We heard our first cuckoo of 2011 during this morning's guided walk. I couldn't easily select one highlight, though, as we all saw a grasshopper warbler and several sedge warblers, and most saw a garden warbler. Then there was the pair of little (ringed) plovers, displaying and nesting lapwings, a Cetti's warbler trying to deafen us, and the marsh harriers and common buzzards soaring overhead.
We also saw quite a few St Mark's flies - 9 days early!
thanks Kathy. One cuckoo is now being seen quite frequently as he flies around while giving his distinctive call. Surely proof that (some) males can multi-task!