Updates from our Cuckoos

 As of 07.08 on 14 March, Chris was in southern Ghana, approximately 12km/7miles from the border with Ivory Coast and 150km/95miles north of the coast of the Gulf of Guinea.

Chris travelled 328 km (203 miles) WNW from his previous postion in Togo between 9 and 11 March and is now the third Cuckoo , along with Lyster and Kasper, in Ghana. He is about 40km  north-west of Kumasi. This is an area that the BTO field team working in Ghana know well, as it is on the main route to the Nightingale study site at Nsuatre.

Locations for Chris received yesterday (7 March) showed that Chris had moved 80km (50 miles) south-west and is currently in southernTogo, about 30km north of the coast and 10km from the border with Ghana.

Chris provided the biggest surprise over the weekend. Having not heard from him since 19 February, it was a shock to find out that on 2 March he was in Cameroon. Two days later (4 March) and he is in Togo, 1,950km (1,210miles) northwest of his last position in Congo.

We haven't received any further signals from Chris' tag since the 19 Feb at 07.12 when he was still in Congo, north of Bimbo. 

It's also now been 18 days since we heard from Martin and 13 days since we heard from Lyster. We think they are all following in Kasper's footsteps, prior to his movement into Nigeria we heard nothing for over a month. It's likely they are deep under cover, feeding up before heading north, making it difficult for the solar panels to charge the tag's batteries.

We received a transmission from the tag a few days ago, on the 19 Feb, showing that Chris is in the same location within Congo. He has been here since the 9 January.

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.

We received a good location for Chris on 24th January with a nice strong signal due to the improved weather. He transmitted again today at 23.42 but is still in the same location in Congo.

We received a strong transmission from Chris at 02.47 this morning placing him still just inside Congo, close to the border with DRC.