Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 10th  October 2022 10th October A Spoonbill at South Walney in 1966 remained until 20th October, it was the eighth Cumbrian record and the tenth individual bird, a Great White Egret was found at Campfield in 2012, remaining until 28th November, two Great…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 3rd October 2022 3rd October A Great White Egret at Campfield Marsh was also seen on 10th and 12th November and 4th December in 2016, birds were also present on the Kent estuary in 2016 now becoming a regular sight in the south…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 26th September 2022 26th  September A drake American Wigeon was found at South Walney it remained until 27th September in 2017 and was the 12th Cumbrian record and the tenth individual bird, two Sooty Shearwaters offshore at South Walney in 1988 constituted the…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 19th September 2022 19th September A Great Shearwater offshore at South Walney in 1983 was the fourth Cumbrian record, a Cattle Egret was found at Scarside (NY60J) near Orton in 2018 it was the tenth Cumbrian record and the 12th individual bird, a…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 12th September 2022 12th September A Spoonbill flying west at Port Carlisle in 2002 was the 40th Cumbrian record and the 52nd individual bird, a juvenile Sabine’s Gull flew past Biggar Bank, Walney in 2011 it was the 25th Cumbrian record and the…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 5th September 2022 5th September A Pectoral Sandpiper found at Sunbiggin Tarn in 1989 remained overnight, it was the 10th Cumbrian record and the 11th individual bird, other Pectoral Sandpipers were found at Carr Beds, Rockcliffe remaining until 7th September in 1995 and…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 29th August 2022 29th August A Cory’s Shearwater was seen flying south off Biggar Bank in 2015  it was the 14th Cumbrian record and the 16th individual bird, a Sooty Shearwater seen offshore at Selker in 1988 was the 22nd Cumbrian record and…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 22nd  August 2022 22nd August An adult Sabine’s Gull was seen off Workington in 2020 it was the 36th Cumbrian record, a Golden Eagle hunted over the Glenderaterra valley (NY22) in 1993, a Wryneck was seen at Hutton Roof (SD57U) in 2011  it…

Records from the archives For week commencing Monday 15th August 2022 15th August The 23rd Red-necked Phalarope found on the Duddon estuary on 13th August was last seen on this day in 1980,  a Night-heron on the River Esk at Netherby in 1958 was the eighth Cumbrian record, a Long-tailed Skua was seen off Walney…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 8th August 2022 8th August The first-summer Sabine’s Gull found moribund on Rockcliffe Marsh on the 1st August 1999 was found dead there on this day it was the 17th Cumbrian record. 9th August A Balearic Shearwater seen off Biggar Bank in 2003…