Stay updated with breaking news from Chris Hewson. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Climate change is endangering cuckoos as the iconic migratory birds' body cycles can't adapt to global warming meaning they are arriving in the UK at the wrong time to breed, warns new research.
Birds in West Africa awaiting the spring rains arrive late to Europe and miss the peak time for caterpillars, their main prey
Experts warn that cuckoos are unable to adjust to the fact spring is arriving increasingly earlier. It means they reach their breeding grounds out of sync with the availability of their foodstuff.
Ten additional Common Cuckoos have been tagged for science this summer.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/G76P47RJQFBBFPUBN2LNEENMJY.jpg)
A joint Irish-UK scheme will track exactly where they go when the birds go when they depart Ireland in mid-summer