Farnboro John
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By popular request, or rather to popular acclaim, and by his own awesome flying and navigation capabilities, I have the considerable honour to announce to BirdForum at large and anyone who missed him on his last two tours in particular, that untagged and unringed, Colin the Cuckoo is once again holding matinees and soirees in the Parish Field at Thursley Common, Surrey.
Personally I was absolutely delighted two Sundays back when the boy flew, calling, from the farthest East side of the common towards and past me, perched in a pine on Shrike Hill, had a good look round and then flew straight as an arrow to the Parish Field. Returning birds are special: returning passerines more so: this is his third consecutive summer on the same territory at Thursley and that I suggest is very special indeed.
One pic from today below.
John
Personally I was absolutely delighted two Sundays back when the boy flew, calling, from the farthest East side of the common towards and past me, perched in a pine on Shrike Hill, had a good look round and then flew straight as an arrow to the Parish Field. Returning birds are special: returning passerines more so: this is his third consecutive summer on the same territory at Thursley and that I suggest is very special indeed.
One pic from today below.
John