Cuckoo Island

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A Postscript on Rocks

This one is a name that we kids invented in the 1970’s. Nothing really fits in respect to this landmark because there are no cuckoo’s located here, no madmen have visited this place and it isn’t even an island.

 

Let me explain briefly in child’s logic. Lot’s of herring gulls used to nest here, the eggs hatched, the chicks grew, the chicks grew bigger and then Trampas (one of the gang) suddenly stated “check out that cuckoo” in respect to a fledgling herring gull. From that point onwards the name cuckoo stuck in respect to all young herring gulls. The fact that many gulls nested on this site at that time gave us the name “Cuckoo Island”. So what about the “island” part? Well it is an island for about an hour before high tide and an hour after high tide but for the rest of the time you can access it without getting your feet wet. 

Like I said – Child’s Logic but we still use this name today.