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Cuach Cores moves further into the Congo Basin
Cuach Cores has flown 234km (146 miles) south within the Democratic Republic of the Congo, taking him deeper into the Congo Basin.
He is now approximately 90km south of the town of Bumba and just south of the Tshuapa River.
Trent moves north in Angola
Trent moves north in Angola
Trent is still the most southerly of all our Cuckoos, having made it all the way to Angola.
Over recent days he has flown 100km north from his last location, so he is now 85km (52 miles) due east of the capital Luanda. Cuckoos Chris and PJ both visited Angola and are among our longest lived birds, so hopefully, Trent will have the same luck.
Cuach Cores moves east in Central African Republic
Cuach Cores has moved 243km (151 miles) east within CAR to his current location on the banks of the Kotto River in the southern tip of the Haute-Kotto prefecture.
Although October signals the end of the wet season in CAR, there have been significant thunderstorms in this area during the last week and above average rainfall so far for the month of November.
Bluey bursts back into life
Having spent three months in North-West Nigeria and lagging significantly behind the other Cuckoos, we were fearing the worst for Sussex Cuckoo Bluey. So we were thrilled when we received new updates over the last few days showing that he had flown 540km (335 miles) south-east from Nigeria to Cameroon.
Three months in one area is quite exceptional for our Cuckoos so the areas Bluey was using in Nigeria must have been very good for him. His departure occurred just after the end of the rains at that location, likely very significant given his occupation of gallery forest along seasonal watercourses.
Bluey is now in western Cameroon, 35km (21 miles) east of the city of Bafoussam.
Cuach Cores moves into Central African Republic
Over the last few days Cuach Cores has been moving steadily south from his last location in southern Chad.
By early yesterday morning (Tuesday 7 November) he had flown 370km (230 miles) south, taking him over the border into Central African Republic (CAR).
He is now in the western part of the Ouaka prefecture of CAR, 280km north-east of the capital Bangui.
Trent moves west in Angola
Over the last couple of days Cuckoo Trent has flown 274km (170 miles) south-west from his last location and is now in the Bengo province of Angola.
He is in a forested area close to the south-eastern edge of Angola's Quiçama National Park, approximately 100 miles south-south-east of the capital Luanga.
Trent moves south in Angola
Over the last few days Trent has been making steady progress south through Angola. He has flown 215km (134 miles), taking him to the north of the Malanje province of northern Angola.
Cuach Cores forges west to Chad
Over the last couple of days Cuach Cores has flown 730km (454 miles) east from Nigeria, over northern Cameroon and into southern Chad.
KP moves into the Congo Basin
KP has flown 405km (252 miles) south from his last location in Central African Republic to Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He is now in north-west DRC.