My Cuckoo's a Winnner

The latest bulletin from BTO on my tagged Cucko0, JAC.

JAC wins the race home Llangollen Cuckoo JAC arrived back on Saturday.

Dear John,                  We are delighted to be able to bring you the good news this morning that two of our tagged Cuckoos have successfully completed their return journeys back to their UK breeding grounds. Llangollen Cuckoo JAC completed his migration back to his breeding grounds over the weekend. Over the last three months he has flown 8,270km (5,138 miles) on his migration north and has arrived at his breeding grounds approximately one week earlier than last year. We have now tracked him over two complete migrations to Africa and back. In 2021 he departed on 23 June and in 2022 he left on on 20 June so we expect him to stay in the World's End area for approximately two months before heading off on his return migration to the Congo.

 

My Cuckoo still moving north.

 The latest bulletin from the BTO.

 The Cuckoos have been very active since our last update and we have a new leader in the race back to the UK. When we last updated you Llangollen Cuckoo JAC had become the first of our tagged birds to cross the Sahara and he continued straight on to Spain. He has since flown a further 515km (320 miles) north east from his last location in Andalusia. He is now close to the village of Graja de Campalbo in the province of Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha.