Transmissions were last received from BB's tag on the 30 December and show that he is still in the same area.
Updates from our Cuckoos
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Transmissions continue but no movements for BB
02 Jan 2013
Waiting to hear from Chance
02 Jan 2013
We received a transmission from Chance's tag on the afternoon of the 29 December confirming he was still in the same location. We expect further transmissions soon.
Chris counting in the New Year in Congo
02 Jan 2013
No further movements from Chris to report but transmissions were received from his tag as 2012 ticked into 2013. We hope this year is more favorable for migrating Cuckoos than last year!
David heads south again
27 Dec 2012
David has travelled south from the swamp forest. On the 22 December a transmission revealed he was 116 km (72 miles) south from his previous position and by the 24 December he had continued 39 km ( 24 miles), crossing the Lukenie river. He is now close to the position he held on the 6 December, on the edge of the forest zone. A further signal recieved this morning indicates he is still in this area.
Lloyd settled in DRC
27 Dec 2012
There have been no further eastwards movements from Lloyd. The last transmission received on 26 December shows that he has remained in the area of gallery forest he moved to on 7 December. Although both he and David, the other remaining Welsh Cuckoo, are both in the Democratic Republic of Congo, over 620km (385 miles) separates their current positions.
BB's position unchanged
27 Dec 2012
BB's tag transmitted in the afternoon on Christmas day. His position within Congo remains unchanged. Chance, the only other remaining Scottish-tagged Cuckoo, is the closest to his position, around 100 km (60 miles) to the southwest.
Transmissions continue from Gabon
27 Dec 2012
Transmissions received from Chance's tag in the early hours of this morning show that he is still in Gabon. He is roughly 25km (16 miles) west from the border with Congo. BB, the only other remaining Scottish-tagged Cuckoo, is the closest to his position, around 100 km (60 miles) to the southeast.
No further movements from Chris
27 Dec 2012
Signals received on Christmas Eve show that Chris remained in his new location in the Cuvette region of Congo.
Chris moves southwest
20 Dec 2012
Transmissions received early this morning show that Chris was 225 km (140 miles) southwest of his previous location, though still within Congo. He is now in the north of the Cuvette region.
Christmas Cuckoo update
20 Dec 2012
It looks like the festive period will be spent in Gabon for Chance, Congo for Chris and BB and the Democratic Republic of Congo for David and Lloyd. All five Cuckoos' tags have sent transmissions in the last couple of days. Chris is the only one to have moved. The five Cuckoos are now all at a similar latitude however, 1270km (791 miles) separates our most westerly Cuckoo, Chance, from our most easterly Cuckoo, Lloyd.
If you can't do without your Cuckoo fix over the Christmas and New Year period, then you can listen to Phil Atkinson on Radio 4's Saving Species at 11.00 am on New Year's Day talking about this year's tagged Cuckoos.
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