Assistant Warden Jenny Wallace carried out an early morning survey at Beckingham Marshes this morning and heard not one, but two cuckoos singing on site.
In the four years that I've been working on this reserve, I've neither seen, nor heard a cuckoo at Beckingham, so this is very welcome news, even if they're just passing through.
There are also two cuckoos at sister site Langford Lowfields today too.