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1: 3 Dec 2023 Waxwings
Location: Penrith – In tree in playing field opposite St Catherine’s School on Drovers Lane
Name: John France
58 birds present at 8.45am
2: 3 Dec 2023 Waxwings
Location: St Catherine’s School zPlaying field, Drovers Lane, Penrith
Name: John France
Increased to 110 birds at 8.50am
3: 2 Dec 2023 Waxwings, Brampton.
Location: Brampton
Name: David Dixon
32 Waxwings at least settled in trees then briefly feeding on berries and then mobile in the Tree Road, Oak Park, Tree Gardens and Edmondson Close areas of Brampton. No sign since the sighting of the flock late morning, however one mobile bird seen in the area in the afternoon, and three birds seen in flight at dusk.
4: 1 Dec 2023 Bittern sighting
Location: Large Siddick pond
Name: Penny Pietersen
Bittern flying across pond at midday.
6: 30 Nov 2023 Brambling
Location: Garrigill
Name: Brian Hollobone
Single female on a feeder in garden in Garrigill.
7: 28 Nov 2023 Penrith Waxwings
Location: Macadam Gardens
Name: Robert Dawson
Flock of c40 still using oak tree to perch overlooking St Catherine’s playing field each late morning/ lunchtime
8: 28 Nov 2023 Snow Bunting on High Snockrigg
Location: High Snockrigg summit above Buttermere
Name: Chris Nuttall
A flock of about eight birds landed near the summit of which I saw two on the ground and identified them as Snow Buntings. They flew off in a northerly direction after a few minutes.
9: 26 Nov 2023 Waxwings, Brampton.
Location: Brampton
Name: David Dixon
Oak Park/Beckside Gardens. 4 birds maybe plus 1 other feeding on berries in jitty oposite number 1. Oak Park, also getting in tops of nearby trees and rooftop tv aerials. From observations yesterday and today I think 4 birds are staying together and 1 bird is doing it’s own thing but occasionally the 5 come together feeding on berries. It seems likely they have another food source somewhere else nearby. Last seen around 2:30 p.m. at Oak Park.
10: 26 Nov 2023 Waxwings in Penrith
Location: Sand Croft in Penrith
Name: Chris Nuttall
Four Waxwings were seen in a tree near the junction of Sand Croft and Fell Lane at about 10am on Sunday. They flew off in a southerly direction. My son saw some again in the same tree on Tuesday
