...is sadly now the status of Cuckoo on patch, one calling at dusk from Broad Meadow, Teignmouth on 2 May was just the third record in the last ten years.
Nocturnal wader migration was also notable on the 2nd with a Whimbrel calling over Teignmouth early morning and a Bar-tailed Godwit over late evening. On the dropping overnight tide both Whimbrel and Bar-tailed Godwit were vocal on or over The Salty with a couple of Dunlin and a Sanderling. The latter a scarce bird on the Teign, but the second this year after one at Passage House on 12 April.
The bank holiday weather did not finish there, with the first Lesser Whitethroat of the year singing occasionally in Bitton Park, Teignmouth on the morning of the 3rd and the year's first Swift over the town
12th May 2020, Yannon Drive, Teignmouth, 5:15am. I was struggling to get out of bed to go to work when I heard a Cuckoo calling. I jumped up and went to the window, but it never called again.
ReplyDeleteHi Alan, I remember you telling me about your cuckoo a couple of years ago. Seems they never hang around for long locally.
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John
Thanks John. Swifts seem to have returned in good numbers in the past week or so.
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