First Cuckoo of the year! 18th April 2009

Saturday, and it's gardening for me in the morning sun. Not much chance to stop and watch but had to take a moment to listen to the unmistakable call of a Cuckoo, in fact my very first outside the UK, singing loudly in the olive trees a short distance down the hill. Quite possibly a very recent arrival in Europe from its winter quarters in tropical Africa. As the morning progressed it seemed to work its way higher above me and continued calling through the day. I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed… More information...

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