Highlights: A Great White Egret was reported flying southwest over the A590 near Ayside (7th) and a White Stork, believed to be of captive origin, flew over Tebay Services on the M6 (27th). Meanwhile the drake Green-winged Teal continued to be seen intermittently at Campfield Marsh (to 13th) and the Great Grey Shrike reappeared at Dalton Crags near Burton-in-Kendal (7th-31st).
Monthly Reports
To see sightings and photos from a particular month, please select the month below.
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March 2011
Tuesday, 1 March 2011 to Thursday, 31 March 2011
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February 2011
Tuesday, 1 February 2011 to Monday, 28 February 2011
Highlights: The drake Green-winged Teal reappeared at Hodbarrow (12th) and another was seen at Campfield Marsh (18th).
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January 2011
Saturday, 1 January 2011 to Monday, 31 January 2011
Highlights: A drake Green-winged Teal appeared for one day only on the saltmarsh pool at Campfield Marsh (1st) while, at the opposite end of the county, the Hodbarrow bird reappeared (22nd-24th) before relocating to the Mite Estuary near Ravenglass (29th). Great Grey Shrikes were found near Dalton Crags (7th) and near Long Marton (7th-28th).
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December 2010
Wednesday, 1 December 2010 to Friday, 31 December 2010Highlights: A Shorelark found at Sandscale Haws (6th) was the first in the county since one at Walney in 2004. A Great White Egret was found at Beckermet (28th). Last month’s drake Green-winged Teal moved a short distance to a flooded field just west of Millom (11th). A Lesser Whitethroat, considered to be of one of the Central Asian races, was a surprise find alongside the River Kent in Kendal (1st).
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November 2010
Monday, 1 November 2010 to Tuesday, 30 November 2010
Highlights: The Great White Egret continued to show intermittently at Kents Bank (to 23rd) and a drake Green-winged Teal was found at Sandscale Haws (5th) before relocating to Hodbarrow (27th). Great Grey Shrikes appeared at Tarn Hows (9th) and near Spadeadam (13th).
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October 2010
Friday, 1 October 2010 to Sunday, 31 October 2010Highlights: Yellow-browed Warblers were discovered at St Bees Head (10th), in a Whitrigg garden (16th) and at Walney (6th & 23rd). Grey Phalaropes appeared on flooded fields at Walney (21st-22nd) and near Eaglesfield (30th). A Rough-legged Buzzard (30th) and a Great Grey Shrike (18th) were both at Haweswater. A Great White Egret appeared at Kents Bank (12th-16th) and a drake Green-winged Teal was located at Soddy Gap (29th), both of which were probably returning birds.
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September 2010
Wednesday, 1 September 2010 to Thursday, 30 September 2010Highlights: A Red-necked Phalarope graced the River Eden near Rockcliffe (14th-16th), a Yellow-browed Warbler visited a garden at Geltsdale (28th) and a Great White Egret was seen at Walney (30th).
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August 2010
Sunday, 1 August 2010 to Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Highlights: The adult Semipalmated Sandpiper remained at Port Carlisle, though elusive at times, (to 5th). Pick of the passerines was a Lapland Bunting
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July 2010
Thursday, 1 July 2010 to Saturday, 31 July 2010
Highlights: Cumbria's first Semipalmated Sandpiper, an adult, lingered at Port Carlisle (28th-31st)
though
it initially caused some debate over its identity. A
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June 2010
Tuesday, 1 June 2010 to Wednesday, 30 June 2010
Highlights: A drake Green-winged Teal was an unseasonable and unexpected visitor to the
saltmarsh pool at Campfield Marsh (3rd-6th) and a Great White
Egret was on the River Leven at Newby Bridge (11th).