Has anyone heard a Cuckoo call this year?

For the first time since I can remember I have not heard a Cuckoo so far this year .

I usually hear one in April, someone locally appears to have done I am pleased to see..

http://www.britishbirdlovers.co.uk/first-cuckoo

Re: Has anyone heard a Cuckoo call this year?

Yes Meg, last week at Clumber Park we heard one and yesterday we heard several in Sherwood Forest, quite the harbinger of spring aren't they...

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Yes several times over the past few weeks but then Im lucky to live near a large open common that is home to many birds..

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Lucky Cass I live in the middle of fields next to woodland, the ideal habitat for cuckoos so I would have expected to hear one by now

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..how lovely Barry still quite late though this year.

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I heard one last week when we were out walking.

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Not yet, i cant get to the sites i used to visit, so have to rely on one dropping into a costal site during migration.

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Usually May around here, very rarely April.....

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It is usually April here

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I will continue to listen intently and I may then be as luck as the rest of you

I understand the number of Cuckoos is falling and hearing them at all may become a rarity