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471: 14 Sep 2023 Stonechat
Location: Ulverston Canal
Name: Tony Smith
About 10 Stonechat along the towpath of Ulverston Canal
472: 12 Sep 2023 White Stork?
Location: Ravenglass Estuary
Name: Christopher Formaggia
- I did not have my bins and it was quite a way off but as best I could tell a stork?
474: 11 Sep 2023 Whinchat
Location: Ulpha Meadows
Name: Matthew Cookson
Adult, in close proximity to a juvenile Stonechat.
475: 11 Sep 2023 Bittern still present – dusk flight observed.
Location: Siddick Pond, Workington
Name: Paul Reeves
476: 11 Sep 2023 Lesser Yellowlegs – 1 with Curlew Sandpiper
Location: Port Carlisle
Name: Roy Bottomley
477: 10 Sep 2023 Lesser Yellowlegs
Location: Port Carlisle
Name: A. Collinge
- From lay-by opposite caravan park. 6.30pm, juvenile bird amongst Redshank. Thanks to other birder who helped in the find
478: 9 Sep 2023 Swift
Location: Penrith
Name: John France
Single Swift south over Penrith at 19:38 hours this evening
479: 7 Sep 2023 131 Pink footed geese flying South over Duddon Estuary
Location: Duddon Estuary
Name: Colin Gay