Goosander  Mergus merganser

One flew north over the A66 en route to Blencathra Field Centre, 18-Jun.

Pheasant  Phasianus colchicus

1 crowing m, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

1 crowing m, Blease Fell, 22-Jun.

Sparrowhawk  Accipiter nisus

1 m, Blencathra Field Centre, 22-Jun.

Buzzard  Buteo buteo

1 over, confluence of Glenderaterra Beck/River Greta, 20-Jun.

1, Glenderaterra Beck walk to Skiddaw House, 22-Jun.

Kestrel  Falco tinninculus

1, Blease Fell, 19-Jun.

1, Blencathra Field Centre, 20-Jun.

1, Derwent Folds, 20-Jun.

Common Sandpiper  Actitis hypoleucos

pr, alarm calling, confluence of Glenderaterra Beck/River Greta, 20-Jun.

Herring Gull  Larus argentatus

1, Blease Fell, 21-Jun.

Lesser Black-backed Gull  Larus fuscus

1 over, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

4, Blease Fell, 21-Jun.

1, Blencathra/Saddleback, 21-Jun.

1 in sheep fields, Blencathra Field Centre, 23-Jun.

Feral Pigeon  Columba livia

1, Threlkeld, 24-Jun.

Stock Dove  Columba oenas

pr, Blencathra Field Centre, 22-Jun.

pr, Derwent Folds, 23-Jun.

Wood Pigeon  Columba palumbus

Singing, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

Collared Dove  Sreptopelia decaocto

pr, Threlkeld, 24-Jun.

Cuckoo  Cuculus canorus

1 singing m, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

1 singing m, Blencathra Field Centre, 20-Jun.

1 singing m, Blease Fell, 21-Jun.

1 singing m, Blease Fell, 22-Jun.

1 singing m, Glenderaterra Beck walk to Skiddaw House, 22-Jun.

Barn Owl  Tyto alba

None seen or heard this year.

Tawny Owl  Strix aluco

2 fledglings, Blencathra Field Centre, 18-25 Jun.

Ad, mobbed by Mistle Thrush and Blackbird, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

Ad + 2 juvs, observed well together, Blencathra Field Centre, 22-Jun.

Tawny Owl  Strix aluco

Blencathra Field Centre, Cumbria, England  54° 37' 13" N  003° 04' 53" W   24 June 2022  23:00

Begging calls from two fledged Tawny Owl chicks in the canopy of mixed woodland. Each shriek lasting 0.27 sec.

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Swift  Apus apus

11, Blencathra/Saddleback, 21-Jun.

2, Glenderaterra Beck walk to Skiddaw House, 22-Jun.

3+ (inc nest site in primary school), Threlkeld, 24-Jun.

Kingfisher  Alcedo atthis

1, Glenderaterra Beck, S of Derwent Folds, 23-June (TB).

Great Spotted Woodpecker  Dendrocopus major

1 calling, Blencathra Field Centre, 20-Jun.

1, feeding in Bracken clearing, Blease Fell, 23-Jun.

1, Derwent Folds, 23-Jun.

Skylark  Alauda arvensis

1 singing m, W side of Blease Fell, 19-Jun.

3 singing mm, trail up Blease Fell to Saddleback, 20-Jun.

2 singing mm + juv, Glenderaterra Beck walk to Skiddaw House, 22-Jun.

Sand Martin  Riparia riparia

4+, confluence of Glenderaterra Beck/River Greta, 20-Jun.

Swallow  Hirundo rustica

1, Blencathra/Saddleback, 21-Jun.

1, Blencathra Field Centre, 24-Jun.

4, Threlkeld, 24-Jun.

House Martin  Delichon urbicum

6+, feeding over meadow, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

3, Blencathra/Saddleback, 21-Jun.

23 AON, Blencathra Field Centre, 22-Jun.

2, Glenderaterra Beck walk to Skiddaw House, 22-Jun.

House Martin  Delichon urbicum

Blencathra Field Centre, Cumbria, England  54° 37' 13" N  003° 04' 53" W   22 June 2022

Calls from House Martins returning to the nesting colony.

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House Martin  Delichon urbicum

Blencathra Field Centre, Cumbria, England  54° 37' 13" N  003° 04' 53" W   22 June 2022

Calls from House Martins sitting on nests.

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Meadow Pipit  Anthus pratensis

5 singing mm, W side of Blease Fell, 19-Jun.

2 singing mm, meadow on south side, Blencathra Field Centre, 20-Jun.

8+ singing mm, trail up Blease Fell to Saddleback, 20-Jun.

14 singing mm, Glenderaterra Beck walk to Skiddaw House, 22-Jun.

