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Friday, 27 January 2012
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Welcome to the Cumbria Bird Club
Tundra Bean Geese, Blackdyke, Craig Shaw
European White-fronted Goose, Soddy Gap, Craig Shaw
Bewick's & Whooper Swans, Newton Arlosh, Keith Hamilton
Mediteranean Gull, Workington, Keith Hamilton
Green-winged Teal, Siddick, Craig Shaw
Tundra Bean Geese, Blackdyke, Tristan Reid
Latest sightings:
27-Jan: Great White Egret again at Campfield Marsh on saltmarsh pool
26-Jan: Bean Goose 15+ at Raby Cote
25-Jan: Slavonian Grebe 1 off Foulney Island
23-Jan: Great White Egret still at Campfield Marsh
23-Jan: White-fronted Goose 1 at Cardurnock but no sign of Red-breasted Goose
23-Jan: Ross's Goose 1 on Burgh Marsh
23-Jan: Glaucous Gull 1st-winter at Newbiggin Outlet near Rampside
23-Jan: Iceland Gull 1st-winter at Rampside in field opposite gas terminal
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:
Solway Dawn Flight of Geese
Sun 26 February 2012 6:00am
Meeting at Border Marsh Gate at 0600 hrs. A true Cumbrian spectacular spectacle! Full details from Frank Mawby FrankMawby@aol.com tel: 016973 51301
Sea birds of North West Scotland
Mon 27 February 2012 7:30pm
David Mower
