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WHITLINGHAM: Early Cuckoo record & breeding Cormorants

7th April 2024

Highlight of this visit to Whitlingham was a very early Cuckoo. It wasn't calling, but I happened to see it in one of the willows on the main island. Once I was happy that I wasn't seeing things I put out news on the Norwich birding Whatsapp group, as it would have been the earliest ever site record. It then transpired that it had actually been first seen (and heard calling) the previous day, but the finder hadn't mentioned the site name! It was heard calling by several people in the next few days afterwards too. For the second year Cormorants are again breeding in the trees on the island.


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