Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 19th December 2022 19th December A Great White Egret at Anthorn in 2016 was probably the same bird that was first seen at Campfield on 4th December 2016, first-winter Iceland Gulls were to be found on Cavendish Dock in 2007 and on the…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 12th December 2022 12th  December The drake Green-winged Teal first found at Campfield on 19th November 2002 was last seen on this date in 2002, the Long-billed Dowitcher when first found on Campfield RSPB on 15th November 2019 aged as a first-winter spent…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 5th December 2022 5th December A flock of 23 Tundra Bean Geese at Cargo in 2011 were assumed to be a part of the initial group of 76 found at Black Dyke, Silloth on 25th November 2011, this group of 23 birds remained…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 28th November 2022 28th November Six Tundra Bean Geese were seen in the Lyth Valley near Brigsteer in 2011, two Bitterns were seen at Siddick Pond in 2012, an immature Sabine’s Gull seen at South Walney in 1980 was the fifth Cumbrian record,…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 21st November 2022 21st November A Tundra Bean Goose was found with Greylags at Mockerkin Tarn in 2019, the regular drake Green-winged Teal returned to Newbiggin viaduct (SD09X) until 18th December 2004  it was the tenth Cumbrian record and the third individual bird,…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 14th November 2022 14th November A Black-throated Diver was seen off Nethertown in 2014, it was also seen on  23rd and 26th November that year, a minimum of three Bitterns were counted wintering at Siddick Pond in 2013 and a Bittern at Sunbiggin…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 7th November 2022 7th November A Black-throated Diver was seen off the Piel Bar, Walney in 2013, two Long-billed Dowitchers remained at  Anthorn until 29th November 1987, presumed to include the earlier individual found in October, this constituted the third Cumbrian record, a…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 31st October 2022 31st October A Shore Lark at South Walney in 1998 was the 20th Cumbrian record and the 25th individual bird, a Pallas’s Warbler at South Walney in 1994 was the second Cumbrian record and the third individual bird, a Yellow-browed…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 24th October 2022 24th October Five Sooty Shearwaters off South Walney in 1984 constituted the 20th Cumbrian record and the 31st to 35th individuals, a drake Ring-necked Duck on Ullswater until 28th October in 2006 was the 29th Cumbrian record but thought to…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 17th October 2022 17th October A Red-crested Pochard duck was at Whinfell Tarn in 2014 it was thought to be a wild bird and was the 19th Cumbrian record and the 21st individual bird, a Bittern returned to spend the winter at Siddick…