Ray Daywalker Clarke
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Just heard my first Cuckoo of the year, sure sign the warmer weather is on the way.
Anyone heard any anywhere else ???
Anyone heard any anywhere else ???
Cuckoo, first signs
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MarkTheSpark
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I usually hear my first when fly fishing at Elinor, but cuckoos are becoming quite rare these days. When I was a child, they were everywhere.
The last survey revealed that cuckoos have declined 60% since 1980 - absolutely catastrophic. They have problems here and in their wintering grounds in sub-Saharan Africa. The main problem is the eternal one - too many humans taking over too much land.
Article HERE and read the book, Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo - a brilliant if rather saddening read about the decline of most migratory species of birds.
The last survey revealed that cuckoos have declined 60% since 1980 - absolutely catastrophic. They have problems here and in their wintering grounds in sub-Saharan Africa. The main problem is the eternal one - too many humans taking over too much land.
Article HERE and read the book, Say Goodbye to the Cuckoo - a brilliant if rather saddening read about the decline of most migratory species of birds.
Heard the first one this year in the woods behind my house on the 20th March.
Usually though, the cuckoo "season" starts here > > > http://www.fishingmagic.com/forums/coarse-fishing/189843-what-does-close-season-mean-you.html
Every flippin' year too!
Usually though, the cuckoo "season" starts here > > > http://www.fishingmagic.com/forums/coarse-fishing/189843-what-does-close-season-mean-you.html
Every flippin' year too!
Lord Paul of Sheffield
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Peter a traditionalist like you should apprechiate the effort I go too each year to keep this old custom going 
Wobbly Face (As Per Ed)
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Never get any where I am (keep the doors locked). Had first Peacock Butterfly in the garden this morning.
M'Lud, the cuckoo does not sound like an owl.:j
). Had first Peacock Butterfly in the garden this morning.M'Lud, the cuckoo does not sound like an owl.:j
Jeff Woodhouse
Moaning Marlow Meldrew
Take no notice of him m'Lud! He's just a misery who's trying a new tactic of ridicule, but we're the ones enjoying our stillwater fishing!
Not heard a cuckoo as yet, plenty of woodpeckers around and yesterday there must have been thirty or more kites flying around in circles above our street. I tried to photograph them, but so many the camera lens was wide open and then they look like dots; you really had to see them. First thoughts are they were trying to pick their mates for breeding, any of you got thoughts?
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Wobbly Face (As Per Ed)
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I think you got your quotes mixed up a bit Jeff.
Also, is M'Lud's dyslexia catching you up or have you just got fat fingers like me (have to read through to see if it looks ok before pressing submit).
Also, is M'Lud's dyslexia catching you up or have you just got fat fingers like me (have to read through to see if it looks ok before pressing submit).
Poshpaul (Angling Trust and PaSC)
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Frozen wastes in't grim North haven't t'heard cuckoo since last I lived in sainted Shropshire.
Heard my first chiff chaff of the year...and the buzzards and woodpeckers were giving it some today.
Must start my Mersey walks again to see if, and when, the sand martins and the blackcaps arrive.
Heard my first chiff chaff of the year...and the buzzards and woodpeckers were giving it some today.
Must start my Mersey walks again to see if, and when, the sand martins and the blackcaps arrive.
Jeff Woodhouse
Moaning Marlow Meldrew
Corrected, Wobbly. It's aglitch that sometimes occurs within FM quotes. Don't know why.
the indifferent crucian
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Interesting. The Cuckoo isn't supposed to arrive until around the 14th. April. You can pretty much set your clock by them!
Heard a Cuckoo? | Woodhill Cottage - Life in the Surrey Hills Countryside
Here's records for Worchestershire....
Dates of First Cuckoo in Spring
However the RSPB do say late March....
The RSPB: Cuckoo
I'm out everyday, walking the dog, in Southern woodlands were they are still numerous. But I've never heard one before the 14th April.
Heard a Cuckoo? | Woodhill Cottage - Life in the Surrey Hills Countryside
Here's records for Worchestershire....
Dates of First Cuckoo in Spring
However the RSPB do say late March....
The RSPB: Cuckoo
I'm out everyday, walking the dog, in Southern woodlands were they are still numerous. But I've never heard one before the 14th April.
No need for ridicule Jeff, its simply the Law, so like a lot of other laws that one might not agree with it's simply a case of; "suck it up"!