Cuckoo
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| Cuckoo - photograph taken 13th May, 2012Ashdown Forest- Nikon D300S 500mm |
Overview
The cuckoo is a dove-sized bird with blue grey upper parts, head and chest with dark barred white under parts. Sexes are similar and the young are brown. They are summer visitors and well-known brood parasites, the females laying their eggs in the nests of other birds, especially meadow pipits, dunnocks and reed warblers. Their recent population decline makes this a Red List species.
Where to see them
Cuckoos can be seen throughout the UK, but are especially numerous in southern and central England.
When to see them
Adults arrive in late March or April and depart in July or August, with young birds leaving a month or so later.
What they eat
Insects, especially hairy caterpillars.
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