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03-12-2007, 11:36 AM
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| | | Cuckoo?
Hi All,
I heard a bird yesterday that sounded like a cuckoo would sound if I ever heard one, but I know we don't have cuckoos in the UK this time of year, so what bird could sound like one?
It only made one 'cuckoo' like call, not like the one on the RSPB site that continuously cuckoos. (does this make a difference?) |
03-12-2007, 12:51 PM
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| | | Re: Cuckoo?
Collared Dove  
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03-12-2007, 03:54 PM
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| | | Re: Cuckoo?
Could even be a wood pigeon |
03-12-2007, 04:19 PM
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| | | Re: Cuckoo?
It could be a wide variety of pidgeons or doves... Hard to tell without a photo or image description |
03-12-2007, 06:54 PM
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| | | Re: Cuckoo?
Cuckoos arrive from Africa in the spring, so I'd go along with Collared Dove.
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03-12-2007, 07:35 PM
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I would go with a collard dove too. I have mistaken them for a cuckoo before. 
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03-12-2007, 07:43 PM
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I'd say Collared Dove too.
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03-12-2007, 07:53 PM
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Yes probably a young collared dove practising it takes them a couple of practices to get it right, I did notice a couple of days ago when the weather turned milder the pigeons and doves were cooing |
03-12-2007, 08:03 PM
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I'd go along with Collared Dove. This commonly throws a lot of folk. Has been described as Cuckoo like.
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18-12-2007, 06:15 PM
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We have plenty of wood pigeons and collared doves around here. I have heard a couple since and am sure that it was probably a collared dove too.
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