Clement is now the most southerly of the five Cuckoos. A transmission yesterday at 01.15 showed him still settled in the area he has frequented since 23 November.
Updates from our Cuckoos
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Clement in the south
07 Feb 2012
Martin remains near Likouala
07 Feb 2012
Martin is still close to the Likouala River. The last transmission on 4 February showed him in the position that he has been in for the last eight days.
No further movement from Lyster
07 Feb 2012
Since moving north at the end of January, Lyster has settled near to Ndzakou and is now in his sixth day here.
Kasper alive and heading north
07 Feb 2012
Kasper is back! After a month of no tranmissions and us resigned for the worst, his tag suddenly kicked in to life. Two transmissions from his tag early this morning put him in the north-west tip of Congo, thirty miles east of the border with Gabon and sixteen miles south of the border with Cameroon. Since we last heard from him on 6 January near Brazzaville in southern Congo, he has travelled around 350 miles north-west and is now the most northerly of the five birds!
Kasper the ghost?
03 Feb 2012
The fact that all five of our Cuckoos made it all the way to Africa without any losses was a pleasant surprise to us but we now haven’t picked up any messages from Kasper's tag since 6 January.
There are a few possible reasons why this might be, including tag failure, poor tag charging due to the weather or Kasper staying under the forest canopy, or he could have been taken by a predator.
At the moment, we can only sit and wait to see if there is a further transmission. There is still a chance that his tag might spring back to life and beam us a signal, albeit slimmer as time passes.
Chris still in the swamp
03 Feb 2012
A transmission from Chris’s tag on 31 January at 08.10 placed him in the same location in the swampy area within Congo he has been in for some weeks.
Martin moves north
03 Feb 2012
A transmission received from Martin’s tag on the 30 Jan showed he had moved 90 miles (145km) in a north-north-east direction from Oko, where he had been located, and is now close to the Likouala River. He is around 86 miles from Lyster.
Is this the start of migration or not? Watch this space!
Lyster heads northwards
03 Feb 2012
Between a transmission received on the 30 Jan and another on the 1 Feb Lyster had moved 75km (46 miles) north-east and then a further 46km (29m) north-west. At 17.57 on the 1 Feb at he was near Ndzakou having moved a total of around 121km (75miles). He is now 86km (53 miles) from Martin and 47km (30 miles) from Clement.
Is this the start of migration or not? Watch this space!
All quiet from Kasper
25 Jan 2012
The cloud cleared and the strong sunshine meant that the Cuckoo’s tags charged but, interestingly, they did not charge to very high levels, suggesting they are spending time under the forest canopy or in other dense vegetation. We haven’t received a transmission from Kasper since the 6th January and we are starting to get a little concerned as this is the longest gap since transmissions for any of the Cuckoos.
Transmission from Lyster
25 Jan 2012
Another good strong signal was received for Lyster on the 22 January at 20.38 which showed no change in his movements.
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