Our Cuckoos are on the move

07 Mar 2017

We currently have three Cuckoos in West Africa, two staging in Ivory Coast before they make the northward journey back to the UK, and one in Nigeria at beginning the journey to his staging area further west. During the next few weeks we expect the remainder of our tagged Cuckoos to make their way into West Africa too. Follow them as they make their way back to the UK.

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