Cooper

Cooper was named by the Cooper family, which has been hugely impressed with the project and its ability to follow the annual journey of these remarkable birds. The family chose Cooper as it can be a Christian name, and also because they hope to encourage friends to support this wonderful, eye-opening enterprise in the future.

Status:: Active
Tagged:: Tuesday, May 31, 2022 - 03:55
Tagging Location:: New Forest, Hampshire
Sex:: Male
Age when found:: Adult
Satellite Tag No.:: 232672
Wing Length (mm):: 224

Cooper's journey from 31 May 2022 to 06 August 2022

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Cooper's movements

20 Jul 2022 - Cooper moves into eastern Nigeria

Cooper has flown 347km (215 miles) south east within Nigeria and is now in the north of Taraba state. He is 80km (50 miles) north west of the state capital city of Jalingo.

16 Jul 2022 - Cooper moves east to Nigeria

Having spent the last ten days in Niger, Cooper has flown 573km (356 miles) south east into Nigeria. He is now on some farmland 50km (31 miles) south east of Zaria City in north central Nigeria.

11 Jul 2022 - Cooper moves south in Niger

Since our last update Cooper has flown 271km (169 miles) south into the south western corner of Niger. He is now approximately 16km (10 miles) east of the city of Dosso.

07 Jul 2022 - Cooper arrives in Niger

Over the last couple of days Cooper has been crossing some of the most desolate and inhospitable places on the planet. He has flow south through the Algerian Sahara, navigating to the west of the Hoggar Mountains, over eastern Mali and into south west Niger. By 05:38 this morning he was 286km (178 miles) north east of the capital Niamey.

05 Jul 2022 - Cooper enters the Sahara

Having moved to the coast of north eastern Spain over the last few days, Cooper has pressed on across the Mediterranean and into northern Africa. A couple of lower quality signals received between 6 and 7am this morning show him over the Sahara in north central Algeria, approximately 112km (70 miles) due north of the town of Foggaret Ezzoua. The daytime temperatures in this region in July have been known to soar to 50 °C (122 °F) or even higher, so Cooper won't be hanging around here!

Past updates from Cooper