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Tracking cuckoo's winter migration

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The British cuckoo's migration is set to be mapped as part of an international effort to help save migratory birds whose numbers have recently fallen.

Andy Clements, director for the British Trust for Ornithology, explains how the birds were fitted with satellite tags.


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