Tree Pipit  Anthus trivialis

1 singing m, Blencathra Field Centre, 25-Jun (migrant/local failed breeder?).

Grey Wagtail  Motacilla cinerea

Ad + juv, confluence of Glenderaterra Beck/River Greta, 20-Jun.

1, Glenderaterra Beck walk to Skiddaw House, 22-Jun.

Pied Wagtail  Motacilla alba

m, Blencathra Field Centre, 22-Jun.

2, Glenderaterra Beck walk to Skiddaw House, 22-Jun.

1, west side of Blease Fell, 23-Jun.

1 over, Blencathra Field Centre, 23-Jun.

Pied Wagtail  Motavilla alba

Blencathra FSC, Cumbria, England  54° 37' 13" N  003° 04' 53" W   11 June 2019

Call from a Pied Wagtail in flight.

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Dipper  Cinclus cinclus

2 juvs (fledgling + different independent juv), confluence of Glenderaterra Beck/River Greta, 20-Jun.

1, Glenderaterra Beck, near Skiddaw House, 22-Jun.

Wren  Troglodytes troglodytes

Several singing, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

Singing from rocky slope, W side of Blease Fell, 19-Jun.

Ad + b/4, Herdwick building, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

Singing m, Blencathra/Saddleback, 21-Jun.

3+ singing mm, Blease Fell car park, 23-Jun.

5 singing mm, Glenderaterra Beck walk to Skiddaw House, 22-Jun.

Fledgling, in larch copse between Blencathra Field Centre & Derwent Folds, 23-Jun.

Eurasian Wren   Troglodytes troglodytes

Blencathra Field Centre, Cumbria, England  54° 37' 13" N  003° 04' 53" W   23 June 2022

Territorial song from Bracken-covered slope at the foot of Blease Fell, bordering mixed woodland.

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Dunnock  Prunella modularis

1 singing m; ad FY; nest site in bracken, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

Ad with FY in gorse, W side of Blease Fell, 19-Jun.

Robin  Erithacus rubecula

Fledgling, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

Fledgling, Blencathra Field Centre, 20-Jun.

Ad feeding fledgling, Derwent Folds, 20-Jun.

Ad with FY, in larch copse between Blencathra Field Centre & Derwent Folds, 23-Jun.

Spotted Flycatcher  Muscicapa striata

3 prs/territories (inc fledgling on Helvellyn), Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

Fledged brood, in larch copse between Blencathra Field Centre & Derwent Folds, 23-Jun.

Spotted Flycatcher  Muscicapa striata

Blencathra Field Centre, Cumbria, England  54° 37' 13" N  003° 04' 53" W   22 June 2022

Alarm calls from a Spotted Flycatcher feeding fledged young.

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Pied Flycatcher  Ficedula hypoleuca

Ad feeding fledgling in dead Ash in hedgerow, near confluence of Glenderaterra Beck/River Greta, 20-Jun.

Redstart  Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Ad m feeding fledgling, Derwent Folds, 20-Jun.

Ad m + juv, confluence of Glenderaterra Beck/River Greta, 20-Jun.

pr feeding fledglings, Derwent Folds, 23-Jun.

Redstart  Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Blencathra FSC, Cumbria, England  54° 37' 08" N  003° 05' 10" W   11 June 2019

Alarm calls from a female Common Redstart with food for nestlings or fledglings in sheep pasture with small oak copses. Two call types: an upslurred Chiffchaff-like hueet (2.9-4.5 kHz) and a sharp Robin-like teak (3.4-7.0 kHz).

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Stonechat  Saxicola torquatus

f alarm calling + brief song from nearby male, west side of Blease Fell, 22-Jun.

1 singing m, heather moor, Skiddaw House, 22-Jun.

1 juv, west side of Blease Fell, 23-Jun.

Wheatear  Oenanthe oenanthe

m + 2 juv, W side of Blease Fell, 19-Jun.

4 ad (inc singing m) + 3 juvs, Blease Fell, 21-Jun.

4 (inc FY), Blencathra/Saddleback, 21-Jun.

11 (inc 5 fledglings), Glenderaterra Beck walk to Skiddaw House, 22-Jun.

f + 3 juvs, west side of Blease Fell, 23-Jun.

Wheatear  Oenanthe oenanth

Blencathra FSC, Cumbria, England  54° 37' 08" N  003° 05' 10" W   11 June 2019

Alarm calls from a female Northern Wheatear with food for fledglings in a Bracken-covered rocky hollow in hillside. Two call types: a downslurred zeep (4.09-5.3 kHz) and a hard, sharp tuk (1.5-7.1 kHz).

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Ring Ouzel  Turdus torquatus

None seen on Blencathra/Saddleback, 21-Jun.

