Cleeve

Cleeve's movements

26 Mar 2025 - Cleeve closes in on Joe

Cleeve has made his way from Republic of the Congo, across the Gulf of Guinea, covering around 2,200 km (1,367 miles). He is now in eastern Côte d'Ivoire, hot on the heels of Cuckoo Joe!

11 Mar 2025 - Cleeve creeps north

Since our last update in mid-February, Cleeve has move slowly northwards. Still in the Republic of the Congo, he is now in the north-west of the country, around 530 km (330 miles) north from his main wintering area.

Close to the northern border of Gabon, he is currently just west of Odzala-Kokoua National Park, one of Africa’s oldest national parks and home to Forest Elephant and Western Lowland Gorilla.

14 Feb 2025 - Cleeve clings on

Cleeve has spent the last few weeks in a heavily forested region in the southern part of Republic of the Congo. He is just west of the Lefini Reserve, a protected area which is home to an array of wildlife including Western Lowland Gorilla, Chimpanzee, Elephant and more than 260 bird species.

05 Nov 2024 - Cleeve's in the Congo

Having crossed the Sahara in early August, Cleeve has been moving slowly south and is now by the Bouenza River in the Republic of the Congo.

Cleeve had a taste of fame when he was the star of a BBC One Show episode back in May. Hannah Stitfall and crew joined our BTO team in Norfolk as they caught Cleeve and attached his satellite tag. In early spring we'll hope to see him start to make his return journey to the UK!

13 Aug 2024 - Cleeve carries on

In recent days Cleeve has moved further into north-east Nigeria and is currently in a forested savannah area to the west of Erwa Nature Reserve in Borno State.

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