Read the latest updates from our Cuckoos on their epic migration between the UK and tropical Africa, or track their movements in real-time on our Cuckoo migration map.
After a spell in Ivory Coast, Joe has forged 2,240km (1,391 miles) north and is now just crossing into western Algeria, on the borders with Western Sahara and Morocco.
His current location puts him just c500km (310 miles) due east of the Canary Islands!
Joe has flown 111km (69 miles) west from Ghana into Ivory Coast.
He is now 8km (5 miles) north-west of the town of Ettrokro in east-central Ivory Coast.
Over the last few days Joe has flown 1,443km (897 miles) west, taking him out of Cameroon and into Ghana, via Nigeria, Benin and Togo.
His route has taken him across the north end of Lake Volta and onwards west towards the town of Kintampo in the Bono East Region of Ghana.
In 2023 Joe made this same move west two weeks earlier, arriving in Ghana on 27 Feb. He then remained around the Ghana/Ivory Coast border until early April before popping up again in southern France on 9 April and returning to the UK on 24 April.
New updates received from Joe's tag early this morning show that he has flown 636km (395 miles) north west through Cameroon. He is now approximately 75km east of the city of Bafoussam in the West region of Cameroon.
Since our last update Joe has flown 250km (155 miles) north west from his last location in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, over the border into the Republic of Congo.
He is now in north-eastern Congo, approximately 85km south of the town of Impfondo.
Joe remains on his wintering grounds in the Congo Basin.
He is currently near a large oxbow lake on the Busira RIver in north-west Democratic Republic of the Congo. We expect to see Joe moving west soon.
Earlier this week, Joe left southern Chad and flew 930km (578 miles) south to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
He is currently 300km north-west of Torc, on the banks of the Busira river in the rainforest of the Congo Basin.
Over the last few days Joe has flown 600 km (373 miles) east from Nigeria, over northern Cameroon and into southern Chad.
He is now 25 km (15.5 miles) south east of the city of Bousso in the Chari-Baguirmi region of Chad.
Having had a brief rest after completing his desert crossing, new updates received from Joe's tag this morning show that he has flown 440 km (273 miles) south–east, from Niger and into Nigeria.
He is now a few miles east of Jalam in the Bauchi region in north–east Nigeria.
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