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Re: Cuckoo
« Reply #15 on: May 28, 2013, 02:56:24 pm »
ooh forgot a further 52 caches on Monday ;D

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Re: Cuckoo
« Reply #16 on: May 29, 2013, 08:44:41 am »
Heard my first cuckoo this morning while walking the dogs ;D
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Re: Cuckoo
« Reply #17 on: May 29, 2013, 08:53:43 am »
Was out caching yesterday in the rain and at one point thought i heard one but not sure so not claiming one yet ;D

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Re: Cuckoo
« Reply #18 on: May 29, 2013, 09:04:04 am »
Was out caching yesterday in the rain

That's dedication for you

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Re: Cuckoo
« Reply #19 on: May 29, 2013, 01:41:37 pm »
That's dedication for you

That's cachers for you, some more dedicated than others ;D
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Re: Cuckoo
« Reply #20 on: June 05, 2013, 06:37:04 pm »
Out in some glorious Cotswold countryside yesterday but still no Cuckoo :(

Did see a Red Kite though 8)

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Re: Cuckoo
« Reply #21 on: June 05, 2013, 10:42:17 pm »
thats lucky, not often see one around here, its usually Buzzards. Though up in Northamptonshire where Alison hails from its all Red Kites and very few Buzzards.

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Re: Cuckoo
« Reply #22 on: February 18, 2014, 01:13:49 pm »
Too early this year to post this thread?

I haven't heard one this year yet.

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Re: Cuckoo
« Reply #23 on: February 18, 2014, 04:04:38 pm »
Too early :D

In April i open my bill.
In May i sing all day.
In June i change my tune.
In July far far i fly.
In August away i must.
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Re: Cuckoo
« Reply #24 on: February 18, 2014, 08:42:50 pm »
The twitchers are about these parts - we've got a hen harrier some where near-by :)


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Re: Cuckoo
« Reply #25 on: February 18, 2014, 10:24:23 pm »
The poem as I know it:

The Cuckoo comes in April
She sings her song in May
She changes her tune
In the month of June
And July she flies away

Not unheard of to hear the Cuckoo in February, but more usually April as the poem.  We were hearing Cuckoo's very late, into July, last year.  The bird is very significant to country folk, the cider barrel's tapped when its first heard!

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Re: Cuckoo
« Reply #26 on: February 19, 2014, 01:21:41 pm »
Thank you for that. I thought I was a bit early :D But with the world weather a bit topsy-turvy of late and relatively warm winter so far, thought there might be a chance.

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Re: Cuckoo
« Reply #27 on: April 22, 2014, 05:27:48 pm »
Yay tap the cider barrel.Heard a Cuckoo today whilst caching in Warwickshire :)

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Re: Cuckoo
« Reply #28 on: April 22, 2014, 08:51:56 pm »
I've not heard one yet ::)
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Re: Cuckoo
« Reply #29 on: April 22, 2014, 09:19:47 pm »
Yay tap the cider barrel.Heard a Cuckoo today whilst caching in Warwickshire :)
Hear it Saturday and again today and the barrel is tapped  ::)
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