Satellite tagged cuckoo has left DRC on his
journey back to Britain
February 2013. The first of the BTO Cuckoo's
(Known as David) that are being tracked by satellite has decided the time is
right to head north. After a silence of 10 days from his transmitter, new
locations showed that he had left the Democratic Republic of Congo and
travelled 980km (608 miles) northwest. He is now in the southwest corner of the
Central African Republic, 73km (45 miles) east of the border with Cameroon.
He moved over the block of more-or-less
continuous closed canopy forest of the Congo Rainforest and is now in an area
of what appears to be savannah with gallery forests and some forest blocks.
This is the biggest movement we have seen from any of the Cuckoos for some
time. During his period of absence he was probably feeding up, fuelling for the
journey he was about to make. He has started his migration back to the UK about
a week earlier than the first bird last year.
Other cuckoos not moving yet
The other Cuckoos have yet to make a move northward but it can only be a matter of time. BB and Chance remain just a few miles apart in Congo, while Chris is just over 60 miles north of their positions, also in Congo. Lloyd is now the only Cuckoo remaining in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The other Cuckoos have yet to make a move northward but it can only be a matter of time. BB and Chance remain just a few miles apart in Congo, while Chris is just over 60 miles north of their positions, also in Congo. Lloyd is now the only Cuckoo remaining in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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