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Cuckoo visit
Gingertop
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A cuckoo visited our bird table today, quite a close encounter. Didn't eat anything just stopped for a moment before taking off again. Should they still be here at this time of year. We live on the edge of Bodmin Moor.
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No it shouldn't!
Are you absolutely positive of your ID?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
No question
Compare http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/name/c/cuckoo/index.aspx
and http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/discoverandlearn/birdguide/name/s/sparrowhawk/
The female sparrowhawk can look similar to a cuckoo.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Checked all that already as I was so surprised. It was the female.
Well, I'm a woman and I'm brilliant at navigation - whereas my male OH has no sense of direction at all but has memorised the Tube map
Maybe it's a this year's young cuckoo from Northern Europe stopping over - it seems they usually do that in Eastern Europe, but this year has had some odd weather conditions which may have affected things. This article is interesting http://www.mpg.de/7711203/cuckoo-migration
I'd report it to the RSPB if I were you.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
And I can reverse park too
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.