryside north of the town of Le Pian-Médoc, near Bordeaux.
14 Aug 2023 - Cuach Cores pushes east towards Switzerland
Cuach Cores has continued his move east, flying 321 km (200 miles) east to his new location in the countryside north-west of the city of Morteau. Morteau is in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of eastern France and just 6 km or so from the Swiss border.
He is now only 215 km from the stop-over location in northern Italy that he started this part of his detour from, will he cross the Alps again back into Northern Italy?
11 Aug 2023 - Cuach Cores moves east
New updates received from Cuach Cores' tag between 3 am and 10 am this morning show that he has flown 141 km (88 miles) east from his last location.
He has spent the last few hours close to EDF's Dampierre nuclear power plant in the town of Dampierre-en-Burly, in the Loiret department of north-central France.
09 Aug 2023 - Cuach Cores moves north in France
Over the last couple of days Cuach Cores has flown 390 km (243 miles) north-west through France, taking him to the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. He is close to the town of Les Hermites, approximately 30 km (18 miles) north of Tours.
Although we have seen Cuckoos turn back on themselves before, the size of this movement makes us suspect that Cores was unable to improve his body condition at the stop-over locations he had used further south. Hopefully he will find a better feeding area now that will enable him to build up his fat reserves for the journey ahead.
07 Aug 2023 - Cuach Cores moves west
Since crossing back into France from Italy, Cuach Cores has flown 270 km (168 miles) west and is now in the Lozère department in southern France.
He is currently 8 km (5 miles) north of the town of Marvejols and very close to The Wolves of Gevaudan wildlife park.
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