Chris last transmitted on the 27 October at 12.58 and is still in Congo, close to the Ubangi River. Lyster has made a recent movement from Gabon and has joined him in Congo.
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Chris joined by Lyster
31 Oct 2011
Strong tranmissions from Clement
31 Oct 2011
Clement started transmitting a strong signal today and is still in the area between the Lame Burra Game Reserve and the Yankari Game Reserve in Nigeria. Although the first to leave the UK, he is now the most northerly of our five Cuckoos. How long will it be before Clement joins the other four Cuckoos in the Congo Rainforest?
Lyster in Gabon
27 Oct 2011
By the 26 October Lyster had left Nigeria and had travelled along the western edge of Cameroon, before heading in to Gabon. He is now in the massive area that is the Congo rainforest. Kasper also stopped in Gabon for four days before moving in to Congo.
Lyster leap frogs Clement
25 Oct 2011
After two weeks in the south-east corner of Burkina Faso, Lyster has made a break to the south-east. On the morning of 24 October, we received a number of locations that placed him in southern Nigeria, about 170km SE of Benin City. He was about 25km E of the River Niger, about 200km N of the Niger Delta.
Lyster has leap-frogged Clement and appears to be heading towards the three Cuckoos that are in the Congo basin – perhaps Clement will follow him soon?
Kasper first to cross equator!
25 Oct 2011
Kasper has continued his rapid movement south and has become the first of the Cuckoos to cross the equator! By yesterday morning (23 October) he was in the savannas of southern Congo, about 50km north of the capital Brazzaville. He has moved rapidly across the Congo rainforest, apparently being reluctant to stop there for too long - the route he has taken is similar to that used by the Eurasian Hobbies tracked form southern Sweden and minimises the distance across the rainforest. The area he is currently in will probably be occupied by Spotted Flycatchers from Britain and neighbouring parts of Europe later in the winter, although now they will probably still be further north in the savannas of West Africa.
It will be interesting to see how much further south he will move over the next weeks and whether he will soon be followed by Chris and Martin….
Kasper remains in Gabon
21 Oct 2011
Kasper is still transmitting from the Congo rainforest in Gabon.
Chris still in the rainforest
21 Oct 2011
Chris is still close to the Ubangi River the Congo rainforest.
No change from Martin
21 Oct 2011
Martin is still on the edge of the rainforest in southern Central African Republic.
No change from Clement
21 Oct 2011
Clement is still transmitting from the Lame Burra Game Reserve.
Kasper back on track
19 Oct 2011
Having been in the Bayan Dutsin Forest reserve in northern Nigeria for more than two months and with his tag having increasing difficulty charging, we were beginning to have concerns for Kasper. Just as on several occasions with Cuckoos on stop-overs north of the Sahara, however, the problems with tag-charging preceded a sudden movement south. A new location received in the morning of Tuesday 18 October placed him in northern Gabon, about 1° north of the equator, east of Equatorial Guinea and about 50km west of the border with Congo. He has moved 1,360km SSE from his previous position in Nigeria.
Kasper’s current location places him in a remote area of unbroken, closed rainforest with numerous watercourses. He is now our third Cuckoo in the Congo rainforest, with Chris and Martin each about 575km to his east and north-east respectively. These are the three Cuckoos that entered Africa via the central Mediterranean flyway. It will be very interesting to see if Clement and Lyster – the two Cuckoos that took the western route into Africa – follow them…..
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