Cuckoo chick

Cragman · Thursday at 5:31 PM

I’ve been watching the local cuckoos again this year and found this youngster today in a meadow pipits nest after watching the parent pipit back to the nest with food. It’s several days old so the egg was probably layed 21st/22nd May. Earliest for me, i normally find eggs in early June

sh1kar · Thursday at 6:10 PM

Cragman said:
I’ve been watching the local cuckoos again this year and found this youngster today in a meadow pipits nest after watching the parent pipit back to the nest with food. It’s several days old so the egg was probably layed 21st/22nd May. Earliest for me, i normally find eggs in early June

Still waiting to hear one here in Hampshire!

sauer · Thursday at 6:40 PM

Hardly hear em up here nowadays... bit brother and I were out stalk9ng week or so ago and heard em ..put a smile on my face ..been 4 or 5 years since heard one

Paul

bullet chucker · Thursday at 6:43 PM

Heard one every season over the last five or six seasons some times get a glimpse of him where his mate is, is a mystery to me. Did get a photo of him calling with the mobile one time. Did hear him last week come to think of it, is SURREY.

BC.

Flash G 74 · Thursday at 6:48 PM

Hello, Not heard for 2 years opposite the Thames lock and river meadow , This would be Culham Hill Farm woods

Tugmanade · Thursday at 6:52 PM

Always hear them when out foxing on the marsh, last year for the first time I was hearing them at midnight / 1 o’clock in the morning.

jall55 · Thursday at 7:13 PM

I have not heard one yet this year

Stevie/P · Thursday at 7:37 PM

heard one 3 weeks back national forest Leicestershire

Brighty3006 · Thursday at 9:20 PM

Lots here in South Lincolnshire. Every year

Rogerp · Thursday at 9:44 PM

Haven’t heard any here for about 3 years. Herts/cambs border

eldon · Thursday at 10:39 PM

Listening to a cuckoo the other night and came across this nest; any ideas of the bird of these eggs?

I have a few ideas, and the wife's a birdwatcher with hers, so let's see if anyone can shed light on this please?

reiver · Thursday at 10:46 PM

There’s a few around my area often heard but seldom seen .

Cragman · Friday at 9:17 AM

eldon said:
Listening to a cuckoo the other night and came across this nest; any ideas of the bird of these eggs?

I have a few ideas, and the wife's a birdwatcher with hers, so let's see if anyone can shed light on this please?

They look like Sandpiper eggs

eldon · Friday at 4:24 PM

Cragman said:
They look like Sandpiper eggs

The wife thought they might be common greenshank, but I didn't think I'd seen any of those.
Sandpiper fits and they were a few about.

Thanks @Cragman

maxtich · Friday at 4:33 PM

Used to see them on a permission I had in Northwood many many years ago.
Non of my permissions have I seen any lately

Cragman · Friday at 5:08 PM

eldon said:
The wife thought they might be common greenshank, but I didn't think I'd seen any of those.
Sandpiper fits and they were a few about.

Thanks @Cragman

Greenshank breed northern Scotland way

bullet chucker · Friday at 5:16 PM

Further to my reply @4 above, a cuckoo was giving it loud again today in the same general area.

BC.

eldon · Friday at 10:18 PM

Cragman said:
Greenshank breed northern Scotland way

The nest location is in the Borders.

75 · Saturday at 7:23 PM

jall55 said:
I have not heard one yet this year

They’ve been at it for a few weeks up on the top. Nearly done I think - Middle of June change their tune and all that.

Despite hearing then every year around here, I rarely actually see them calling. Once about 20 years ago and then have seen 3 this year at it!!

Brad93 · Saturday at 7:43 PM

I've seen two.

One at about 30 yards away, at Burnham On Crouch. Four weeks ago.

Second at about 100 yards last week, at Two Tree Island, South Essex.

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