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A reed warbler feeds a cuckoo fledgling

The reed warbler and the cuckoo: an escalating game of trickery and defence

22 Feb 2016

Professor Nick Davies, who gives this week’s Darwin Lecture , has been studying reed warblers for more than 30 years – and has unlocked many of the...

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A cuckoo chick ejects a reed warbler egg from a nest

Neighbourhood watch and more: how reed warblers watch out when there’s a cuckoo about

22 Jan 2016

A study of reed warbler behaviour reveals for the first time that in assessing the risks posed by cuckoos the birds combine information from multiple...

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