The plight of the cuckoo: a 4,000-mile flight followed by golf

Nine-year tagging study sheds light upon migratory cycle of the cuckoo to help understand species' alarming decline

When you've just braved sandstorms, thunderstorms and drought during a 4,000-mile solo flight in search of romance, what is your first priority?

For Carlton II the cuckoo, it appears to be a relaxing round of golf. The satellite-tagged bird became the first of a small flock of tracked cuckoos to return to his breeding grounds in record time, dashing from the Ivory Coast to southern England in seven days.