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AN update on migrating cuckoos
has today been issued by the BTO which is satellite -tracking 13
individual birds on their return from Africa to Britain.
"They are currently in the process of moving out of their wintering areas in countries such as Angola and Congo into West Africa where they will stop off before crossing the Sahara.
"Of the 13 Cuckoos we are tracking, six have made the 2,000 km (1,250 mile) journey west with five now in Ivory Coast and one further west in Guinea.
"We hope to tag more birds this year but urgently need to secure sponsors who could cover the £3,000 cost of a tag."
More specific information has been provided on three particular birds as follows:
Carlton II - 15 March, 2019
On 9 March we received a couple of locations that
suggested that Victor was in Cameroon and just after 8am on
11 March we received a good quality location that proved this is the case.
However, he isn’t in Cameroon, he is in eastern Ghana, close to the border with Ivory Coast. During the last few days he has flown almost 2,000km.
The poor locations we
received from Carlton II's tag a few days ago suggested that he was on the move.
However, during the evening of 14 March, he popped up in Ivory Coast, close to the border with Guinea and south of the town of Blaneu. He is 2,267km (1,408 miles) from his last location
in Cameroon.
Larry - 15 March, 2019
Having not heard from Larry
for the last four weeks we were beginning to wonder what had happened to him;
well now we know. During the evening of 14 March he popped up in Guinea, almost 3,000km (2,000 miles) from his last known
location in Congo. He is now further west than any of our tagged
Cuckoos and currently in the Guinea Highlands to the southest of the village of Boutoudou. He is now 5,000km (3,000 miles) from his breeding area in the Forest of Bowland, Lancashire. He arrived back in the UK on 8 May in 2018 and on 4 May in 2017.
Victor - 11 March,
2019
On 9 March we received a couple of locations
that suggested that Victor was in Cameroon and just after 8am on
11 March we received a good quality location that proved this is the case.
However, he isn’t in Cameroon, he is in eastern Ghana, close to the border with Ivory Coast. During the last few days he has flown almost 2,000km.
* Potential sponsors can email Ieuan at:
Ieuan.evans@bto.org
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