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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.

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Lyster moves eastwards

06 Oct 2011
By the early hours of yesterday morning Lyster had moved just over 900km ESE from his previous location in Mali and is now in Burkina Faso. He is now about 30km NNW of the town of Leo in southern Burkina, not far from the border with Ghana.
 
This places him 80km west of the Nazinga Game Reserve, which is one of the sites we have surveyed in our ‘Migrants in Africa’ project (some of which has been funded by the Out of Africa Appeal) carried out in collaboration with the RSPB, Ghana Wildlife Society and Naturama. To find out more about the work we have undertaken here, take a look at fieldwork project blog.
 
The new field season for this winter is just about to start so check back in a couple of weeks to find out how the team is getting on. We won’t be working in Burkina Faso this winter but will be carrying out detailed studies at two sites in Ghana concentrating on Nightingales and Wood Warblers so there should be plenty of interest to read about.
 
 

Lyster still in Mali

27 Sep 2011

Messages received on Monday put Lyster still in Mali. He has now been in this area for fifteen days. 

Martin heads south

27 Sep 2011

Messages received from Martin three days ago showed that he had moved 350km SSE. He is now near the southern border of Central African Republic and close to the edge of the Congo Rainforest, the second largest area of rainforest in the world. Could this be his final winter destination? At this stage we don't really know. Watch this space.

No movement from Chris

27 Sep 2011

Messages received two days ago show that Chris is still in southern Chad.

No change for Kasper

27 Sep 2011

Three low quality messages from Kasper on 26 September show that he is still in the Bayan Dutsin Forest Reserve, Nigeria.

No movement from Clement

27 Sep 2011

A transmission from Clement on 26 September put him still in the area to the north-west of the Yankari Game Reserve in Nigeria.

Chris still in no hurry

22 Sep 2011

Chris is still in southern Chad and like the other three closest cuckoos is only making short flights around the immediate vicinity.

Martin still by watercourse

22 Sep 2011

Martin has now been close to the watercourse he initially found in the Central African Republic for three weeks, and has been making short feeding forays along its banks.

Kasper staying put

22 Sep 2011

The latest message from Kasper shows that he is still in the Bayan Dutsin Forest Reserve, and making very short feeding forays around his immediate vicinity.

Clement still in Nigeria

22 Sep 2011

Signals received from Clement show that he is alive and well, and still in the area to the north-west of the Yankari Game Reserve.

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