Cuckoo Day - celebrate the return of our migratory birds.
Thu 23 Apr
|Shaftesbury Town Hall
Two events: 11am outside Town Hall then Park Walk for introduction by Catherine Simmonds, cuckoo songs from Shaftesbury choirs, & Karen Wimhurst on clarinet. 7pm talk by Conor Mark Jameson - 'Finding W.H. Hudson: The Writer Who Came to Britain to Save the Birds'. Book through Folde, £10.
Time & Location
23 Apr 2026, 11:00 – 21:00
Shaftesbury Town Hall, 21 High St, Shaftesbury SP7 8JE, UK
About the Event
Cuckoo Day, Shaftesbury
Thursday 23 April
Join us to celebrate the return of our migratory birds
11am Shaftesbury Choirs singing cuckoo songs by the Town Hall before processing to Park Walk to hear a brief
introduction to the wonders of bird migration by Catherine Simmonds, and Karen Wimhurst making cuckoo calls on
her clarinet in the hope of a response to a descending minor third….