Updates from our Cuckoos

Since we last heard from Stanley he has moved north into the middle of the rainforest. He is still in DRC but is now close to the Bolomba River, 34km (21 miles) west of the town of Bolomba. 

We last heard from Peckham on 13 January. At that time everything seemed OK. He was alive and well and his tag was in good working order. We hope that he has moved into deeper cover, as it seems some of our other Cuckoos have done in the past at this time of the year, and that he will 'pop-up' in the next few weeks when he begins to move again.

A couple of poor quality locations received for Larry on 15 February show that he is still in DRC, close to the Congo border. Hopefully, he will move north and west soon.

We last heard from Hennah in August, when his tag looked to be failing. Having not heard from him since we have to assume that ths is the case. At the time of the last locations he seemed to be alive and well. 

We still haven't heard from Disco Tony. Whilst we are a little concerned there is every chance that he will pop back up, just as David has done after a six week absence. We hope that Disco Tony is in deeper cover preparing for his northward journey and that when he moves out into better light, his tag charges and he is picked up again.

We were getting slightly concerned about not hearing from David since mid-January. However, after six weeks he has popped back up. He is still in DRC but has moved 242km (150 miles) northwest from his mid-winter location and is now pretty much in the middle of the rainforest.

We last heard from Coo on 13 Feb, showing that he had moved 161km (100 miles) northwest and crossed into Congo. The information received at the time showed that the charge on the tag's battery was low. This is something that we have noticed from other Cuckoos at this time of the year. We think that they move deeper into cover in search of food as they prepare for the next leg of their journey. Hopefully Coo will 'pop-up' again in the next week or two, as he leaves deeper cover, and be on his way back to the UK.

A location received from Vigilamus during the evening of 16 January showed that he had moved 600km (372 miles) north and west of his location in DRC. He is now in the north-west corner of Congo and close to the border with Gabon, so currently our most northerly Cuckoo. He is also our only Cuckoo that is currently north of the Equator and therefore in the northern hemisphere.

We last heard from Peckham on 13 January. The location recieved showed that he was still in the area of Gabon in which he has spent most of the winter. Hopefully we will get an update from him soon.

Having spent the last two months in Angola, Larry is now back in DRC, moving 639km (397 miles) north-east. He is currently 80km (50 miles) east of the border with Congo.