Project tracks cuckoo's 9,000km journey from Africa's rainforests home to Kerry

While the cuckoo has been well-studied during the breeding season, very little is known about the routes they take once they head off on migration

Three elusive cuckoos were tagged in Killarney National Park back in May 2023. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan

One of the first cuckoos to be tagged as part of a tracking project has landed home at Killarney National Park after a winter spent in the rainforests of the Congo Basin in Central Africa.

Cuach KP is the first of three Irish cuckoos to successfully make the 9,000km journey home for the summer months.