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Length: approx. 30cm Family: Doves around from April - Sept

Common in forest, woods and trees along fields, but also in march and dune landscapes.

Most people know what the cuckoo looks like, but most haven’t seen him.

He lays his eggs in other birds nests which makes him unique in our bird world.

There are a lot of old folk tales about him: That his calling tells you about prosperity and sometimes the Life expectancy. Songs talk about him as the bringer of spring.

Small birds attack him,not because he lays his eggs in their nests, but because he looks similar to the sparrow hawk which is one of their enemies.

(Translated by me, Info from Kosmos Pflanzenfuehrer)

Laenge: ca. 30cm Familie: Tauben Vorkommen: April - Sept

Kommt haeufig in Waeldern, Feldgehoelzen sowie Sumpf und Duenenlandschaften vor.

Die meissten Menschen kennen den Ruf des Kuckucks, wissen aber nicht wie er aussieht.

Es gibt im Volksmund viele Geschichten ueber ihn: Das sein Ruf Wohlstand verraet und manchmal die Lebenserwartung. Lieder singen von ihm als Fruehlingsboten.


Er legt seine Eier in Nester anderer Voegel, was in in unserer Vogelwelt einzigartig macht.

Kleinvoegel attackieren ihn, nicht weil er seine Eier in ihre Nester legt, sondern weil er dem Sperber sehr aehnlich sieht, der zu ihren Feinden gehoert.

(Info wieder aus dem Kosmos Pflanzenfuehrer)