Cuach Torc

 

 

Latest bulletin from BTO.

As some of our birds have been in West Africa for several weeks, and we have had a few reports of Cuckoos here in the UK already, we have been waiting with baited breath to see when the first of our Cuckoos would attempt to cross the Sahara. We were very excited when we logged in on Tuesday to find that Irish Cuckoo Cuach Torc had travelled 2,364km (1,469 miles) north over the Sahara from Ghana to Algeria. Further updates received early this morning show that Torc has continued north, successfully completing his desert crossing and taking him into Morocco. He is now on the northern edge of the City of Settat, approximately 60km south of Casablanca. Having flown over 2,500km (1,553 miles) over the last week or so, will Torc now pause here before pressing on into Eur