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Cuckoo calling.

  • 15-05-2018 03:50PM
    #1
    Western Pomise
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    Live in rural Mayo....had not heard the Cuckoo in a few years and have heard one twice in the last week.
    Are their numbers going down do people know?


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  • #2
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Western Pomise wrote: »
    Live in rural Mayo....had not heard the Cuckoo in a few years and have heard one twice in the last week.
    Are their numbers going down do people know?

    Numbers have been dropping over the past 15 years or more, as the number of species they 'cuckoo' have reduced. It's the knock on from overall species loss.


  • #3
    Ulmus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 187 ✭✭Ulmus


    I heard a cuckoo last Sunday morning in Dublin, Botanic Road area. I've never heard one before. I hope I'll hear him again.


  • #4
    Eddie B
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    Was out digging worms this morning and heard one for the first time in a few years. Shortly after, two flew over my head. One closely followed by the other. Mentioned it to my Da, and he said he'd heard loads this year.


  • #5
    Western Pomise
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    Cuckoo still about in my area....lovely to hear it in the evening.


  • #6
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Western Pomise wrote: »
    Cuckoo still about in my area....lovely to hear it in the evening.

    Enjoy it while it lasts. As the saying goes 'in June he changes his tune'


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  • #7
    blackbox
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    Aldo Little Lip wrote: »
    Enjoy it while it lasts. As the saying goes 'in June he changes his tune'

    Heard one or two and actually saw one in early May. Nothing for the last two or three weeks. Co. Wicklow.

    .


  • #8
    blackbird99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 478 ✭✭blackbird99


    Heard one this morning. The third time I heard one on the last month


  • #9
    Alun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,530 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Was up in the hills above Oughterard last weekend and there was one calling all day.


  • #10
    Tiercel Dave
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    Aldo Little Lip wrote: »
    Enjoy it while it lasts. As the saying goes 'in June he changes his tune'

    The cuckoo comes in April
    He sings his song in May
    In the month of June he changes tune
    And in July he flies away!


  • #11
    feartuath
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    Plenty around the West this year as usual


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  • #12
    Chisler2
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    feartuath wrote: »
    Plenty around the West this year as usual


    In spite of The Beast From The East and the generally wet windy spring the cuckoo arrived at the appointed time to Westport and to the slopes of Nephin in North Mayo....consistent locations two years in a row.


  • #13
    Graces7
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    Still calling here on our tiny island...


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