Bill the Cuckoo was named by BBC’s the One Show in honour of comedian, musician, actor, TV and radio presenter and author Bill Bailey, to coincide with the publication of his new book Bill Bailey’s Remarkable Guide to British Birds. The book draws on his lifelong love of birds and birdwatching.
Bill still in Nigeria
- 04 Oct 2016
There has been no further movement from Bill since he arrived in Nigeria on 13 September. However, locations received from him during the early morning of 3 October show he is alive and well and still just to the east of Lake Jebba.
Bill on his way to the winter quarters
- 19 Sep 2016
Bill has left Mali and headed east, crossing Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo and Benin. He is currently in Nigeria, having arrived here around breakfast on 13 September, and is just north of Jebba on the banks of the River Niger.
Bill in Burkina Faso
- 06 Sep 2016
Having spent a month in Mali, Bill has begun his journey east and is currently in the Dinderesso Forest in western Burkina Faso, just west of the second largest city in the country, Bobo-Dioulasso, with a population of just over half a million people. The weather at the moment is similar to that in parts of the UK, 29 degrees and high humidity.
Bill has crossed the desert
- 24 Aug 2016
On 4 August 161323 completed his desert crossing, arriving on the banks of the Senegal River on the border with Mauritania. He has since headed south and east into Mali and is currently close to the small town of Kinyema in fairly open forest.
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