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20-02-2009, 09:42 PM
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| | | Re: Cuckoo in February!
Oh yes, why didn't I think of that - must've been there to inform the cuckoos of when to call then    
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20-02-2009, 09:49 PM
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| | | Re: Cuckoo in February!
I tried a little experiment with my mobi, I stood in the garden to record the two Woodpeckers drumming to each other. When I played it back I also heard this really odd call  a bit like a clock but as I was concentrating on the Woodpeckers I didn't notice the other birds. I bluetoothed it to my pc but can't find it now  |
03-02-2012, 12:56 PM
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| | | Re: Cuckoo in February!
Has anyone else heard cuckoo's this year? I heared one last week (January) and thought I must be hearing things, being so early in the year, but today I heard it again!! And before anyone asks if I was confusing it with collared doves, no, it was definitely the call of the cuckoo.
Has the mild weather confused them? I must admit it was rather on the cold side here this morning (-5.5) but as it's now 13.55, it has warmed up a bit with the sun. |
03-02-2012, 12:58 PM
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| | | Re: Cuckoo in February!
Starlings are superb mimics.
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03-02-2012, 03:03 PM
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| | | Re: Cuckoo in February!
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Originally Posted by Tracey015  Has anyone else heard cuckoo's this year? | Mid March will still be the earliest 'official' date given in county bird reports etc for the earliest UK arrival of a Eurasian Cuckoo. There have still been no confirmed wintering records as far as I'm aware, and it would be highly unlikely that they would be singing if there was one in the country in January or February.
Collared Dove, an imitation by a Starling, or human generated sounds are infinitely more likely I'm afraid.
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03-02-2012, 05:52 PM
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| | | Re: Cuckoo in February!
It has nothing to do with the weather fooling them as they have to be here to be fooled and as RoyW has said, you are a long way off seeing the first arrivals in this country.
John Quote:
Originally Posted by Tracey015 Has anyone else heard cuckoo's this year? I heared one last week (January) and thought I must be hearing things, being so early in the year, but today I heard it again!! And before anyone asks if I was confusing it with collared doves, no, it was definitely the call of the cuckoo.
Has the mild weather confused them? I must admit it was rather on the cold side here this morning (-5.5) but as it's now 13.55, it has warmed up a bit with the sun. | |
21-03-2012, 11:59 PM
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| | | Re: Cuckoo in February!
A cuckoo has just arrived in Sharpthorne, West Sussex. My neighbour heard it on 20/03/2012 and I heard it today 21/03.
This is much earlier than in previous years in this area. |
24-03-2012, 01:09 PM
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| | | Re: Cuckoo in February!
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Originally Posted by RoyW Mid March will still be the earliest 'official' date given in county bird reports etc for the earliest UK arrival of a Eurasian Cuckoo. | I think this rules out cuckoo now, probably a Collard Dove or maybe a Starling. Or maybe someone's clock! |
24-03-2012, 02:00 PM
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| | | Re: Cuckoo in February!
Beats me how the feeble calls of a dove or starling could be mistaken for the loud ringing call of a cuckoo!
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24-03-2012, 08:25 PM
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| | | Re: Cuckoo in February!
What other alternative would you give as it is a certainty that it was not a Cuckoo calling in February.
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Originally Posted by Jim Ford Beats me how the feeble calls of a dove or starling could be mistaken for the loud ringing call of a cuckoo!
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