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Cuckoo seen last spring on sea buckthorn - a widespread plant on the foreshore coastal nature reserve in Cleethorpes |
LISTEN out for North East Lincolnshire's first cuckoos of summer 2020.
For most of winter, they are in the Congo and other parts of tropical Africa where they share forest habitat with gorillas and other exotic creatures.
But they migrate to the UK in spring, and the first arrivals have already been reported in southern England.
In Cleethorpes and on other parts of the Lincolnshire Coast, they like to sate their hunger on the caterpillars of brown-tail moths which are now starting to emerge from the unsightly cocoons they make on sea buckthorn.
Incidentally, give these caterpillars a wide berth - they can create a nasty allergic reaction for those with a sensitive skin.
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| The unmistakable cocoons of brown-tail moths |
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