Wilfrid
Named by an anonymous tag funder in memory of her father.
- Status:
- Active
- Tagged:
- Monday, June 3, 2024 - 05:30
- Tagging Location:
- Worlingham Marshes, Suffolk, England
- Sex:
- Male
- Age when found:
- Adult
- Satellite Tag No.:
- 262936
- Wing Length (mm):
- 228
Wilfrid's journey from 03 June 2024 to 09 December 2024
Wilfrid's movements
05 Nov 2024 - Wilfrid's southward sojourn
Of all our tagged Cuckoos, Wilfrid is the bird who has gone furthest south at this time, and he is currently in north-west Angola, close to the mouth of the mighty Congo River.
He has travelled in excess of 9,000 km (5,592 miles) since leaving his Suffolk breeding grounds in July!
19 Aug 2024 - Wilfrid nears Nigeria
After fuelling up and resting for a while in Senegal, Wilfrid 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 shows 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.
06 Aug 2024 - Wilfrid sticks to Senegal
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.
29 Jul 2024 - 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).
22 Jul 2024 - Wilfrid pops to Portugal
After a few days feeding up around the Spanish town of Tordesillas, Wilfrid headed in a south-westerly direction on the evening of 19 July.
In just three days he covered a distance of around 520 km (323 miles), passing Salamanca and Badajoz en route. Now in Portugal, he arrived in a fairly remote region just south-west of the Guadiana Valley Natural Park at 5.23am today (22 July).
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