I too heard one on Thursday last, near Meall a Chaorainn (between Kinlochleven and Ft William

JD,

Beat you, it was wall to wall cuckoos when I was pitched NE of Loch Tarff a week ago tonight. Other early sightings- first oystercatchers on the North Esk the last day of March and curlew and lapwings on 1st April north of Tarfside. Spring early up here this year as we've got azaleas out in bloom in the garden- at least three weeks earlier than normal- still lashings and lashings of snow remains on the higher hills though.

cj

That's a very colourfull koekoek you're showing John. I've been working for many years for a company on Koekoek Lane

I think they must migrate south then. I heard one on the walk out from Glencoul bothy in the woods opposite Glendubh bothy in the middle of March. I'll need to check the exact date, but I think it was about 11th. It has been an unseasonably early spring here in the far north, so, although it was very early, I wasn't enormously surprised.

Ah, but when you heard it, what was it saying? For, as we all know ... that is, all of us who are acquainted with "The Nodder" by P. G. Wodehouse ... the cuckoo does NOT go "cuckoo" ... it goes "wuckoo"

Some are on holiday.

I heard ... and SAW one ... loads on Cannock Chase