cuckoo

jwshooter

has any one heard the cuckoo this year yet, there was always some on the hill under the blackstairs mt , this time of year i used to hear them when hunting bunnys and running with the dogs up there

bunny shooter

2 x years since I heard one. There was one at the back of my house but new house construction and ditches ripped out means he's moved on

bullets

Yeah heard some last Monday when out in a Bog doing some
Clay shooting.

~B

A.Partridge

Yes, I heard one as clear as a bell on Friday morning 2nd May at around 8 am. It was coming from a wooded area across a river in front a hotel in Gweedore, Co. Donegal.

One of the nicest calls I've heard in years. I listened to him for about 20 minutes. Great to hear it again after many years.:)

mallards

I heard one this time two weeks ago beside Lough Fea in Tyrone. Lovely sound of spring. I seen one 2 years ago up close on my shoot. I could hear it cuckooing its way up the valley to see it fly up the line of the hedge not 10 feet away from me. It settled on top of the big tree by the release pen and cuckoo'd its head off for 10 mins before flying down the valley again. Magic!

Mallards.

dos29

2 weeks ago in a small wooded patch in Coomhola, near Bantry,(wesht cork!)
back to the same spot yesterday, loud and clear again.

BryanL

Dun na gal, 3 weeks ago, beautiful sound. they were discussing it on rte 1 the other day on mooney goes wild saying if you make a similar call the male bird will come in quickly to the challenge
Bryan

patbundy

heard one this morning north cork

foxshooter243

listened to one several times over the last fortnight at our clay grounds,
every year same place theres always a cuckoo calling, great to hear.

kerryman12

not yet - heard one last year at home in KY

tiny-nioclas

i have heard them most days at home in west waterford and have seen one 3-4 times in the trees across the road from my house itself. they seem plentiful enough around here.

kerryman12

I was watching a thing on discovery the other night about the affect of the chernobly disaster on wildlife in the area etc. It was amazing to see how resiliant nature can be etc. All the local species are triving (apart from the fact they are irrated) now that they have the exclusion zone to themselves with no human intervention.
Anyway the point is that in every video clip of a bear/wolf etc you could clearly hear the cuckoo!!:eek:

Nature is more resialant aht we give it credit for, perhaps.

Cbeirne82

I heard one in Riverstown Co. Sligo on the last week in April and one about a week and a half ago in Wicklow.

Terrier

Heard my first yesterday while walking the dogs, fantastic sound with the sun shining and the place alive with wildlife

johngalway

Been hearing them for a couple of weeks.

Grizzly 45

Same here.Been calling away merrily all May.IMO sign of a good Summer ahead hopefully.:D

jwshooter

not a one hear so far was on the hill this eve with the dogs whacking a few bunnys kinda hope n i would hear one

bunny shooter

Was at a clay shoot yesterday. Heard him. Am delighted. He sounded in good form too.

foxshooter243

was after greycrows last weekend and heard 2 calling ,then i spotted them through the old binocs-first for me.:D