The first cuckoo?

Wildlife/Nature/Environment

The first cuckoo?

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sweet 17 24/03/2008, 12:16

Whilst out dog walking yesterday, the OH and I heard that distinctive harbinger of spring, the cuckoo.  Should it be here whilst the weather is hardly spring-like?  Is it en route to the UK?

Any advances on hearing this bird prior to Easter Sunday?  Chris, are you out there and can you come up with some suitably knowledgeable answers?

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Gengulphus 24/03/2008, 12:40

sweet 17 wrote:

Should it be here whilst the weather is hardly spring-like?

When cuckoo comes to the bare twig
sell your cow and keep your pig.
When cuckoo comes to the green bough
sell your pig and keep your cow.

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It's good, provided it lasts…
Letizia Bonaparte

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chris pp 24/03/2008, 14:24

In the Vienne first "ob" posted to LPO Vienne...

14/03 Coucou gris. (première donnée 2008).  Coulombiers. Raphaël Bussière.

Which of course doesn't mean there wasn't one present before that date. If yours was singing I doubt it was on it's way to the UK, it had already chosen it's spot.

Chris

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Panda 24/03/2008, 15:40
We've had one calling away for about a week and it's really miserable weather here! 

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steve 01/04/2008, 11:35
Doh! bit late, but I heard my first cockoo this morning - made me feel good!
Steve

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sweet 17 01/04/2008, 17:34

Steve, don't worry about being late.  I've heard our first one, in our house as opposed to somewhere else, today!

But I can't help thinking of the poor bird whose nest it has taken over!

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chris pp 01/04/2008, 18:37

But I can't help thinking of the poor bird whose nest it has taken over!

Clever bird, if you don't know how it operates have a research, it's incredible.

Chris

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Dave&Olive 14/04/2008, 18:25

hi ok

             swallows  arrived here today ???

                 Dave

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Clair 14/04/2008, 18:30
Mr Clair saw them yesterday, from the top of the ladder when he was trying to fix a leak in the roof....

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