Summary
Heard my first cuckoo on April 13, but one had been sitting about in one of our beech trees for two days before that, just gazing around. Those were two sunny days with a stiff, cold breeze. My first speckled wood butterfly was on the wing on the 12th, a real treat as its sun-dappled wings quivered in the sun's warmth as it flew to perch on a stone beside me. What with that and the songs of willow warblers and chiff chaffs, my mug runneth over.
Remember folks, it is the male cuckoo that calls the 'cuck-ooo' notes we know so well, the female uttering a gentle burbling sound, almost a chuckle one might say. She may not begin her egg laying in other bird species nests until mid or late May, and will lay 10-12 eggs during the season.See the full content of this document
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Cuckoo Is a Pleasant Sound
The cuckoo's decline began way back in the mid-...
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