Autumn migration: already underway!
08 Jun 2012![Cuckoo by Steven Carey Cuckoo by Steven Carey](https://www.bto.org/sites/default/files/styles/300_width/public/shared_images/birdtrack/news/2012-06/2012-06-08-cuckoostevencarey.jpg?itok=Wr0MfO2k)
Last week's update featured waders that were still on their northbound journeys. A week on and the first departing migrants have already been recorded! Whilst it will probably be a few more weeks before juvenile Cuckoos like the one pictured start appearing, at least one adult Cuckoo has already left! Interestingly the Cuckoo reporting rate fell from a peak of 22% in the third week of May to 12% last week, perhaps reflecting the fact that some males have already gone.
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