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Radio 4,16 Aug 2009,22 mins

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Cuckoos are one of a small group of parasitic birds that covertly use other birds to unknowingly rear chicks on their behalf. Lionel Kelleway heads to Dartmoor to get close to a juvenile cuckoo and its unwitting foster parents.

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