There were 2 Cuckoos at Buttermilk Hill yesterday.
In my haste to locate one after I heard it call, I nearly
broke my neck by stepping in a Rabbit hole and falling over.
Today my knee looks like a cricket ball.
Well worth it though as they seem to get fewer every year.
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Lovely set of shots of a superb bird.
ReplyDeleteGreat sighting of the Cuckoo. Enjoy your day!
ReplyDeleteAlways good to get a cuckoo picture. Well, it probably is as I wouldn't know!! Well done.
ReplyDeleteDefinately well worth it. Great images, hope you haven't damaged your knee to badly.
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ReplyDeleteCracking pictures, hope they were worth the pain.
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures, with a bit of adventure and pain reflected on them ;)
ReplyDeleteGreat captures of the cuckoo. Get well soon! and take care.
ReplyDeleteRegards,
Roos
Brilliant images-well done...sorry about the knee, it's a photographers hazard!
ReplyDeleteGreat captures of this male Cuckoo. And sorry about the knee! Hope you will get well soon!
ReplyDeleteHave a nice weekend,
Greetings,
Maria
I love this bird .. . Good work.
ReplyDeleteExcellent series of images ..Have a good day
When I was a boy the call of the Cuckoo was a common place thing here in Leicestershire, it went hand in hand with those long lazy days of summer. Now a days it is very much a rarity and I have only heard the one calling in the last two years, you are very lucky to have heard one let alone capture those fantastic images, very well done!
ReplyDeleteI remember recently reading that it was a tradition for people to report the first cuckoo of the spring to The Times, but that in recent years encounters have become so few that the practice has been discontinued - so perhaps your cricket ball knee was well earned!
ReplyDeleteAmazing pictures cuckoo! I love this bird, along with it spring is back.
ReplyDeleteThe beautiful images, cuckoo wonderfully presented.
Esta es un ave muy difícil de fotografiar, por lo menos en mi territorio. Preciosas imágenes, me han gustado mucho. Saludos cordiales desde España.
ReplyDeleteEsta es un ave muy difícil de fotografiar, por lo menos en mi territorio. Preciosas imágenes, me han gustado mucho. Saludos cordiales desde España.
ReplyDeleteYup, sometimes we can really lose ourselves into birding. But you managed quite a nice collection in the end. Speedy recovery to you.
ReplyDeleteCracking images there John hope to see one when I'm down next month.
ReplyDeleteI've not seen a Cuckoo yet this year (but I've heard few!), so I'll have to content myself with your super images, John. Sorry to hear that these images came at a cost! I hope the knee is now recovering well.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes from a rather wet Midlands - - - - Richard
Thank you all for your comments,very much appreciated.
ReplyDeleteJohn.
Nice photos guys.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots again John , they are not the easiest of birds to find an get some shots of, I will have to give it ago again down there again sometime soon.
ReplyDeleteHope the knee is ok
Atb
Mike