Updates from our Cuckoos
Read the latest updates from our Cuckoos on their epic migration between the UK and tropical Africa, or track their movements in real-time on our Cuckoo migration map.
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Markoo heads for the Congo rainforest
Bill leaves Nigeria
Bad timing from Jack?
Sadly it looks like our last Cuckoo to make his crossing may have left it too late and we think Jack may have died. Recent locations show him in the same place as on 9 October. Looking more closely at the last signals received it seems that Jack actually stopped 200km NW of his final (current) location, for a day at least, before moving on.
The movement that might have ended abruptly was actually an onward movement after his first post-desert stop. If he has died, it's a good illustration of the cost of leaving the desert crossing so late - 2 months ago the area would have been very good for him, teeming with insects. But now it is drying out, as evidenced by the other cuckoos all having moved south.
PJ continues south
David in Congo
PJ in Nigeria
121323 gets a name
Jack crossing desert
Jack hasn't been in a hurry heading south but, by the 4th October, he had finally left Europe and his last position in the toe of Italy and embarked upon his desert crossing! Signals received during the 4 October showed him travelling across Libya.
Since then poor quality signals show him making his way south through Chad on the 6 October before stopping north of Ati Airport. Signals received today show that he hasn't moved on from this spot which is a little worrying due to the poor habitat he looks to be in. We would have expected him to continue a little further south, where conditions would be much improved, to recover from his journey.
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