Undisclosed Site - 03.06.2025
It’s an early start when I set off this morning, dark and hammering it down with rain. A hours drive later I arrive at my location it’s a little lighter but the rain still persists the sky heavy with menacing dark clouds, I’m not optimistic for any success, but never say never.
I’m sat in “cosy” two man fabric hide that's seen better days in the middle of a field, it’s still raining hard the wind buffering the hide which keeps crashing into me, occasional rain drips on my head, there’s no swivel chairs with cushions like I’ve seen on YouTube recently that’s a different reality and not the experience I’m after…but it’s ok.
The light conditions as you would expect being very early morning with a heavy overcast sky is poor, compromises will require to shoot super slow, the positives Cuckoo’s are likely just sit especially in heavy rain.
Soon a female is seen making a b-line across the field and lands on a near vantage point, flight shots today are off the agenda so it's static shots only. In the poor weather I’m unsure how much activity I’m likely to get and for how long so when the opportunity presents I rattle off the a load of images, as they say....make hay while the sun shine…did I really say that !
After a quiet period a female returns, might be the same one, to my amazement a male follows chasing the female the female landing on a post, the male takes his opportunity zooming in and mates, it only last maybe 2-3 seconds so was easy to miss but I did manage a two second burst, some shots missed but also some keepers.
Below are some of the many shots taken, but I’ll be back next week hopefully in different conditions.
Common Cuckoo - male
Common Cuckoo - female
Mating Male & Female Cuckoo
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