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May 2017
11:03pm, 22 May 2017
767 posts
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flyingfinn
Cuckoo for me too today DT, though I also heard them in the lakes the first two weekends in May BUT the big one this evening for me was calling Corncrakes  definitely a lifetime first.
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May 2017
11:20pm, 22 May 2017
22,908 posts
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Derby Tup
Corncrakes?! Wow. That's ace
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May 2017
5:21pm, 23 May 2017
15,096 posts
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Wriggling Snake
ff whereabouts were you when you heard the corncrakes?
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May 2017
6:35pm, 23 May 2017
768 posts
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flyingfinn
I'm on Islay WS. At Loch Gruinart yesterday there were at least 3 to be heard without walking more than a couple of hundred metres. Two were even conveniently positioned either side of the walk way to the hide. Went looking for eagles at Oa today but without success today. I've got another week so hopefully i'll get lucky one day. Did find a large group of Red breasted merganser off a remote beach this afternoon, along with nesting Arctic Terns before the weather turned a bit grotty.
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May 2017
7:35pm, 23 May 2017
825 posts
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Heinzster
I heard a corncrake a few years ago in a forest park in NI. Either that or I heard someone imitating a corncrake. I have always wondered
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May 2017
7:58pm, 23 May 2017
15,100 posts
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Wriggling Snake
That makes sense for both of you. West of Scotland NI is where they're at 😆. Excellent.
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May 2017
1:28pm, 24 May 2017
17,020 posts
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flanker
Lovely peaceful walk around The Tongue in Troutbeck on Sunday to help the legs recover. Incredibly quiet, and found more cuckoos (already had more than the whole of last year), stonechat, mippits, and the very handsome Mr & Mrs redstart.
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May 2017
3:54pm, 24 May 2017
246 posts
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bonners
Came oh here to post my latest and by coincidence I'm matching flanker. Saw a redstart today out at work in a little village in Denbighshire, nesting in a lady's roof, they come back every year apparently. Another first for me, what a lovely little bird.
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May 2017
4:54pm, 24 May 2017
19,934 posts
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Red Squirrel
Nuthatch nest in my local woods. Saw the blue beauty on the side of a tree a couple of times.
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May 2017
6:47pm, 24 May 2017
21,664 posts
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Dave A
I've been sat out in the garden and have just seen 4 Starlings chase off a Sparrowhawk.
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