Arthur surges west to Ivory Coast!
Suffolk Cuckoo Arthur arrived in the Congo Basin in late October and spent most of the next three months in eastern Gabon. In mid January he moved north and west into southern Cameroon, where he remained for the rest of the month. On the 6th February it was clear that he was making his move to west Africa as he was by then passing over Ghana. He pressed on and by 8th February he had reached Ivory Coast, almost 1,200 miles from his previous location in Cameroon. The latest signal from his tag shows him on the outskirts of the city of Soubré, in the south-west of the country. This move completes the first leg of Arthur's migration back to Suffolk. Will Arthur continue at this pace and be the first of our tagged Cuckoos to tackle the Sahara? Watch this space!
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