The sun came out followed by the Goldies.

After all the rain the sun came out today and so did several Goldfinches. At on stage they were patiently lining up a bit like at our local Tescos these days and rtaking turns on my feeders.

I was hoping to blip a Cuckoo because it was one of the first birds I heard from my bedroom window this morning. I grabbed my bins and a camera and proceeded to chase a pair of Cuckoos all over the local fields. At one stage I watched them swooping and diving in what might have been courtship displaying. No chance of a photo though as I never got near enough. All in all I worked out that there a total of 4 Cuckoos all within a couple of square miles. We do have a lot of Reed Warblers that nest in the reed lined ditches and these are one of a Cuckoos favourite nests to lay an egg in.