Updates from our Cuckoos

Another good strong signal was received for Lyster on the 22 January at 20.38 which showed no change in his movements.

A couple of poor transmissions suggest no movement from Lyster from the area that he has now been in since 8 November.

 We last heard from Lyster on 29 December, a transmission that showed he was still on the Teke Plateau.

Lyster is close to Clement and Martin (who came down from Central African Republic a week ago) on the Teke Plateau, using forest patches in this grassland/forest mosaic.  Despite being the last Cuckoo to leave Britain, Lyster was the second (after Kasper) to reach this far south, and has been there since 8 November. His closest neighbour is Clement – the other Cuckoo who left Europe via Iberia and entered the far western part of the African continent. They are approximately 90km apart – the distance that separates the locations at which they were tagged in East Anglia.

As of 15.00 on 14 December, Lyster was still in Congo, on the edge of cleared rainforest.

A strong transmission from Lyster at 08.50 on Wednesday 7 December shows that he is still around 80km south of Clement in the Congo Rainforest.

Lyster is still in Congo, close to Ewo. He has been in in this area since 8 November. Lyster and Clement were tagged within 80km of each other when they were tagged in East Anglia. Both took the western route around the Mediterranean, and through West Africa to arrive in Congo. Both are now just 82km apart.

Lyster last transmitted on the 10 November and we are expecting another transmission soon. He was still close to Ewo on the 10th.

On the 4 November we received transmissions showing that Lyster was on the move, back-tracking in a northerly direction. He moved around 50km away from the tributary that was nearby, and is now located near Ewo.  If you zoom in on the map you can see this movement more closely.