Henry

Henry's movements

29 Aug 2024 - Henry has conquered the Sahara

We are pleased to report that further updates from Henry's tag show that he has succesfully completed his desert crossing and is now in the Sahel, where he should be able to refuel and recover.

His journey south across the Sahara took him to the west of the Tibesti Mountains of northern Chad to his current location in the Kanem region of south-western Chad.

He is close to one of the thousands of smaller water bodies associated with the massive Lake Chad wetland ecosystem. 

28 Aug 2024 - Henry hurries south

Henry has departed Croatia and crossed the Mediterranean to Libya.

During Monday evening and the early hours of Tuesday morning he travelled south through the Libyan Sahara and by 8 am on Tuesday he was 140 km (87 miles) south west of Wam an Namus, a volcano in south-central Libya.

We received a cluster of locations spread over a few hours which could suggest that Henry has stopped in the desert. This would not be a good sign as the location he is in appears to have little in the way of water or shelter.

Hopefully when we next hear from him he will have progressed south into Niger or Chad. Fingers crossed for Henry!  

25 Aug 2024 - Henry reaches Croatia

Henry has been busy over the last 48 hours, pressing on from his last location in the Czech Republic.

He has passed over Austria, Slovenia and Bosnia & Herzegovina on a journey covering 830 km (515 miles) that has taken him to his new location in Croatia. He has reached the Pelješac peninsula in the far south of Croatia, and is approximately 50 km (30 miles) north-west of Dubrovnik.

Worcestershire Cuckoo Severn is in Kosovo, 175 miles due east of Henry, while Irish Cuckoo Torc is 195 miles south-east in Albania.

24 Aug 2024 - Henry gets going again

After his unexpected move to northern Germany, where he has spent the last few weeks, Henry is finally on the move again.

He has flown 540 km (336 miles) south-east to the Czech Republic. It'll be interesting to see whether he stops here or carries on south.

24 Jul 2024 - Henry’s Hamburg detour

Henry, if the satellite information is accurate (and there’s no reason for us to assume that it isn’t), is behaving rather oddly… following his 12-day stay just to the south-west of Paris, he finally set off, but instead of heading south he took off to the north, towards Germany!

Two days ago he passed Cologne and continued to fly northwards. He then bypassed Bremen and cracked on towards Hamburg, before veering west, and at 7.56 this morning (24) we received a signal to say that he was just north of the North Sea port city of Bremerhaven!   

In summary, Henry appears to have flown approximately 960 km (596 miles) in the wrong direction. Hopefully, he will soon reorientate and head south after his surprising German tour.

Past updates from henry