Cuckoo at long last

I thought I was going to be without a Cuckoo shot this year and It's not through want of trying. Time is going on and the further into this month you go the less they call and the harder they are to find. I was very pleased indeed to hear a female calling, something I don't hear very often and I located her sitting on a power line, then swooping down to catch insects from the field below. She pitched on some dead branches once or twice and then on a fence post.



I waited quietly and she came in again and sat there for a short while allowing me to get some half decent shots. She is quite rufous around the neck and I think she's gorgeous!
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