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How long has the cuckoo been here?

  • 21-04-2009 3:50am
    #1
    Sundew
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    Heard my first cuckoo in Co.Mayo last Saturday the 19th of April :D
    Anybody else heard him?


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  • #2
    ednwireland
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    heard my first one in donegal last night 21st april - maybe he moved ?

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  • #3
    artieanna
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    Yep I'm in Mayo and I heard her for the first time yesterday evening and the bro heard her Sunday evening...

    Its early for me to hear her I usually hear her after everyone else,,,:rolleyes:


  • #4
    Sundew
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    It's along time since I heard her this early prob the early 90's :)


  • #5
    Morganna
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    Yep heard her last friday in mayo she is early this year as are the swallows


  • #6
    Morganna
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    Sundew wrote: »
    Heard my first cuckoo in Co.Mayo last Saturday the 19th of April :D
    Anybody else heard him?
    friday the 18th early this year


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  • #7
    Sundew
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    Just managed to take a quick look at a copy of Bird Watch Ireland's mag this month and see that the first official report of the cuckoo being heard was the 20th of March in Co.Cork :eek:


  • #8
    Morganna
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    that is early


  • #9
    sorella
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    We recorded the cuckoo here in Donegal on April 16th this year.

    Maybe the Cork one is a misprint? :)


  • #10
    Alun
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    Saw a pair of them at the weekend up in the Bluestacks in Donegal. They were being mobbed by a much smaller unidentified bird that was obviously not best pleased at them being in their neighbourhood for obvious reasons.


  • #11
    DWrynn
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    Heard one this eve in south Leitrim.


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  • #12
    Sundew
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    sorella wrote: »
    We recorded the cuckoo here in Donegal on April 16th this year.

    Maybe the Cork one is a misprint? :)

    Well Cork is the sunny South so perhaps they hung out there a while before flying on to Mayo and Donegal :D:D:D

    I don't think there is any reason to disbelieve the report.


  • #13
    sorella
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    We are in the Bluestacks to maybe that is the same one we hear; yes, smaller birds will mob them. And with good reason.
    Alun wrote: »
    Saw a pair of them at the weekend up in the Bluestacks in Donegal. They were being mobbed by a much smaller unidentified bird that was obviously not best pleased at them being in their neighbourhood for obvious reasons.


  • #14
    Connacht
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    Heard one clearly in the Ox yesterday at 11 am in conifer plantation.


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