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10-01-2009, 05:45 PM
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Originally Posted by pressld2  A great programme on a bird I've often heard but still never seen. Maybe this year... Dave P. | Dave, it would be worth a trip up to Wicken just to see them!
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10-01-2009, 05:52 PM
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Great programme, the colour inside the juveniles open beak was something else
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10-01-2009, 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by JeffH Dave, it would be worth a trip up to Wicken just to see them! | That might be the answer Jeff - it's not too far away from me and it looked a lovely place, too.
I have heard cuckoos at my local reserve and also at Northward Hill in Kent. I was toying with the idea of taking a portable CD player and playing the male's call to see if I could attract one. I don't think I could make a convincing call myself like Nick did. (No Ruth, you weren't the only ones to try!  )
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10-01-2009, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Ruth Daniel And I bet it wasn't only hubby and I who tried to do the call with our hands! lol!  | lol I can just see you in front of the TV pretending to be cuckoo (or maybe not so much of the pretending lol  )  |
10-01-2009, 07:43 PM
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Great programme really enjoyed it & for anyone who missed it, it's repeated on BBC 2 Sunday at 5:00 DON'T MISS IT 
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10-01-2009, 08:11 PM
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My word Ruth, you and your hubby making mating calls - Spring really is in the air
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10-01-2009, 08:25 PM
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I really enjoyed the programme - caught it on iPlayer, thanks to seeing this thread.
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10-01-2009, 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by JeffH Dave, it would be worth a trip up to Wicken just to see them!
Jeff | As it happens I'm just down the road too!
They are wonderful birds, I'd actually read about most of what was in the programme as it was featured in the BBC Wildlife magazine a few months ago. It was still a fantastic watch and proof that David A is still, in my opinion the most authoritative and eloquent narrator of the natural history documentaries on the beeb. Long may he live!
I went to Wicken several times over the summer and never heard a cuckoo - ironically it was south of Cambridge that I heard (and saw) one at Fowlmere and also at Lackford Lakes near Bury. I do feel very privileged to live in this part of the country where we have so many wonderful reserves.
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12-01-2009, 09:07 AM
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Originally Posted by JeffH My word Ruth, you and your hubby making mating calls - Spring really is in the air
Jeff | lol,not with the noises we were making Jeff......we need to practise a bit before we'll fool any Cuckoo!!!  |
14-01-2009, 03:00 PM
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A friend tells me that you don't actually have to be that accurate - an approximation will often bring in the Cuckoo.
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