Merlin’s first run !
A nightingale, maybe 4. And at long last I know that the bird I’ve been calling “the telephone bird” is in fact a hoopoe !
Didn’t hear a cuckoo though. Seems gone for summer?
There were 2 ravens who might have made a nest in my rear garden. They flew away together out of a tree as I approached and there is a thickening of branches that could be a nest near the top of the tree.
Does this App only come in English or can you change the language to French???
cheers, this App could be great when on walks with our pals.. 
EDIT: OH has just installed the App on his phone.
Very cool!
It’s quite addictive and in early June, try it at about 05:30 and you will get a huge flock of different birds.
The cuckoos only arrived here about 10 days ago so hopefully they are on the way!
I had a cuckoo calling about 10/15m away from the house last weekend, I’ve never heard one so close. The hoopoes are fearless and love strutting about on my roof or in the courtyard, they come right up to the house and sit on windowsills etc. I love seeing them fossicking about in the grass.
I’ve been hearing cuckoos and as I believe they only call when on the wing (?) I scan the skies/horizons. Not seen one this year but, judging by the sounds, the little beggars are obviously flying just out of my sight 
The bird books say they call when hidden in dense foliage, which was about right chez moi. It was definitely stationary but invisible, somewhere in one of the lime trees.
well done! I must have got myself confused (not difficult)… I’ll check the trees next time I hear that unmistakable sound… 
My favourite real Southern African bird names are the fork-tailed drongo and the red-eyed babbler.
Have also known a few humans who might be described as the latter…
Very lucky with the Hoopies!..I have to go to the Garrigue to go sporting them and then onto Montpellier to see the flamingos
I loved the drongos with their amazing call!…I worked in Rwanda for a couple of years and the bird life there is extraordinary (together with the fruit bats and gecko and lizards and and and
And the former.
I had cuckoos this year long ago now. I think that having heralded summer they might have headed North to bring the good news to Normandy and Brittany…
‘Drongo’ is an insult in Australasia. It means ‘absolute idiot’.
I know 
They’re certainly here now. Luckily we had small change in our pockets, so the year should now look up.
Had to look that one up!
We’ve downloaded this and had great fun over the past couple of days identifying the birds around our property. Coffee time lasts twice as long though! 
