The cuckoo population in the UK has fallen by some 60% in the last few years due to woodland destruction here and in Africa

Good news! We have been waiting anxiously for the cuckoo in Sussex for some three weeks now. Usually he/she arrives in early May, but we heard him/her this morning for the first time this year. The cuckoo population in the UK has fallen by some 60% in the last few years due to woodland destruction here and in Africa, where they winter.