cuckoo storm

good morning everyone .another wet and windy morning .there is an old saying that a wet and windy start to april heralds the arrival of the cuckoo .

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Originally Posted by easygo

good morning everyone .another wet and windy morning .there is an old saying that a wet and windy start to april heralds the arrival of the cuckoo .

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And it was always said "a cuckoo lays eggs in another bird's nest. They don't build their own. Of course not. We all know Cuckoo's live In Clocks.

Haven't seen or heard a cuckoo in years. :(
In the past they were a common sound around farms and had their favourite trees.
Nor a curlew either for that matter.

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Originally Posted by SophieX

There was one on here once upon a time.....��

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I thought there was more than one :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by SophieX

i thought you were talking about some of the new posters on here. :rolleyes:


Good morning all.... almost the weekend... :party:

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""Here in Cloud Cuckoo Land, there are no rules! There's no government, no babysitters, no bedtimes, no frowny faces, no bushy mustaches, and no negativity of any kind. [Wyldstyle: "You just said the word 'no', like, a thousand times."] And there's also no consistency!
quote from lego movie
some of us i suppose live in cloud cuckoo land at times

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Originally Posted by SteveB

Haven't seen or heard a cuckoo in years. :(
In the past they were a common sound around farms and had their favourite trees.
Nor a curlew either for that matter.

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Start taking walks in the country for the next 2 months and on a warm evening you will hear them.
From a distance they look like pigeons
http://www.birdguides.com/media/larg...0/00136558.jpghttps://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...41994cb501.jpg

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Originally Posted by willie wacker

Start taking walks in the country for the next 2 months and on a warm evening you will hear them.
From a distance they look like pigeons
http://www.birdguides.com/media/larg...0/00136558.jpghttps://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...41994cb501.jpg

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I live on a farm. They had their favourite trees and came back every year.
Haven't seen or heard one for years. They have gone completely from large areas of the country and no-one really knows why.

"Cuckoo joins list of threatened birds"
http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/details....d=tcm:9-217895

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Originally Posted by SteveB

I live on a farm. They had their favourite trees and came back every year.
Haven't seen or heard one for years. They have gone completely from large areas of the country and no-one really knows why.

"Cuckoo joins list of threatened birds"
http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/details....d=tcm:9-217895

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The reason is their migration route
Their route along Spain and France has the biggest concentration shotgun in Europe
And their favourite sport is to shoot migrating birds , which is illegal , but doe,s not apply to them , in their eye,s anyway.
http://www.bto.org/sites/default/fil...ents-story.png

And they have to pass by twice a year , so their odds are against them