Birds in Bedfords Park - Green singing finch and a cuckoo
Friday, 23. May 2008, 08:58:03
The first bird I photograph on Wednesday was the swan family I photographed before in Rapheal Park
Up at Bedfords park visitor centre there is a new resident. A green singing finch turned up earlier this week and can be seen hanging around the centre feeding on the grass seeds. Its almost definately an escapee as its native to Afica.
I also got this videoLater when I was photographing scorpionflys I heard a familar call getting closer. The cuckoo then appeared and landed in a tree nearby. It was close enough for me to hear a laughing-like call between the "cuckoo"s. It wasnt quite close enough in the tree thou so this was the best I could manage
I did manage to get some video of it calling thoughIt did move even closer but was up in an Oak tree out of sight. And I manged to see my second cuckoo of the year in Ingrebourne NR before I saw the demoiselles. Insects in Bedfords park still to come
Very nice to hear the cuckoo. My children did a lot of singing when they were quite young and many of their assigned songs mentioned cuckoos and larks. Interesting to finally hear one!
By cakkleberrylane, # 23. May 2008, 11:28:49
By Ukwildlife, # 23. May 2008, 13:15:17
Well done indeed for the cuckoo - a very hard species to see at all!
By SittingFox, # 24. May 2008, 11:37:18
By Ukwildlife, # 28. May 2008, 08:20:00