Cuckoo is one of UK's most threatened birds
Cuckoo's - famous for their spring song and surrogate mother finding ways - have become one of the UKs most threatened birds.Wildlife experts claim numbers of the bird are down 40 percent from levels just 15 years ago and that they even face domestic extinction.
They are now so rare the RSPB have added them to a "red list" of the 52 most vulnerable species which also includes the lapwing, house sparrow and starling.
It is thought the decline is linked to the loss of habitat for other birds - because the cuckoo lays its eggs in other birds nests.
Either that or other birds have got wise to the con ... at least we will always have cuckoo clocks to remember them by.
A spokesperson for the RSBP said: "Amongst the species new to the red list is a suite of birds visiting the UK in summer, notably the cuckoo, wood warbler, and tree pipit.
"These birds, are widespread, but rapidly-declining, summer visitors to the UK.
"Their addition to the red list is highlighting the concern that many long-distance migratory birds nesting in Europe and wintering in Africa are increasingly in trouble."
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"These birds, are widespread, but rapidly-declining, summer visitors to the UK.
"Their addition to the red list is highlighting the concern that many long-distance migratory birds nesting in Europe and wintering in Africa are increasingly in trouble."
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RSPB
