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Listed below are comments made by taoisis between Tuesday, 4th November 2008 and Sunday, 31st May 2009.

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Have you heard a cuckoo? 12:15pm on 31 May 2009 I have heard a number of Cuckoo's in Aahurst in the New Forest, Hampshire. Almost every time I walk in the Longdown enclosure I am able to hear them and on a number of occasions have experienced them calling to each and answering.
Clever Crows 3:28pm on 04 Nov 2008 We get the whole lot in our garden, Rooks, Crows, Ravens, Magpies and my favourite Jackdaws come and bathe in my mothers pond daily. They used to be a rare sight but now they are the most frequent visitor to our garden. We have noticed that the starlings and sparrows that used to visit have stopped since the influx of the corvid family! They spend ages pruning in our pond and fight for the best position. One day when cleaning out the pond we noticed a gold fish had gone, we emptied the pond (as we always do when we deep clean it) and it was nowhere to be seen. Is it possible for a crow or raven to catch a fish or to pluck a dead fish out of a pond for a meal? It wasnt a heron by the way as we have never seen one even flying over let alone stopping off and we watch the pond reguarly with interest to see who visits.

I have also seen a Crow or Raven and a Buzzard having a mid air fight in one of the fields where I walk my dogs in the New Forest.
Clever Crows 3:27pm on 04 Nov 2008 We get the whole lot in our garden, Rooks, Crows, Ravens, Magpies and my favourite Jackdaws come and bathe in my mothers pond daily. They used to be a rare sight but now they are the most frequent visitor to our garden. We have noticed that the starlings and sparrows that used to visit have stopped since the influx of the corvid family! They spend ages pruning in our pond and fight for the best position. One day when cleaning out the pond we noticed a gold fish had gone, we emptied the pond (as we always do when we deep clean it) and it was nowhere to be seen. Is it possible for a crow or raven to catch a fish or to pluck a dead fish out of a pond for a meal?

I have also seen a Crow or Raven and a Buzzard having a mid air fight in one of the fields where I walk my dogs in the New Forest.

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