Common Cuckoo

Cuculus canorus

The cuckoo, common cuckoo, European cuckoo or Eurasian cuckoo is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 3,007 times across 57 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 15°C (typically 11 to 17°C, from 39 areas).

Over the weeks it was present in the past year, its centre in Europe ranged from 43°N in April to 58°N in June, about 1,700 km apart.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.