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Monthly Reports

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  • September 2013
    Sunday, 1 September 2013 to Monday, 30 September 2013
    Highlights: A Black Stork circled over Portinscale (23rd) while up to 13 Glossy Ibises graced the Kent Estuary at High Foulshaw (from 28th) and another flew east over Drumburgh Moss (29th). A first-winter Red-breasted Flycatcher trapped and ringed at Walney Bird Observatory (20th) was the first in the county since 1988. An adult American Golden Plover was reported on three occasions at Anthorn (20th-27th).
  • August 2013
    Thursday, 1 August 2013 to Saturday, 31 August 2013

    Highlights: A Wryneck at Torver Low Common (31st) was a good inland find.

    Bassenthwaite Lake: The Ospreys successfully fledged their two young. Other sightings included a drake Common Scoter.

  • July 2013
    Monday, 1 July 2013 to Wednesday, 31 July 2013

    Bassenthwaite Lake: The Ospreys and their two young continued to thrive.

  • June 2013
    Saturday, 1 June 2013 to Sunday, 30 June 2013

    Highlights: Cumbria’s fourth Spotted Sandpiper was found at Workington harbour (12th) but failed to linger.

    Bassenthwaite Lake: The Ospreys hatched two young.

  • May 2013
    Wednesday, 1 May 2013 to Friday, 31 May 2013
    Highlights: A male Subalpine Warbler, Cumbria’s third and the first for 20 years, was an elusive visitor to Rampside (15th-18th). A Bee Eater briefly hawked over horse paddocks at Biggar on Walney Island (1st) and a male red-spotted Bluethroat was photographed at nearby South Walney N.R. (20th). A drake Green-winged Teal was found at North Plain RSPB (5th-10th) and a Common Crane flew over Wedholme Flow (13th).
  • April 2013
    Monday, 1 April 2013 to Tuesday, 30 April 2013

    Highlights: A singing male Serin, Cumbria’s fifth, was a brief visitor to the observatory garden at South Walney (19th) and a Hoopoe was photographed in a garden at Penton (22nd). The Todd’s Canada Goose was seen again among the Barnacle Geese at Whitrigg (10th).

  • March 2013
    Friday, 1 March 2013 to Sunday, 31 March 2013
    Todd's Canada Goose, Whitrigg, Darren Robson
    Todd's Canada Goose, Whitrigg, Darren Robson

    Highlights: The Todd’s Canada Goose was seen intermittently among the Barnacle Geese around Kirkbride and Whitrigg (11th-14th). A Great White Egret, perhaps the regularly returning bird, was

  • February 2013
    Friday, 1 February 2013 to Thursday, 28 February 2013
    Highlights: The Todd’s Canada Goose, last seen in October 2012, reappeared among the Barnacle Geese at Whitrigg and Newton Marsh (26th-28th) while the drake Green-winged Teal lingered at Hodbarrow (to 18th).
  • January 2013
    Tuesday, 1 January 2013 to Thursday, 31 January 2013
    Highlights: The corpse of a White-tailed Tropicbird was picked up on the beach at Mawbray Banks (6th); a first for Britain if accepted. The drake Green-winged Teal lingered all month at Hodbarrow.
  • December 2012
    Saturday, 1 December 2012 to Monday, 31 December 2012

    Highlights: The adult Red-breasted Goose continued to associate with Barnacle Geese at Cardurnock (to 2nd) while the drake Green-winged Teal lingered at Hodbarrow all month. Meanwhile, the long-staying Great White Egret remained in residence at Campfield Marsh (to 1st) and a Great Grey Shrike was photographed at Culgaith near Penrith (9th).