Mid to Late October
The bird of the second half of October was Cumbria's second Cattle egret of the year which frequented a partly flooded cattle field just west of Lanercost Priory for the 17th and 18th of October and was then seen flying over the road at Crosby-on-Eden on the 19/10/08.
The Solway continued to produce some decent birds with a Storm Petrel past Bowness on the 20/10/08 and Spotted Redshank at Bowness Railings on the 22/10/08.
Presumably the same Spotted Redshank was in Port Carlisle harbour on 24/10/08 with a Greenshank, single Little Egret and the first Twite of the winter, a flock of 18. The same day a walk round Grune Point saw another Spotted Redshank, a male Merlin and 3 Black Tailed Godwits.
On the 26/10/08 during a period of strong westerly winds a Grey Phalarope was seen in flight and on the sea off Skinburness sea front.
By the 29/10/08 the Twite flock at Bowness had increased to a good count of 75 and an adult Med Gull was present on Kirkbride airfield.
The same day I found a lovely pair of Long Tailed Ducks on Takin Tarn they remained until late afternoon despite the boating and rowing going on and although they stayed in the middle of the Tarn and therefore fairly distant I managed to get a few record shots. Although not that rare in Cumbria these birds never fail to impress me and it is unusual locally to see a drake with a long tail.
The month ended with a nice surprise for Steve Westerberg in Brampton with a flock of 21 Waxwings flying over Tree Road, while on the Solway 93 whooper Swans came in to roost at Campfield Marsh, a Merlin was also seen and a very late Swallow was reported in Bowness village.
The Solway continued to produce some decent birds with a Storm Petrel past Bowness on the 20/10/08 and Spotted Redshank at Bowness Railings on the 22/10/08.
Presumably the same Spotted Redshank was in Port Carlisle harbour on 24/10/08 with a Greenshank, single Little Egret and the first Twite of the winter, a flock of 18. The same day a walk round Grune Point saw another Spotted Redshank, a male Merlin and 3 Black Tailed Godwits.
On the 26/10/08 during a period of strong westerly winds a Grey Phalarope was seen in flight and on the sea off Skinburness sea front.
By the 29/10/08 the Twite flock at Bowness had increased to a good count of 75 and an adult Med Gull was present on Kirkbride airfield.
The same day I found a lovely pair of Long Tailed Ducks on Takin Tarn they remained until late afternoon despite the boating and rowing going on and although they stayed in the middle of the Tarn and therefore fairly distant I managed to get a few record shots. Although not that rare in Cumbria these birds never fail to impress me and it is unusual locally to see a drake with a long tail.
The month ended with a nice surprise for Steve Westerberg in Brampton with a flock of 21 Waxwings flying over Tree Road, while on the Solway 93 whooper Swans came in to roost at Campfield Marsh, a Merlin was also seen and a very late Swallow was reported in Bowness village.
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