Cuckoo, Cuckoo, Cuckoo

[Dan Salter]

In the garden i knowingly heard my first cuckoo this afternoon ( by that i mean i may have heard them but not noticed yet). Right after spotting some cuckoo flower in flower while watching a pair of orange tip butterlies which seem to have hatched this week or two which i think feed on this flower and also spotting the cuckoo pint (lord and ladies)flower is on its way up....hmmm...is there a connection to all this? lol

[wildlifesnapper]

Hi

not heard one yet this year.The do seem to have decreased a lot in my area which doesn't help.

neil

[Ollie]

Originally Posted by wildlifesnapper

Hi

not heard one yet this year.The do seem to have decreased a lot in my area which doesn't help.

neil

Same hear Neil, I only heard the Cuckoo once last year they do seem to be down in numbers in my area.
Roger

[Dan Salter]

Oh i guess im lucky down in kent then? I sighted two last year at two reserves on the north kent marshes and heard one almost everytime i went to northward hill reserve !

But yes today was first this year.

[kaz]

I haven't heard one yet this year but other locals have reported hearing them.

[rlchew]

I heard one and then later saw 2 together at my local patch this morning. Fortunately this is still a reliable site to find them each spring/summer.

Richard

[John]

I was at the Wyre Forest this morning and a Cuckoo was continually calling nearby. Each time I tried to move closer it seemed to move away. Finally I gave up, walked to another area of the Wyre Forest and the blooming thing flew over my head.

John

[Dan Salter]

Yes i have heard one ( maybe same bird) every day in the garden since my original post, then i visited a country park and a nature reserve both in the next borough and heard them at both.

Oh and saw a swallow too ! ( although my mother saw a pair as far back as feb ) which were reported in my area on birdtrack.

[nutmeg]

I heard one in Lincolnshire yesterday - in the Bardney area.

[leon-b]

heard one in suffolk yesterday
leon

[Wild-Woman]

Originally Posted by Dan Salter

Oh i guess im lucky down in kent then? I sighted two last year at two reserves on the north kent marshes and heard one almost everytime i went to northward hill reserve !

But yes today was first this year.

Yes they're back on site and cuckooing away. Lovely.

[Dan Salter]

YEs they are and i saw my second swallow of the year just now on route to college.

[ron1863]

No cuckoo sounds yet but saw my first swallow yesterday - Central Scotland

[Dan Salter]

I was awake between 3am and 4am last night trying with my torch to see the calling tawny owl outside my window ( i hear them nightly but still havent seen them) when i noticed a cuckoo was calling ..and continued until i fell back to sleep around 4am !