Joe has flown 111km (69 miles) west from Ghana into Ivory Coast.
He is now 8km (5 miles) north-west of the town of Ettrokro in east-central Ivory Coast.
Cuckoo Tracking Project
Help us follow Cuckoos on migration and discover why they are in decline
The Cuckoo is currently Red Listed as a Bird of Conservation Concern in the UK, due to its population decline.
Since 2011 we’ve been satellite-tracking Cuckoos to find out why they are declining. We’ve learned lots of vital information which could help us to understand our Cuckoos, such as how the different routes taken are linked to declines, and some of the pressures they face whilst on migration — but there is still more to discover.
We now need to look more closely at how dependent they are on, and how much their migration is linked, to the drought-busting rains of the weather frontal system known as the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) as they move out of the Congo rainforest and begin to head back to the UK via West Africa.
- This project wouldn't have been possible without the amazing support from funders and sponsors. Read more about the project and find out how you can get involved.
- We have been able to share our expertise around tracking Cuckoos with other international studies, such as the Beijing Cuckoo Project.
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Cuckoo movements from 01 May 2023 to 26 March 2024
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Latest updates
Joe crosses into Ivory Coast
25 Mar 2024
Cuach Cores on the move
25 Mar 2024
Cuach Cores has flown 210km (130 miles) north within the Congo Basin of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
He is now in the Maringa-Lopori-Wamba Forest Landscape, one of the least developed and remotest parts of the Congo Basin. Cores is surely on his way to west Africa now so we should see him moving on from here fairly soon.
Cuach Torc moves west
18 Mar 2024
New updates received over the last few days show that Cuach Torc has left the Congo and flown 2,102km (1,306 miles) west to Ghana.
He is now in western Ghana, a few miles east of Bui National Park and the Bui Gorge Reservoir.
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cuckoos@bto.org
Project timeline, contributions & findings
Project timeline
- 5/11 - First round of five Cuckoos tagged, wintering sites in the Congo identified
- 3/12 - Different routes discovered on return journeys
- 2016 - First scientific paper published on on the routes of our Cuckoos
Contributions & findings
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