Cuckoo

[butchthedog]

Heard my first Cuckoo of the year today, near Hamsterley, Co. Durham in woodland next to River Wear

[Silverback]

Heard ours about a month ago at Langsett, off the A616 near Penistone

[saxonaxe]

Nope not yet. Heard a Nightjar last time out, but Cuckoo is keeping his head down still. :D

[Ehecatl]

Heard a Cuckoo earlier this year but they're not common in these parts (NW Kent).

M@

[snowleopard]

Not heard any down here. Probably my observation skills are lacking!

[shepherd]

heard afew times up here on the fell in cumbria... when i work over north yorkshire on the hill tops around thirsk id see them alot... not seen or heard them anywhere else in my life.

[El]

Not yet :(

[butchthedog]

Thank's for the replies fella's T^

[Silverback]

Not heard any down here. Probably my observation skills are lacking!

if you're like any other 12 year old you're probably making too much noise to hear them.......... ;) its easy really they literally go cuck....ooo.

[DorsetForge]

if you're like any other 12 year old you're probably making too much noise to hear them.......... ;) its easy really they literally go cuck....ooo.

Although I must admit they dont seem to be as common down here as they used to be.

I have only actually seen one once and that was when we were wild camping in Ireland amongst some sand dunes.

[Humakt]

Heard quite a few cuckoos. There's one I hear most days on the opposite side of the field - can't be more than a couple hundred yards away. I've lurked around those trees, waiting for him. But still no luck.
Getting to see them is the trick...

[butchthedog]

At a distance they are easily mistaken for Woodpidgeon , close up you can see the whiteish bars on their wings. I have actually seen two together on the fringes of Hamsterley Forrest a couple of years ago.

[shepherd]

look closely for the bars long their breasts