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 Sat 18 Aug 12 18:38 
 Cuckoos - Fullchat
Anyone heard the Cuckoo this year. Can't say I have. Coin is still in the pocket waiting to turn over at the sound of the first Cuckoo.
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 Sat 18 Aug 12 18:48 
 Cuckoos - CGNorwich
Heard one in Norfolk Broads area.

They need all the help they can get.


www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-19252645
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 Sat 18 Aug 12 19:22 
 Cuckoos - R.P.
Heard one here early one morning in April.
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 Sat 18 Aug 12 22:10 
 Cuckoos - tyro
They appeared a little later than usual in our garden this year (we usually get them in April, but this year it was about the 5th of May). Likewise, we didn't hear as much of them as usual.

But I'm not complaining. It is possible to get too much of a good thing.
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 Sat 18 Aug 12 22:11 
 Cuckoos - R.P.
They can be irritating little tweets. Sort of reminds me of that song "I know a song that'll get on your nerves" !
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 Sat 18 Aug 12 23:49 
 Cuckoos - CGNorwich
>> They can be irritating little tweets. Sort of reminds me of that song "I know
>> a song that'll get on your nerves" !
>>

What cuckoos? Nothing beats the collared dove for sheer monotonous mind numbing irritation.

www.junglewalk.com/popup.asp?type=a&AnimalAudioID=12792

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 Sun 19 Aug 12 01:15 
 Cuckoos - No FM2R
>>Nothing beats the collared dove for sheer monotonous mind numbing irritation.

Clearly you've never met my mother in law.
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 Sun 19 Aug 12 05:04 
 Cuckoos - Pat
It's a bit late now!

The Cuckoo comes in April
In May it begins to sing
June it begins to stutter and
July it flies away.

In the Fen we usually hear them but not this year.

Pat
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 Sun 19 Aug 12 12:25 
 Cuckoos - Mike Hannon
The cuckoo comes in April
It sings its song in May
In the middle of June it changes tune
And in July it flies away.

Much more mellifluous...and exactly what happens in this part of France.
We don't hear enough of them for it to be a nuisance - which the doves and the frogs definitely are.
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 Sun 19 Aug 12 12:55 
 Cuckoos - Roger.
If you don't like the frogs - move back to Britain! :-)
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 Mon 20 Aug 12 03:33 
 Cuckoos - Pat
Well, I admit to having to google mellifluous ....

I still prefer my version spoken with a broad Fennie accent.

Pat
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