Cuckoos !! -- nr Mynchaclog-ddu

Went to look for Janet's "Whinchat's" and had no luck.
BUT for 10 minutes I was watching a male Cuckoo singing while perched on wires going over the fields; 3 times it dropped to the ground then returned to the wires carrying what looked like lizards (or Janet say's could have been large caterpillars or slow worms), it then proceeded to shake it violently before swallowing.
When I returned to the car the Cuckoo had flown a short distance away, but was still calling. I heard a rumpus going on in the trees close by, next thing the female Cuckoo is being chased out of these trees by two small birds. I didn't see what they were as I was watching this second Cuckoo and listening to her then bubbling call as she went for cover in the gorse bushes. Fantastic.

I'll return another time for the Whinchats.
On my way home I stopped off at Pengelli. No luck with the Lesser Spot; Just the male Pied Flycatcher singing.
(Karen)