twenty Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 A Cuckoo calling yesterday around Woodmancote, (Cotswold escarpment)..........Always seems to be around 7th-12th April to hear the first in Gloucestershire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 Hello, always pleased to hear the cuckoo, 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty Posted April 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 9 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said: Hello, always pleased to hear the cuckoo, 👍 Great time of year isn't it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 Just now, twenty said: Great time of year isn't it. Hello, yes, despite the inclement weather, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty Posted April 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 1 minute ago, oldypigeonpopper said: Hello, yes, despite the inclement weather, Yeah, Frost here this morning, but watching House Sparrows collecting pigeon feathers I've put out for them, is good fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow white Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 (edited) All ways hear them at llyn Brenig beginning of April but last two years not been able to go because of lockdown missed hearing them. Edited April 11, 2021 by snow white Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTaylor91 Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, twenty said: Yeah, Frost here this morning, but watching House Sparrows collecting pigeon feathers I've put out for them, is good fun. Frost here too this morning. Not heard a cuckoo yet but usually a fair few around here. We have starlings starting to nest in the roof, they keep coming down and stripping my other half’s lavender plants 😂. Edited April 11, 2021 by JTaylor91 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty Posted April 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, JTaylor91 said: Frost here too this morning. Not heard a cuckoo yet but usually a fair few around here. We have starlings starting to nest in the roof, they keep coming down and stripping my other half’s lavender plants 😂. If you put some Straw/hay down near your plants, they will probably take that instead, ( and feathers) All the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, twenty said: A Cuckoo calling yesterday around Woodmancote, (Cotswold escarpment)..........Always seems to be around 7th-12th April to hear the first in Gloucestershire. ...and thank you from PW’s own birdy correspondent. No Cuckoos here yet and the Swallows are two days overdue. There is a Black Redstart locally. 15 minutes ago, JTaylor91 said: Frost here too this morning. Not heard a cuckoo yet but usually a fair few around here. We have starlings starting to nest in the roof, they keep coming down and stripping my other half’s lavender plants 😂. Please tell your other half that the long flowering shoots on the Lavender should have been cut off last September. Edited April 11, 2021 by JDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTaylor91 Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, JDog said: ...and thank you from PW’s own birdy correspondent. Please tell your other half that the long flowering shoots on the Lavender should have been cut off last September. My other half is no gardener, she’s currently trying to grow chives, it’s been a pot of soil for coming up to two months now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 1 minute ago, JTaylor91 said: My other half is no gardener, she’s currently trying to grow chives, it’s been a pot of soil for coming up to two months now. I have Chives she can transplant when I next see you. They are easy to grow and maintain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTaylor91 Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 1 minute ago, JDog said: I have Chives she can transplant when I next see you. They are easy to grow and maintain. She will be chuffed with that, she says they’re her favourite herb but I’ve never seen her use them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 3 hours ago, JDog said: I have Chives she can transplant when I next see you. They are easy to grow and maintain. Just stick a few bulbs in a quiet corner of the flower bed and they will grow into a nice cluster. Easy peasy. Take them out of the pot as they will die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted April 11, 2021 Report Share Posted April 11, 2021 havnt heard a cuckoo for 5 years now .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokersmith Posted April 12, 2021 Report Share Posted April 12, 2021 Last year I heard my 1st whilst claying at Grimsthorpe ... not heard one yet this year though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted April 14, 2021 Report Share Posted April 14, 2021 On 11/04/2021 at 08:26, oldypigeonpopper said: Hello, always pleased to hear the cuckoo, 👍 Hello, still waiting to hear one in the Vale, but the swallows are about on the farm, only in small numbers this year, been putting out some wheat for all the hedgerow birds, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatureBoy Posted April 15, 2021 Report Share Posted April 15, 2021 My first cuckoo of year in Mid Suffolk yesterday. Stone curlew on drillings next to where i was shooting Sunday. Saw one on that same field 4 years ago. NB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty Posted April 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2021 7 hours ago, NatureBoy said: My first cuckoo of year in Mid Suffolk yesterday. Stone curlew on drillings next to where i was shooting Sunday. Saw one on that same field 4 years ago. NB Only Stone Curlew I have ever seen was on Minorca...........with Bee Eaters above it on a power line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted April 15, 2021 Report Share Posted April 15, 2021 53 minutes ago, twenty said: Only Stone Curlew I have ever seen was on Minorca...........with Bee Eaters above it on a power line. My only Stone Curlews were on Majorca. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty Posted April 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2021 48 minutes ago, JDog said: My only Stone Curlews were on Majorca. Bet you saw plenty of Egyptian vultures as well on Majorca........I spotted quite a few in Puerto Pollensa in the NE of the Island. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted April 15, 2021 Report Share Posted April 15, 2021 4 minutes ago, twenty said: Bet you saw plenty of Egyptian vultures as well on Majorca........I spotted quite a few in Puerto Pollensa in the NE of the Island. Yes and those marvellous Eleonora's falcons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twenty Posted April 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2021 5 minutes ago, JDog said: Yes and those marvellous Eleonora's falcons. Yeah brilliant, I saw a red footed falcon there as well, and also just offshore, some Balearic Shearwaters. The national bird of Majorca is the Hoopoe, plenty of those to be seen as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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