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Cuckoo tracking

ByRichard Nissen Reading Time: 1 minute

The Cuckoo is one of the migrants we know least about once it leaves the UK, however the BTO track, on their amazing site, the movements of five Cuckoos from breeding grounds in East Anglia to their winter quarters in Africa.
http://www.bto.org/science/migration/tracking-studies/cuckoo-tracking

Cuckoo tracking what we’ve learnt so far:
http://www.bto.org/science/migration/tracking-studies/cuckoo-tracking/what-have-we-learnt 

Latest Cuckoo tracking news:
http://www.bto.org/science/migration/tracking-studies/cuckoo-tracking/european-cuckoo-study

For more information have a look at www.bto.org

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