Cuckoo

[spurtle]

Heard the harbinger harbinging for the first time yesterday.

[stratman]

Heard the harbinger harbinging for the first time yesterday.

You're cuckoo.

[Rheghead]

I heard my first cuckoo today, it was quite close to the house as well.

[North Rhins]

The wife and I were up above New Luce last Thursday it must have been around 8.30pm. I saw what I thought was a Merlin as it flew in front of the car. Stopped and got the binocs out only to find it was a Cuckoo, only the second one I’ve ever seen.
First one was then joined by a second! I couldn’t tell whether it was male/female or male/male but one of the pair started a courtship dance. I don’t know if it was to impress or deter the other but every time it cuckooed its tail shot up like a fan. Fantastic sight.

[Kenn]

The cuckoo comes in April,
Sings his song in May,
In June he changes his tune,
In July he flies away.


Don't know if any one else learnt this as a child, thought I heard 1 briefly a couple of weeks back early morning but nothing since.

[Tilter]

The cuckoo comes in April,
Sings his song in May,
In June he changes his tune,
In July he flies away.


Don't know if any one else learnt this as a child, thought I heard 1 briefly a couple of weeks back early morning but nothing since.

I'm fairly slow but I only heard him on Saturday (2 June) for the first time this year. Lizz, what does he change his tune to in June? He was still cuckooing on Saturday.