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Friday, 18 May 2012
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Welcome to the Cumbria Bird Club
Long-tailed Duck, Soddy Gap, Craig Shaw
Short-eared Owl, Broughton Dump, Craig Shaw
Grasshopper Warbler, Campfield, Darren Robson
Mediterranean Gull, Soddy Gap, Craig Shaw
Lesser Snow Goose, Lessonhall, Darren Robson
White-fronted Geese, Whitrigg, Darren Robson
Latest sightings:
17-May: Iceland Gull juv at Bowness-on-Solway plus a Great Skua & 2 Arctic Skuas
16-May: Long-tailed Duck at South Walney N.R. plus Marsh Harrier & 2 Arctic Skuas
14-May: Pomarine Skua 27 east past Bowness-on-Solway plus 9 Arctic Skuas and 3 Great Skuas 05.50-09.00
13-May: Long-tailed Skua 1 east past Bowness-on-Solway plus 10 Pomarine Skuas, 2 Arctic Skuas and 3 Great Skuas 04.45-12.00
13-May: Pomarine Skua 5 east past Bowness-on-Solway plus 4 Arctic Skua & 1 Great Skua 16.15-19.05
12-May: Long-billed Dowitcher still at Hodbarrow RSPB Reserve on island in front of hide
12-May: Pomarine Skua 19 east past Bowness-on-Solway plus 1 Great Skua
11-May: Long-billed Dowitcher still at Hodbarrow RSPB Reserve on island in front of hide
See also the Walney Bird Observatory blog.
Cumbria is an excellent county for bird watching:
the Lake District, superb coasts and estuaries, woods and fast-flowing rivers, up to Pennine moors.
Here are some ideas on where to watch birds in Cumbria.
• Don't forget to check the
tide times and weather.
The Cumbria Bird Club runs events throughout the year, conducts important survey work and produces annual bird reports. We are working on a new county avifauna based on the BTO Bird Atlas survey. Please report any sightings you've made; we'd encourage you to help out with any on-going surveys in the county.
Do join the club and receive regular CBC Newsletters by email. Our who's who lists the council members and other useful contacts for Cumbria. Do contact us for more information.
Next events:
Watchtree Nature Reserve - Bioblitz
Sun 17 June 2012 10:00am
The two aims are to record as many species of as many taxa as possible during a 24 hour period and to involve people by inviting them to join the many specialists to see how recording and identification is done and where to go for help with identification. There will be displays, demonstrations and a live link to the Data Centre. Specialists are still required for all taxa and should contact Frank Mawby on 016973 51301 FrankMawby@aol.com.
