Cuckoo

[dytkos 17,784]

Just (04:45) heard my first cuckoo of the year

Cheers, D.

 

[Qbgrey 4,089]

Yup heard one about 3 weeks back.

[samboy 304]

Heard my first of the year on Monday.

[lurchers 2,763]

Never heard 1 for years up here,shame really as it’s a nice sound at 1st light when out mooching.

[tatsblisters 9,530]

Same here heard one Monday in the woods not far from me the first one i have heard for a long time though i have been round the same area the last two mornings and not heard it since.

[tatsblisters 9,530]

3 minutes ago, lurchers said:

Never heard 1 for years up here,shame really as it’s a nice sound at 1st light when out mooching.

If like me small thing's like this brighten the day up.

[lurchers 2,763]

Just now, tatsblisters said:

If like me small thing's like this brighten the day up.

Certainly does mate

[Neal 1,857]

I was talking to the grandmother of two of the kids I used to teach the other day about birds you don't see any more. She asked me when was the last time I'd heard a cuckoo to which I joked, "Every day...it's the message alert on my phone."

However, the reason I have it as my message alert is because it reminds me of Dartmoor in May as that's the only place I get to see them now. Should be going there at half term...as long as restrictions continue to be lifted.

[twobob 1,497]

1 hour ago, tatsblisters said:

If like me small thing's like this brighten the day up.

Not heard one for years I have to make do with a Robin sitting 4 eggs up the allotment in a plant pot smithie was going to put the pics up

[Arry 21,616]

5 minutes ago, Neal said:

I was talking to the grandmother of two of the kids I used to teach the other day about birds you don't see any more. She asked me when was the last time I'd heard a cuckoo to which I joked, "Every day...it's the message alert on my phone."

However, the reason I have it as my message alert is because it reminds me of Dartmoor in May as that's the only place I get to see them now. Should be going there at half term...as long as restrictions continue to be lifted.

Your right Neal if I want to hear a Cuckoo I have to go up to Dartmoor they only seem to be on the high ground now. Bone hill rocks and the sandy track that go's under Bell Tor out towards Chinkwell tor above Widecombe is a good place to hear them. 

Cheers Arry

[Neal 1,857]

2 minutes ago, Arry said:

Your right Neal if I want to hear a Cuckoo I have to go up to Dartmoor they only seem to be on the high ground now. Bone hill rocks and the sandy track that go's under Bell Tor out towards Chinkwell tor above Widecombe is a good place to hear them. 

Cheers Arry

Thanks for the tip.

The place I stay in is Belstone and you get quite a few around Taw Marsh, presumably because of the meadow pipits. My son and I saw a merlin there a few years ago too.

[cragman 2,769]

2 hours ago, Neal said:

I was talking to the grandmother of two of the kids I used to teach the other day about birds you don't see any more. She asked me when was the last time I'd heard a cuckoo to which I joked, "Every day...it's the message alert on my phone."

However, the reason I have it as my message alert is because it reminds me of Dartmoor in May as that's the only place I get to see them now. Should be going there at half term...as long as restrictions continue to be lifted.

Ditto, it’s my alert too, mainly due to my interest in them. Love to study them in summer

[Gypsydog94 4,561]

Always try to get up exmoor for a listen every year 

Edited April 28, 2021 by Gypsydog94

[Daniel cain 45,148]

Sunday before last I heard my first walking in Machen

[twobob 1,497]