First cuckoo heard today, off in the valley a little, but a welcome
sound. 20C and sunny today in Normandy, with a brisk wind, spring
flowers, just about dry enough to do some planting. Not bad!



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Gardening in Lower Normandy

Emery Davis wrote:
First cuckoo heard today, off in the valley a little, but a welcome
sound. 20C and sunny today in Normandy, with a brisk wind, spring
flowers, just about dry enough to do some planting. Not bad!

I heard my first /ever/ cuckoo on holiday this week!

On 14/04/2013 20:36, wrote:
Emery Davis wrote:
First cuckoo heard today, off in the valley a little, but a welcome
sound. 20C and sunny today in Normandy, with a brisk wind, spring
flowers, just about dry enough to do some planting. Not bad!

I heard my first /ever/ cuckoo on holiday this week!

I thought we had had them posting here all winter.

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On 14/04/2013 20:36, wrote:
Emery Davis wrote:
First cuckoo heard today, off in the valley a little, but a welcome
sound. 20C and sunny today in Normandy, with a brisk wind, spring
flowers, just about dry enough to do some planting. Not bad!

I heard my first /ever/ cuckoo on holiday this week!

I thought we had had them posting here all winter.

I wonder who you're thinking of!!!!!!!!!!!

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Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:36:34 +0000, vicky wrote:

I heard my first /ever/ cuckoo on holiday this week!


Wow, that's a cause for celebration! It is a beautiful call... We're
lucky to have them all spring, until (as I understand it) their voices
change.


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Gardening in Lower Normandy

On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 Emery Davis wrote:

First cuckoo heard today, off in the valley a little, but a welcome
sound. 20C and sunny today in Normandy, with a brisk wind, spring
flowers, just about dry enough to do some planting. Not bad!

We heard one in the Suisse Normande last Wednesday.

David

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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK

On 14/04/2013 21:08, Emery Davis wrote:
On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:36:34 +0000, vicky wrote:

I heard my first /ever/ cuckoo on holiday this week!


Wow, that's a cause for celebration! It is a beautiful call... We're
lucky to have them all spring, until (as I understand it) their voices
change.

Males do the actual cuckooing from prominent places for to attract
Mrs. Cuckoo. She has a call not unlike a hawk (which cuckoos mimic
visually) to scare off potential hosts.
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Phil Cook

On 2013-04-14 21:08:23 +0100, Emery Davis said:

On Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:36:34 +0000, vicky wrote:

I heard my first /ever/ cuckoo on holiday this week!


Wow, that's a cause for celebration! It is a beautiful call... We're
lucky to have them all spring, until (as I understand it) their voices
change.

The last we heard was in Tresco about 13 years ago! It was also the
first we'd heard for a lot longer than that. But to my relief and
delight the tawny owls were calling last night at around 11pm.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

The cuckoo comes in April
He sings his song in May
He changes his tune in the middle of June
And then he flies away

"Emery Davis" wrote ...

First cuckoo heard today, off in the valley a little, but a welcome
sound. 20C and sunny today in Normandy, with a brisk wind, spring
flowers, just about dry enough to do some planting. Not bad!



You may find this site interesting regarding their long migration...

http://www.bto.org/science/migration...uckoo-tracking

-- Regards
Bob Hobden
Posting to this Newsgroup
from the W.of London. UK

On Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:25:20 +0100, Bob Hobden wrote:


You may find this site interesting regarding their long migration...

http://www.bto.org/science/migration...uckoo-tracking


Thanks very much Bob, that's a fascinating project. I have to say I could
spend a lot of time following, it's a better looking "reality show" than
most of TV!

cheers for that,

-E


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Gardening in Lower Normandy