cuckoo storm

[SteveB]

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

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

[willie wacker]

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

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.


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