Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 18th December 2023 18th December The drake Ring-necked Duck first found on Ullswater on 24th October 2006 was seen there again on this day in 2006, a Great White Egret frequented the Kents Bank/Humphrey Head area in 2011 until 11th February 2012, a…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 11th December 2023 11th  December A drake Green-winged Teal was seen on floodwater on the outskirts of Millom in 2010  it was the 18th Cumbrian record, a drake Ruddy Duck was seen at Hodbarrow in 2010 it was thought to be the returning…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 4th December 2023 4th December The now regular drake Green-winged Teal seen at Campfield remained until 31st December 2006 it was the 14th Cumbrian record, a Black-throated Diver was seen off Silecroft in 2014, a Bittern was seen at Elterwater in 1999 ,…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 27th November 2023 27th November A Taiga Bean Goose seen on Rockcliffe Marsh in 2000 this was the fourth Cumbrian record since 1993, a Slavonian Grebe drifted in on the tide on the Kent Estuary at Arnside in2019, a male Bearded Tit was…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 20th November 2023 20th November Drake Green-winged Teals were found at Siddick Pond and at Hodbarrow in 2011 these were the 22nd and 23rd Cumbrian records and the 17th and 18th individual birds, a Bittern returned to Siddick Pond in 2011 for its…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 13th November 2023 13th November A  Spoonbill was seen flying high over Ambleside in 2022, a Bittern was seen at Goldmire, Barrow-in-Furness remaining until  26th November in 1989, an adult Cattle Egret was seen in fields at Little Urswick (SD27R) remaining until 27th…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 6th November 2023 6th November A white morph Snow Goose at Mosser in 2010 was considered to be an escape, a 1st CY Pied-billed Grebe was found at South Walney in 2020 it remained on site until the 8th November and was the…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 30th  October 2023 30th October Two Red-crested Pochards at Silverholme, Windermere in 2013 were considered to be escapes, a Bittern returned to Siddick Pond for its sixth winter in 2010, four Bearded Tits frequented Elterwater in 1978 this was the first Cumbrian record…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 23rd October 2023 23rd October A drake Ferruginous Duck stayed overnight at Longtown Ponds in 1987, it was the first Cumbrian record, a Rough-legged Buzzard at Fellfoot, Kentmere in 1989 was the 15th Cumbrian record since 1974, an adult Grey Phalarope was on…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 16th October 2023 16th October A single Yellow-browed Warbler was found at Whitrigg (NY25I) in 2010 with two at South Walney in 2014  and one at Vickerstown Park, Walney in 2015, the 31st, 42nd and 48th Cumbrian records and the 33rd , 47th…