Have you heard a Cuckoo yet this year

I heard a cuckoo for the first time this year when watering the garden last night, such a lovely evocative sound

Hearing one is becoming a much rarer occurrence these days as the numbers have fallen dramatically.

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I love the sound of a cuckoo but I have not heard one yet at this house. I heard a screech owl a few weeks back.

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I hear one every day at 2 o'clock!




I have a clock with British bird song on it, a different bird every hour.
I also have an American one but it was getting a bit noisy with two going together and confusing local birdwatchers, so I took the batteries out!

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sadly never heard a Cuckoo in my life must be something to do with where I live.

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I was only thinking about this at the weekend, and no, unfortuantely I haven't heard one this year yet.
Pity, I do love to hear them.

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"Have you heard a Cuckoo yet this year"

Yep, but I mostly hear it when I visit the Politics section of the forum !

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I don't think Ive ever heard one around here, I live on open farmland so perhaps thats why?

The swifts arrived a couple of weeks ago and have set up residence under the garage guttering.

And the hawks have arrived in the tree in the middle of the field behind us

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No cuckoo but lots of Kookaburras; even had one come and sit next to me though this is not the laughing variety.

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I heard one this morning!

There's a Woodpecker as well down by the canal somewhere, but haven't heard it for a while.

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I heard a cuckoo, for the first time,yesterday.