I always keep a low profile at the weekends and I deliberately kept away from the Cuckoo site yesterday, and I will today, for fear of giving away the location. It seems that this hasn't been successful though as I had an email last night from another Devon photographers telling me that he had found the site and he had seen my Cuckoo which was a blow I have to confess. I know that he will behave ethically thouh and not cause a disturbance so I have no concerns there. Apparently, with a friend, they stumbled on the site while they were searching for Whinchat. Dartmoor is 954 square kilometres so it seems very fortunate for them that they just happened to find this miniscule area of 100mtres by 100mtres!!
I must have given it away somehow but I dont know when or how. Anyway, I don't own the site or the Cuckoos and it's good that there are other like-minded people who care as much as I do. I hope that they manage to get some nice photographs after they have put so much effort in to track the site down. I cant help feeling masively disappointed that my secret has been given up. I dont know how much longer the Cuckoo will be here before migration but I doubt if much longer. Last year he had departed by June 16 so I am sure he will move south very soon. I wont be there today...... the other guy will though......and on Tuesday he has already told me that he will be there again...... so the glorious solitude has been shattered. I am gutted to be honest, so much so, I could cry openly. It was such a wonderful experience to have this bird (and others) to myself and now it's been taken from me and like I said, Dartmoor is almost 1000 square kilometers, they must have known somehow. I usually post my pictures on the Birdguides website and I may think long and hard about doing that again because I am certain that by posting my pictures I stimulated the obsession to find the site. This has left a very nasty taste in my mouth.
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