With these two. I would conclude there were less individuals around than in 2010. A small number of each were probably present throughout the period, but both failed to show the distinct increase in the second half of July seen in 2010. In that regard, the cuckoo might have been down because as I recall several 2010 reports were from Peter Ormay in Aranda, who, much like the cuckoo, was heard from less this Winter.
In my earlier bulletin I omitted to remind you that the first number is the total of the individual birds recorded, and the second the number of locations where recorded.
Incidentally, I have retained a full set of reports as received for both years.
