Can someone tell me whether this is a Cuckoo? I thought it a bird of prey when I took the photo, although it didn't quite behave like any that I have seen before.
Our herring gulls are red listed birds. Think about that the next time you hear some flaming idiot calling for a cull of them.
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
DB_Fife said:Thanks Clare. My first ever sighting of one! I'm thrilled.
I'm so pleased for you - they are beautiful birds. They are surprisingly easy to confuse with a sparrowhawk - we had a young cuckoo appear on our garden fence in October 2020 and I initially thought it was a sparrowhawk until I got the binoculars on it. That was a good day!