Have you heard the Cuckoo?
 

Not heard one for years and now we have heard two in different locations in the last few weeks, if I could upload the video here I would....anyone?

Yeah all the time in Kerry but we're in the woods basically

We were discussing the other day that whilst nearly everyone has heard about cuckoos and their behaviour yet nobody had ever seen one or even knew what they looked like !!

…we have had local cuckoo’s in the past…(…maybe human ones as well…)…but I haven’t heard any where we’re living now…it’s nice to have inherited those cuckoo neighbours, Cherie…

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Cuckoos are in decline, if you hear them you can log them here, @Niamh. this includes an Irish grid as well

https://www2.habitas.org.uk/records/...-cuckoo-record

This was at Earlham Park yesterday at UEA

…that’s not a walk I’ve done yet but it is on my list as it’s meant to be a lovely walk…

Very pretty, the bluebells are in decline but still worth a look

…I went to Taverham Mill Nature Reserve last week and the woodland areas there were a hazy blanket of bluebells also…back in the day as a child, that was quite a commonplace sight but not so much now, it’s very stunning…

Oh OK, I always give out about them when I hear them saying they've probably kicked out and killed loads of baby birds to steal their nest and their parents :laugh: There seems to be plenty around Kerry direction anyway

Not sure I;ve ever heard one based on that video :think:

ALways the wood pigeons

"Hoo-hoooo--huh... hoo-hoooo--huh".

…bird impressions/impersonations by Quantum Boy was not on my list of forum things to see today…

No Neem what happens is they lay and egg in a nest and let the other bird hatch the egg, when the cuckoo hatches it chucks any other little ones out of the nest, nature at its finest :laugh:

Sometimes the mother cuckoo gets rid of one of the eggs that's already there and replaces it with her fat ass Cuckoo baby egg and then the fat ass cuckoo baby throws the other babies out after they're born :oh:

All these fat ass Cuckoos, maybe the babies are fighting back and that is why they are in decline


The sound of a Cuckoo though its just so summery

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Just heard one 2 minutes ago so there around Cork too