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81: 27 Apr 2024 Cuckoo
Location: Helsington Barrows
Name: Alan Ferguson
One bird calling just over the cliff edge towards Underbarrow at 19.30 pm. Also Green Woodpecker Yaffling from two different areas of the Barrows
82: 26 Apr 2024 (Female) Pied Flycatcher
Location: Woodland near Staveley
Name: Andrea Collins
Female Pied Flycatcher. She was busy gathering nest material though I didn’t see any males.
83: 25 Apr 2024 Common crossbill
Location: Gooseyfoot Tarn Grizedale. SD 33859708
Name: Sue Hazelwood
Female calling from top of Scots Pine. Got a clear view-mandibles obvious.
84: 25 Apr 2024 Mr
Location: Stainton Penrith
Name: Gerry Moore
White stork seen this morning about 10:35 flying with black backed gulls, at a guess double the size of the black backed gulls. At first I wondered if it was an osprey but the long trailing legs and long neck did not fit the osprey. Seen flying above alpaca farm.
85: 24 Apr 2024 Whimbrels
Location: Biggar Bank, Walney
Name: Andrea Collins
Twelve Whimbrels on the beach below the Biggar Bank carpark, Walney Island.
86: 23 Apr 2024 Swift
Location: Siddick Pond
Name: Paul Reeves
Single Swift over Siddick Pond this evening along with many Swallows and Sand Martins.
87: 22 Apr 2024 Swift – single Swift by River Lune at 11.45am
Location: Coat Flatt, Tebay
Name: John France
88: 22 Apr 2024 Cuckoo
Location: Wythop valley
Name: Steve Haigh
Calling male on 22nd April. This is one day earlier than 2023 and 3 days later than 2022. 1st May 2 calling males now resident in Wythop valley
89: 21 Apr 2024 Greenfinch
Location: Livingstone Homestead
Name: Andy Lester
Fairly impressive bird feeder totals this morning: Tree sparrow. 8 Greenfinch 2 Siskin 12 Lesser Redpoll 3 Yellowhammer 1 Goldfinch 6 Nuthatch 2 also blue tit 10, Chaffinch 7 (including ringed female, house sparrow 14, starling 8, Blackbird 4, Coal tit 1, Great tit 6, gs Woodpecker 1. 15 species on feeders, currently 38 species on site.