The Cuckoo starts to return spring is on its way

I am not the only one whose spirits have flagged this last week with the cold and gloom. Michael McCarthy writes about Chris, Clement, Kasper, Lyster and Martin who have started their return to the British Isles. The above are the names given to five cuckoos fitted with tracking devices. The mystery of where cuckoo's go in Winter finally solved.

Link The Independent

Also it is possible to track the progress of each cuckoo here.
http://www.bto.org/science/migration/tracking-studies/cuckoo-tracking

The cuckoos also have one of those blasted blogs that Penyffordd cllrs wish had never been invented.