CBdogsA1 420 Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Tad early for here yet. Even had the privilege of seeing a young one for e few weeks last year before it buggered off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tiercel 6,986 Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 I have not heard a Cuckoo for about 30 years, I don't know why but this area just does not seem to hold them. or it could be that I do not get out in the countryside as much in the summer as I did when I was a kid. When I was a kid the magical date was usually around the 25th of April. TC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Fook me what the fook you been smoking Don't smoke, or take drugs, mate. Daily, one on one interaction with wild birds is my, legal, high. But, you crash on Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_stig 6,614 Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 when i was a kid the sound of the cuckoo was a bit of a inspiration to get up and crack on when i got married and moved here i thought i`d miss the sound of him ----- i woke up on that first morning with the distant sound of a cuckoo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NEWKID 26,094 Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 Fishing the canal we'd regularly here cuckoos in the cast reed beds which make up the Exe estuary, not heard them in a while, I think a few early morning walks down that way are required in the next month or 2 Saw loads of lapwings this year, and curlews around the estuary Also more woodcock this year than I've seen in a long time, dozens whilst lamping..... Would the ugh winds gave a bearing on that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jigsaw 11,809 Posted March 30, 2014 Report Share Posted March 30, 2014 heard one at 9 tonight,we got one inside the clock in the kitchen 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greenman 221 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 http://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/sukb2013_tcm9-358727.pdf This is worth a read for those of you crying out for a bit of 'science'. It doesn't point fingers, it just gives an overview of bird populations in the uk and it's territories. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 see and hear curlews every year, a very eerie sound early mornings as for cuckoos, year before last was the last time i saw one, look very much like spars when flying in appearance but there flight patten is very different to a spar. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CBdogsA1 420 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Love the Curlews ( Whopps as they are known here ) and their distinct call when old charlie is on the move. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Greenman; That paper was largely extrapolated from data input by the BTO. I'm one of the vast army of volunteers who feed the BTO that source data in the first place. I'm not 'crying out for science'. I'm working away, day in, day out, year on year, helping write it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
baw 4,360 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Greenman; That paper was largely extrapolated from data input by the BTO. I'm one of the vast army of volunteers who feed the BTO that source data in the first place. I'm not 'crying out for science'. I'm working away, day in, day out, year on year, helping write it See reading that Pete, I was brought right back to your I'm in charge of the chat room threads ffs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Outlaw Pete 2,224 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Lost me, Baw burger. Not hard right now though. My back just went and I've dropped a proscribed valium. Now, everything's moving in slow motion and I feel my thought process have about crashed to the level of a lobotomised retard. RSPB buy land and kick the odd door in. BTO counts birds. That's all I'm trying to convey here. Right now? I think I'd get to three and forget what I was doing Wow! This is quite freaky. It's a bit like being a brain damaged, drunken quadriplegic. Nothing's functioning at all right, yet I'm totally aware of how poorly I'm performing. Just scratched my eyebrow. What an effort That was FFS! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bryson 562 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Lost me, Baw burger. Not hard right now though. My back just went and I've dropped a proscribed valium. Now, everything's moving in slow motion and I feel my thought process have about crashed to the level of a lobotomised retard. RSPB buy land and kick the odd door in. BTO counts birds. That's all I'm trying to convey here. Right now? I think I'd get to three and forget what I was doing Wow! This is quite freaky. It's a bit like being a brain damaged, drunken quadriplegic. Nothing's functioning at all right, yet I'm totally aware of how poorly I'm performing. Just scratched my eyebrow. What an effort That was FFS! ffs that made me chuckle enjoy mate haha 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greenman 221 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Greenman; That paper was largely extrapolated from data input by the BTO. I'm one of the vast army of volunteers who feed the BTO that source data in the first place. I'm not 'crying out for science'. I'm working away, day in, day out, year on year, helping write it That makes two of us then. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greenman 221 Posted March 31, 2014 Report Share Posted March 31, 2014 Greenman; That paper was largely extrapolated from data input by the BTO. I'm one of the vast army of volunteers who feed the BTO that source data in the first place. I'm not 'crying out for science'. I'm working away, day in, day out, year on year, helping write it See reading that Pete, I was brought right back to your I'm in charge of the chat room threads ffs Baw, I'm starting to like you, considering you appear to be a transgender anti policemen/women that's not a good thing. Aren't you Scottish too? I think I'm going to throw up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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