Cuckoos cross Sahara (BTO) (1 Viewer)

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BF Newsroom

Well-known member

• Jul 19, 2011

• #1

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jogresh

Bimble and patch

• Jul 19, 2011

• #2

Just read one of the cuckoos' accounts ("Clement") - absolutely fascinating.

 

timwootton

Well-known member

• Jul 19, 2011

• #3

jogresh said:

Just read one of the cuckoos' accounts ("Clement") - absolutely fascinating.

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Absolutely!

 

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James Spencer

• Jul 19, 2011

• #4

Amazing to think it's halfway through July and a bird has not only left but is in subsaharan Africa. Re-inforces how they are African birds that come to Britain to breed.

 

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fugl

Well-known member

• Jul 19, 2011

• #5

What an interesting project!

 

KenM

Well-known member

• Jul 19, 2011

• #6

An ornithological 'Mile-gramme' of achievement!...What next..small neck mounted cameras, to identify invertebrate prey species? :clap:


Well done

 

Johny121

Birds

• Jul 19, 2011

• #7

They really are enthralling stories to read- hard not to become attached to the birds! I wish them the best for the remainder of their journies!

 

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James Spencer

• Jul 19, 2011

• #8

To think there was a thread a couple of months ago questioning the worth of such tracking devices.

 

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plectrophenax

Member

• Jul 24, 2011

• #9

Two more crossed the Sahara from Italy over the past few days - travelling c. 2,500km in just over 2 days. Check out Chris's latest blog - he was last picked up in northern Chad in the most amazing volcanic landscapes.

http://www.bto.org/science/migration/tracking-studies/cuckoo-tracking/chris

The project has thrown up really interesting new facts about Cuckoos including the fact these bids left a month (or more) earlier than expected and one bird (Clement) has gone down into West Africa, a migration route we did not know existed. It was thought that W Africa cuckoos were the Iberian race. Apparently not all!

If you can, please sponsor a Cuckoo - it will allow BTO to carry on with such tracking studies and you will get a weekly or so Cuckoo newsletter with a summary of the latest events.