Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 18th September 2023 18th September A flock of six Sooty Shearwaters at South Walney in 1983 must have been an exciting find for the observer, this constituted the 16th Cumbrian record and the 21st to 26th individual birds, an Avocet was found at…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 11th September 2023 11th September Two Cory’s Shearwaters offshore at South Walney in 1983 constituted the third Cumbrian record and the fourth and fifth individual birds, three Spoonbills, two adults and a juvenile were located near Arradfoot (SD38A) on the Leven estuary in…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 4th September 2023 4th September A Grey Phalarope was located at South Walney it remained until 22nd September in 1974, a White-tailed Eagle which visited Cumbria in 2022 was seen on the Kent estuary at Arnside on this day, it was part of…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 28th August 2023 28th August Four Spoonbills were seen on Rockcliffe Marsh until 29th August, three remaining until 31st August in 2002 these constituted the 40th Cumbrian record and the 49th to 52nd individual birds, a Pectoral Sandpiper was at Meathop until 30th…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 21st  August 2023 21st August A Balearic Shearwater off Walney Island in 2005 was the tenth Cumbrian record and the 11th individual bird, two Black-necked Grebes were seen on Talkin Tarn in 2009, an adult Sabine’s Gull was offshore at Selker in 1988…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 14th August 2023 14th August A Cattle Egret was noted flying up the River Kent at Sandside in 2019 this was the 13th Cumbrian record and the 15th individual, it is also interesting to note this was the tenth Cumbrian record this century,…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 7th August 2023 7th August Two Long-tailed Skuas were recorded at South Walney in 1995, a second-summer Ring-billed Gull was found at Wet Sleddale it remained until 11th August in 1991 and was the fifth Cumbrian record and a juvenile Hobby was seen…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 31st July 2023 31st July An adult Pectoral Sandpiper remained at South Walney until 3rd August in 1982 it was the fourth Cumbrian record and a Great Grey Shrike was seen at Alston Moor (NY74F) remaining until  3rd August in 2009. 1st August…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 24th July 2023 24th July A Balearic Shearwater seen off St Bees Head in 1993 was only the fifth Cumbrian record, a first-summer Spoonbill at South Walney previously seen on 12th and 14th July was last noted on this day in 2010, it…

Records from the archives – On This Day For week commencing Monday 17th July 2023 17th July Adult Spoonbills were located at South Walney in 1996 and on Rockcliffe Marsh in 2011 these were the 29th and 57th Cumbrian records, a Pectoral Sandpiper on the River Eden at Rockcliffe remained until 20th July in 1990,…