Updates from our Cuckoos

After popping up in Nigeria, Peckham hasn't hung around. At around 09.30 on the morning of 4 March, we received a location that showed he had moved 603km (374 miles) further west and was in Benin, 34km (21 miles) from the border with Togo.

We last heard form Peckham over a month and a half ago, and, whilst he seemed to be alive at the time, we were beginning to get concerned. A location received from him during the early evening on March 1 showed that not only was he alive, he was on his way back to the UK! He is currently in Nigeria 55km (34.5 miles) east of the River Niger and 213km (131 miles) south of the capital, Abuja.

After going missing for fourteen days, Coo has popped up again. We received a good quality location from him mid-afternoon on 27 Febraury that showed he was in Benin, and on his way back! Coo is the first of our tagged Cuckoos to make the move into West Africa. He is currently 27Km (17 miles) from the border with Nigeria, and 5.5km (3.5 miles) southeast of Gobe.

A location received from Vigilamus on 21 February showed that he had moved north again and crossed the border into Cameroon. He is currently 1.4km (.87 miles) into Cameroon and 101km (63 miles) northwest of his last location in Congo. Could this be the start of his long journey home? 

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.