First Cuckoo

[wiltsman]

I know I won't be the first person to report hearing the cuckoo, but here in North Wiltshire I've just heard a cuckoo for the first time this year.

Just needed to tell someone!

[moonraker558]

I thought I heard one on the plain this morning m8

[cazzz1975]

I heard one a few weeks back making a racket by taking a chunk out of the tree

[cazzz1975]

oh no that was a woodpecker, noisy shizzle!

[seadogg]

Good on you Wiltsman. They wont be up to us just yet in North Yorkshire Moors.

[moonraker558]

Have seen the first swallows last week, must be the advance party.

[seadogg]

Probably the Greater Spotted Black and Decker cazzz lol

[Barmaid]

I thought I heard one a couple of weeks back. I called the FH to listen and he couldn't hear a thing. Mind you, he has 40% hearing loss so there was naff all point in asking him!

[Prudie]

I also posted that I heard one a couple of weeks ago. I thought it was way too early but I heard it clearly several times.

[mike11111]

I don't know what all the fuss is about. I have been hearing a cuckoo on a regular basis for the past two months! (Must get rid of that bloody clock!)

[jomifl]

Here in SW France.. first Cuckoo yesterday..Hoopoes a week ago..Swallows today

[Prudie]

I haven't seen a swallow yet - already 8 days later than the first I saw last year.

[DTCwordfan]

At about 3AM, I was drunk as a skunk. I came home just in time to hear the cuckoo clock cuckoo three times. Quickly coming up with a plan, I cuckooed nine more times, hoping my wife would think it was midnight. I was very proud of myself.

The next day, my wife asked what time I got home, and I replied, "Midnight, just like I said."

She said that was good, and for some reason she said we needed a new cuckoo clock. When I asked why, she answered, "Last night when it cuckooed midnight, it cuckooed three times, said 'Sugar!,' cuckooed four more times, farted, cuckooed three times, cleared its throat, cuckooed two more times and then started giggling."

[wiltsman]

Didn't expect all theses responses!

By the way Prudie, what part of the country do you live?

[seadogg]

Try the twitchers and birdwatchers section. You get a better type of wally.

[Prudie]

Dorset wiltsman