philmayfield 6,130 Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Just heard the first cuckoo of spring. I’m not trying to be offensive to other posters! Has anyone else heard it yet? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 I don't think we have any here. Never heard one anyway. Just the two legged kind. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,158 Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Made me laugh there Loppy.............so how many legs do the feathered kind have ?......lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Two legged kind don't have wings though! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,130 Posted April 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Heard it today here in the Trent Valley. Anyone else? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted April 26, 2020 Report Share Posted April 26, 2020 I've heard one for almost a week, now we have the swifts diving at us. It would be nice to think it's summer with nothing to worry about Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,143 Posted April 26, 2020 Report Share Posted April 26, 2020 I hear one every day.......................If I remember to wind it up! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 963 Posted April 26, 2020 Report Share Posted April 26, 2020 I hear it Phil. Quite distant. Probably the same one. Usually hear it early in the morning if I have the bedroom window open but I could hear it mid morning the other day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,130 Posted April 26, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2020 It flys through the trees between us and the Brazier's field. Same every year and about the same time. Seems to fly around the parish boundary between ours and yours. Probably about a mile from you. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,292 Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 To the Cuckoo O blithe New-comer! I have heard, I hear thee and rejoice. O Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice? While I am lying on the grass Thy twofold shout I hear; From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once far off, and near. Though babbling only to the Vale Of sunshine and of flowers, Thou bringest unto me a tale Of visionary hours. Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring! Even yet thou art to me No bird, but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery; The same whom in my school-boy days I listened to; that Cry Which made me look a thousand ways In bush, and tree, and sky. To seek thee did I often rove Through woods and on the green; And thou wert still a hope, a love; Still longed for, never seen. And I can listen to thee yet; Can lie upon the plain And listen, till I do beget That golden time again. O blessèd Bird! the earth we pace Again appears to be An unsubstantial, faery place; That is fit home for Thee! by William Wordsworth 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,895 Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 Beautiful. No one writes those sort of words nowadays, more's the pity. Reading poetry like that brings you a sense of inner peace, much needed today. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,429 Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 Here's a bit of Delius for you. I've always thought of him as a very English composer. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,130 Posted April 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 German parents and German influences though. His does come over in some pieces as quintessentially English though. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,130 Posted May 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 It’s the middle of May and I’ve not yet heard the first cuckoo. The sound always comes from the same direction over the fields; maybe the same bird. Do the children return to the same site? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
letsavagoo 963 Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 We’ve heard the cuckoo a couple of times here Phil. Seemed quite close. For those who don’t know I’m about a mile or so from Phil as the cuckoo flies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,130 Posted May 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 Thanks for that. I believe we share the same cuckoo! I’ll be outside all afternoon, rain permitting, so I’ll listen out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,130 Posted May 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 Just heard the cuckoo. Thank goodness for that! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,416 Posted May 17, 2021 Report Share Posted May 17, 2021 Can't say I like it, it's a bit mawkish, but at least it rhymes as a proper poem should. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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