By Martin Hesp, Editor-at-large,
If tough adventurers like Bear Grylls or Sir Ranulph Fiennes were lost in a Congo rainforest the world would be worried about them, but imagine the concern if a celebrity weighing just a few ounces had disappeared into a jungle without trace.
A bird named Tor is a celebrity in ornithological terms, being one of the now famous Dartmoor cuckoos which were tagged with satellite tracking devices
last year – and the bad news is that he vanished into the second largest rainforest on earth in early December.
last year – and the bad news is that he vanished into the second largest rainforest on earth in early December.
The good news is that Tor has reappeared.
Tagged on Dartmoor last summer as part of a project by the British Trust for Ornithology, and supported by the Dartmoor National Park Authority (DNPA) and Devon Birds, Tor came back to life on computer screens, transmitting 450 miles north of the place where he mysteriously vanished.
north of the place where he mysteriously vanished.
He has been located on the northern edge of the forest in the Central African Republic, close to the border with Cameroon.
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