It had been a week since my first try at finding a cuckoo but that one was in vain. This time, I was back on Dartmoor, headed for Emsworthy Mire. We parked the car and started the hike. To get to the mire, we had to go down a slope. As we walked down, weContinue reading “Memories- The Moorland Hunt Part 2”
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Memories- The Moorland Hunt Part 1
A long time ago, we were up on Dartmoor. We left the car behind and started our hike. We were out looking for a cuckoo. I kept on ploughing through gorse, still headed up. Once I found a nice spot, I laid down a blanket and had some lunch. A cuckoo was calling from downContinue reading “Memories- The Moorland Hunt Part 1”
Bird Spotlights: The Cuckoo
Plumage The cuckoo has a mainly grey plumage, which makes it quite unobtrusive to mobbing crows when they hide in thick trees. The female is pretty much the same as the male so it’s hard to tell gender. Diet A cuckoo usually eats insects, a favorite being hairy caterpillars. It also occasionally eats eggs andContinue reading “Bird Spotlights: The Cuckoo”
The Bovey Birder 