I've Just Heard A Cuckoo!

[Zacs-Master]

Earliest ever I think.

[237SJ]

They always used to come to the woods near our old house in Devon around 22nd April. Almost to the day sometimes. So it`s on time.

[Zacs-Master]

Think they must be a bit later oop north 237.

[237SJ]

Well, yes. It`s the traffic, you know.

[Zacs-Master]

Ha ha. That M5 can be a b.....

[boxtops]

As the song about the cuckoo says:

In April
I open my bill....

I haven't heard a cuckoo for years, this can't be cuckoo terriroty

[boxtops]

^territory

[237SJ]

My Dad used to say that they come back to the place where they were born. The cuckoo`s offspring came back to our woods every year for years and years. Then something broke the pattern - maybe the bird didn`t survive the journey and we never heard them again. I haven`t heard the cuckoo for at least 15 years.

[Frank97]

Heard one a couple of years ago, but none recently. They have started clearing the rhines more regularly and in so doing have cleared the reed away from the banks, result, no Cuckoos anymore. :-(

[paddywak]

Sadly it's the same story here,at one time they seemed to be all over the place now I think it's at least three years since we heard one.