Cuckoo

[dytkos 17,533]

Bumped into a friend in Asda the other day, first thing she said "heard a cuckoo this morning" still no swallows yet.

Cheers, D.

[dytkos 17,533]

Heard my first one this year yesterday, mid Cornwall.

Cheers, D.

[zandy01 3,575]

Up at 4am to visit a spot that's great for cuckoo's and photography, 5 males seen flying about and chasing each other from their territories... Here's a peak of what i managed.

[cragman 2,631]

Watching a female cuckoo where I work this week. She’s done the deed and I’ll try and find where this week  The females will be working Zandy, the males displaying and calling

[zandy01 3,575]

3 hours ago, cragman said:

Watching a female cuckoo where I work this week. She’s done the deed and I’ll try and find where this week  The females will be working Zandy, the males displaying and calling

Good luck in finding the best/host birds mate..

I've seen behaviour when the males have picked up small objects as if tonne presenting to the females - amazing.

Fantastic birds to hear Calling but when you see them or photograph them it just steps up a level.

[zandy01 3,575]

Here's another from this morning

 

 

[byron 1,093]

what they feeding on up your way mate..brown tailed moth caterpillars?? 

[cragman 2,631]

42 minutes ago, zandy01 said:

Good luck in finding the best/host birds mate..

I've seen behaviour when the males have picked up small objects as if tonne presenting to the females - amazing.

Fantastic birds to hear Calling but when you see them or photograph them it just steps up a level.

All courtship but you've got to be there to see it. This female has been watching a large bracken bed next to a footpath for a few days. I missed her approaching it, I have work to do  She’s not been there for a day or two so I think she’s laid. I sat opposite for ages the other day in the sun watching her and she didn’t move, she just watched. meadow pipit

[zandy01 3,575]

9 minutes ago, cragman said:

All courtship but you've got to be there to see it. This female has been watching a large bracken bed next to a footpath for a few days. I missed her approaching it, I have work to do  She’s not been there for a day or two so I think she’s laid. I sat opposite for ages the other day in the sun watching her and she didn’t move, she just watched. meadow pipit

Happy days, lets know how you get on

[zandy01 3,575]

10 minutes ago, byron said:

what they feeding on up your way mate..brown tailed moth caterpillars?? 

I've seen them feeding on worms, slugs and caterpillars - mostly worms they been finding in the grass.

[cragman 2,631]

Fascinating birds. I also got a call from a friend saying he’d seen and heard a female flying off with a male, early evening. So I’ll have a walk out where he is

[jok 3,035]

Not heard a cuckoo since April 17th 2017 but this very morning had a rare sighting, in our area, a peewit (lapwing). Haven't seen or heard one round here for a long time. Nor a curlew. New topic I know but connected. Jok.