Chester in Gabon

04 Dec 2014

By 30 November, Chester was on the move again, having spent roughly 14 days in his previous location in Nigeria he then headed south-east to a location close to the border of Cameroon. From here he has travelled 640km (400 miles) to Gabon, and finally arrived in the Congo rainforest area on 2 December. he is the last of all the tagged Cuckoos to arrive there. In 2013, BB was the last of the Cuckoos to arrive in the rainforest, arrving on 7 December.

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