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Wilfrid winds eastwards
After fuelling up and resting in West Africa, Wilfrid has moved eastwards, passing through Mali and into Burkina Faso.
In the past few days he has continued on into southern Niger, and our latest signal show him currently on the border with north-west Nigeria. He is just to the north of the Gagere River, approximately 100 km (62 miles) from the city of Maradi.
Cleeve explores Nigeria
In recent days Cleeve has moved further into north-east Nigeria and is currently in the forested savannah area to the west of Erwa Nature Reserve.
Wilfrid gets tropical
Wilfrid is slowly making his way toward the Guinea border.
He has spent the past couple of days in the wooded savannah and arid forests close to the Niokolo-Koba National Park, a World Heritage Site and home to Lions, Chimpanzees, Hippos and around 330 bird species.
Sayaan takes it easy in Chad
Since crossing the Sahara, Sayaan has been taking it relatively easy and has spent the last week in southern Chad, in an area close to the Central African Republic border.
With conditions in this region being wetter and greener, he should find lots of food to help him recover from his epic desert crossing.
Cuach Cores leaps into action!
Cuach Cores spent July in Italy, preparing for the next leg of his journey.
Less than a week ago, he suddenly set off south, and crossed the Mediterranean before jetting off across the Sahara, pressing on through Libya and on into Chad. Our latest signal shows that he is now in the Sahel region, close to the city of Abéché, Chad’s fourth largest city.
Interestingly, Cores remained in Europe well into October last year, and took a route to Africa via Spain!
Cleeve says adiós to España
After a lengthy stay in the foothills of the Spanish Pyrenees, Cleeve finally headed south in earnest.
In just two days, he had flown the length of the Spain, crossed the Mediterranean and was halfway across the Sahara! He appears to be well on his way, and our latest signal shows that he has passed through most of Niger, and is now close to the Nigerian border.
Hafren swoops into central Senegal
Five days ago we could see that Hafren was approaching the border of Western Sahara from Morocco.
Since then, he continued his journey south, covering a further 1,660 km (1,030 miles).
He then made his way along the coast of western Mauritania and our most recent signal, received at 6.24am today, shows that he has now headed inland, and is in central Senegal, having spent some time in the relatively lush environs of the Sylvo-Pastorale National Park.
Wilfrid's way out West Africa
Our last update from Wilfrid, around a week ago, saw him still lingering in Portugal.
However, soon after this he set off across the Atlantic, bypassing the Canary Islands and the Moroccan coast, and making landfall at Dakhla, in the Western Sahara region.
From here, he continued through Senegal, and our latest signal shows that he is now following the River Gambia and is just 60km (37 miles) from the Guinea border. Since leaving Portugal Wilfrid has flown more than 2,900 km (1,800 miles).
Joe follows familiar route
This is the third ‘autumn’ that we have been able to follow Joe, after he was satellite tagged in Norfolk in May 2022, and he has taken much the same route this year as on earlier migrations.
Mirroring his previous movements, he is currently in south-east Chad, nearing the Bahr Aouk River, on the border of Central African Republic.
Hafren makes for the Maghreb
Hafren has now left Spain and is making his way south along the North African coast.
His route saw him setting off across the sea, leaving the Spanish mainland west of the famous Doñana National Park, before arriving on the Moroccan coast just to the north of the city of Agadir.
At 7.36 this morning, we received a signal showing that he was close to the Western Sahara border. In the last 48 hours Hafren has covered around 1,220 km (758 miles).