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from "Jo Ling" contains these words:

Here in this corner of Sussex we
get blue tits, starlings, woodpigeons, magpies and blackbirds in our garden.
Also the occasional green woodpecker and jay. I do put nuts out for the
birds, but the squirrels are always first in the queue! We can hear cuckoos
but never seem to see them.

I've noticed that cuckoos call cuckoo while perched, but not while
flying.You can hardly ever spot one in a tree and I've never seen one on
the ground. When they are flying between trees they make a very
different,husky croaking call which sounds roughly like " watchitty
watchitty". If you look then you might see one; quite large and tend to
fly low, short distances only, in a rather stealthy manner.

At dusk we get the occasional bat flittering
around our oak tree, and at night we hear the odd owl ... and unfortunately
rather a lot of Boeings and Airbuses, but at least they never come into the
garden...

Just as well; I doubt if your bird table is long enough for one to land on.

Janet.