Cuckoo Jim has certainly motored on since we last checked in with him on 17 June. He has flown approximately 670 km (416 miles) south in just three days and is following the path of Sussex Cuckoo Wingston. Currently just on the outskirts of the city of Montpellier, close to the Mediterranean, will his next move see him heading east through Italy or attempt a sea crossing to North Africa, perhaps via Sardinia?    

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.

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