My Cuckoo.

 The latest BTO bulletin indicates that my tagged Cuckoo, Jac, has now not only crossed the Mediterranean but also the Sahara.

 

When we last updated you, Llangollen Cuckoo JAC was nearing Barcelona. He has made very good progress since! By 18:45 on Friday night he was in or around the Hoggar mountains in the central Sahara, southern Algeria. The highest peak in this mountain range, Mount Tahat, is 2,908 m (9,541 ft) high. Isn't it extraordinary to think of the sorts of landscapes our Cuckoos pass through on their incredible journeys? By 09:23 Saturday morning, he had made it as far as eastern Mali. By 7pm on Monday evening, he had covered the remaining 560Km over the Sahara in southern Mali and had arrived in Burkina Faso.

Over the last 24 hours he has flown 98km (60 miles) south east, and is close to Arli National Park in eastern Burkina Faso. He'll have elephants, hippos and lions for company as he stocks up on hairy caterpillars! The temperature there today is 24° with a high probability of thundery heavy showers.