A data transmission from Thomas' tag on Wednesday morning showed that he has flown 530 miles (852 Km) West from his last location in south west Nigeria to his new location in Ivory Coast. He is now in the east of Ivory Coast, 110 miles (177 Km) north east of the capital Yamoussoukro. He is just 5 miles (8 Km) east of Sherwood Cuckoo Robinson and 30 miles (48 Km) north west of Sussex Cuckoo Knepp.
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Thomas heads West
29 Mar 2019
Thomas has moved west
18 Mar 2019
Thomas is still in Nigeria but has moved 373km (231 miles) to the west. He is in an area of forest to the south of the town of Osu.
Thomas leaves the Wildlife Sanctuary
04 Mar 2019
Having spent the whole of February in the Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary, on the 1 March Thomas moved 65km (41 miles) north and west leaving it behind him. He is currently in farmland to the north of Adipke, Nigeria.
Thomas still in the wildlife sanctuary
25 Feb 2019
Thomas has been in the Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary, Nigeria for a month now. He seems settled in the northern part of the park in fairly thick forest.
Thomas still in Nigeria
14 Feb 2019
Thomas is still close to the border with Cameroon and just to the east of the Afi Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary. It might not be too long before we see Thomas make a concerted move west.
Thomas on his way back
01 Feb 2019
Thomas' tag gave us a series of locations during the early hours of 31 January that put him in the southeast corner of Nigeria, close to the border with Cameroon. He is just over 1,000km (600 miles) from his last location in Gabon.
Thomas on the move
03 Jan 2019
Having not moved much during the last 10 weeks, Thomas headed north and east on 30 December and crossed the border into Gabon, undertaking a journey of 157km (97 miles). Thomas may well have begun the long journey back to the UK. The average spring arrival date for Cuckoo in the UK is 19 April - he has a long way to go yet.
Thomas still settled
21 Dec 2018
Thomas hasn't moved much at all since his arrival in the rainforest. Locations received from his tag during the last week show that he is alive and well and moving short distances within the forest.
Thomas settled
11 Dec 2018
Thomas is still settled in the rainforest in southwest Congo. He has moved around a little and is currently 40km (25 miles) south of his arrival point in the forest.
Thomas still in Congo
19 Nov 2018
Since arriving in the southwestern corner of Congo a month ago, Thomas hasn't moved much and seems settled in an area of dense forest. He is sending lots of locations and moving around quite a lot, albeit within the forest close to his arrival point.
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