Kasper is still the most southerly of our cuckoos and a weak transmission from him on Thursday 8 December at 01.13 shows him still on the southern edge of the rainforest where it meets the southern savannah.
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Still furthest south
08 Dec 2011
Kasper still the furthest south
28 Nov 2011
Kasper is still the most southerly Cuckoo. A transmission received at 08.36 on Monday 28 November shows him in the area north of Brazzaville, Congo, where he has been since 23 October.
Recent transmissions from Kasper
14 Nov 2011
Kasper last transmitted on the 13 November at 21.25 but there have been no significant movements from his previous location.
No change from Kasper
03 Nov 2011
The last transmission from Kasper was received on 1st November and shows that he is still north of Brazzaville, Congo. He has been joined south of the equator by Lyster!
Kasper still in Congo
31 Oct 2011
Kasper was the second of the Cuckoos to move into Congo, transmitting from here for the first time on 25 October. He is further south within Congo than Chris, who arrived here on 12th Oct, and than Lyster, the new arrival into Congo, who joined them on the 29th. Kasper is currently 58km north-west of Kinshasa.
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.
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…..
No change, low on charge
14 Oct 2011
No change – Kasper remains in the same location and his tag is still not charging well.
Kasper's tag struggling to charge
12 Oct 2011
Transmissions received early on Tuesday 11 October placed Kasper still in the Bayan Dutsin Forest Reserve but the tag on his charge was very low.
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