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Post by Tigerburnie
Re: Signs of Spring
tigerburnie Today at 15:24
.Could I ask people to report any Cuckoo calling this spring,place and date would be nice,know someone who's doing a bit of a study on them.
Ta.
Re: Signs of Spring
tigerburnie Today at 15:24
.Could I ask people to report any Cuckoo calling this spring,place and date would be nice,know someone who's doing a bit of a study on them.
Ta.
Re: Cuckoo Reports
Most exciting news of today - Pete was out walking in the woods with the dogs and heard a cuckoo. This is the first time in many years.
Date 29th April
Place - Macclesfield area (Cheshire)
Lai
Date 29th April
Place - Macclesfield area (Cheshire)
Lai
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Re: Cuckoo Reports
A friend has told us today. That she head a Cuckoo 2 1/2 weeks ago at Machynlleth in the Dyfi Valley Powys at the intersection of the A487 and the A489 roads. They have heard one for over 10Yrs apart from the last two, but one has returned this year
WS
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Re: Cuckoo Reports
A few reports of Cuckoos,got my first male for two years up in the hills,seemingly we have a few that target meadow pipits round here.
Numbers are confined though and some areas have none,which is a shame.I know they are parasites,but it is a natural thing and no one seems to know why the drop in numbers.
Numbers are confined though and some areas have none,which is a shame.I know they are parasites,but it is a natural thing and no one seems to know why the drop in numbers.
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Re: Cuckoo Reports
It is a shame despite their behaviour, cuckoos are a bird that used to be so abundant around us and now they aren't. The one Pete heard has gone, obviously no one to mate with.
Pleased you've got a male near you TB.
Lai
Pleased you've got a male near you TB.
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Re: Cuckoo Reports
I regularly hear a cuckoo at Stanwick Lakes in Northamptonshire. I first heard it this year about 3 weeks ago.
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Re: Cuckoo Reports
The ones near water often paritisise(spelling?) reed warblers,never ceases to amaze me that a bird smaller than a Sparrow doesn't notice and raises a bird about the size of a Dove.
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Re: Cuckoo Reports
I agree TB - the poor parents end up raising this huge fat chick that is more than four times their size! Nature is amazing.
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Re: Cuckoo Reports
Thanks for the update WS - what great news that the tracking has worked.
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Re: Cuckoo Reports
Isn't it amazing they can put tracking devices on birds and even better they are getting the data they want
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Re: Cuckoo Reports
I had forgotten about the chipped cuckoos - wonderful they are making it all the way there, but as you say WS, will they make it back next year?
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Re: Cuckoo Reports
This years youngsters are just making their way south,keep your eyes peeled for a bird that looks a bit like a bird of prey but flies like wimp.How they get all the way to Africa must be one of natures true wonders.
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Re: Cuckoo Reports
TB, it's amazing
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I agree TB, migratory Birds, Salmon, Trout, and other Animals have been doing these journeys for thousands of years, and how long has it taken us to invent the Sat Nav. As you say amazing
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I do hope they can sort out the problems so this iconic bird still heralds spring for us all.
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