Blackbird  Turdus merula

Regularly alarm-calling all week in response to Tawny Owl fledglings, 18-25 Jun.

2 singing mm, , Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

Blackbird  Turdus merula

Blencathra FSC, Cumbria, England  54° 37' 13" N  003° 04' 53" W   11 June 2019

Territorial song. Loud and measured delivery of 3-4 sec stropes interspersed with 3 sec pauses. Each stope comprised of two parts: low fluting, melodic phrases (1.3-3.2 kHz) followed by a complex, high-frequency twittering (up tp 11.5 kHz).

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Song Thrush  Turdus philomelus

2 singing mm, Blencathra Field Centre, 18-25 Jun.

1 singing, Horse & Farrier Inn, Threlkeld, 24-Jun.

Song Thrush  Turdus philomelus

Blencathra FSC, Cumbria, England  54° 37' 13" N  003° 04' 53" W   11 June 2019

Territorial song. Loud and varied with characteristic motifs of repeated 2-4 elements or phrases, interspered with single more complex/unique phrases.

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Song Thrush  Turdus philomelus

Blencathra FSC, Cumbria, England  54° 37' 13" N  003° 04' 53" W   14 June 2019

Hawk alarm call from a Song Thrush (8.0-9.3 kHz), with another species producing the same call at a lower frequency (7.3-7.9 kHz).

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Mistle Thrush  Turdus viscivorus

1-2, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-24 Jun.

Garden Warbler  Sylvia borin

2 singing mm, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

2 singing mm, Blencathra Field Centre, 20-Jun.

Garden Warbler  Sylvia borin

Blencathra FSC, Cumbria, England  54° 37' 13" N  003° 04' 53" W   11 June 2019

Territorial song from a Garden Warbler with characteristic bubbling delivery containing Blackbird-like tones at lower frequencies.

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Blackcap  Sylvia atricapilla

1 m, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

2 singing mm, Blencathra Field Centre, 20-Jun.

Chiffchaff  Phylloscopus collybita

1 singing m, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

1 singing m, Blencathra Field Centre, 20-Jun.

1 singing m, confluence of Glenderaterra Beck/River Greta, 20-Jun.

1 singing m, Blencathra Field Centre, 22-Jun.

Willow Warbler  Phylloscopus trochilus

3 singing mm, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

2 singing mm, W side of Blease Fell, 19-Jun.

4 singing mm, Blencathra Field Centre, 20-Jun.

1 singing m, Blease Fell, 21-Jun.

4 singing mm, Glenderaterra Beck walk to Skiddaw House, 22-Jun.

Goldcrest  Regulus regulus

1, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

1 singing m, Blencathra Field Centre, 20-Jun.

1 singing m, in larch copse between Blencathra Field Centre & Derwent Folds, 23-Jun.

Long-tailed Tit  Aegithalos caudatus

None seen or heard this year.

Coal Tit  Periparus ater

1 singing m, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

1 singing m, Blencathra Field Centre, 20-Jun.

Blue Tit  Cyanistes caeruleus

Noted, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

Noted, Blencathra Field Centre, 20-Jun.

Fledge brood, confluence of Glenderaterra Beck/River Greta, 20-Jun.

2 juvs, on peanut feeder, Derwent Folds, 23-Jun.

Great Tit  Parus major

3 juvs, Blencathra Field Centre, 20-Jun.

Ad + juv, on peanut feeder, Derwent Folds, 23-Jun.

Nuthatch  Sitta europaea

2 ads + juv, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

Several calling, Blencathra Field Centre, 20-Jun.

1, Derwent Folds, 20-Jun.

3+, Derwent Folds, 23-Jun.

Treecreeper  Certhia familiaris

3, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

2, in dead hedgerow Ash, near confluence of Glenderaterra Beck/River Greta, 20-Jun.

1, in larch copse between Blencathra Field Centre & Derwent Folds, 23-Jun.

Jay  Garrulus glandarius

1, Derwent Folds, 23-Jun.

Magpie  Pica pica

1 calling, Blencathra Field Centre, 20-Jun.

1, Threlkeld, 24-Jun.

Jackdaw  Corvus monedula        

Several pairs nesting in chimneys, Blencathra Field Centre, 18-25 Jun.

16 in sheep fields, Blencathra Field Centre, 23-Jun.

Rook  Corvus frugilegus

Rookery (now fledged) in Scots Pines, Blencathra Field Centre. Three trees down due to wind damage?

8, Blease Fell, 21-Jun.

17, west side of Blease Fell, 23-Jun.

Rook  Corvus frugilegus

Blencathra FSC, Cumbria, England  54° 37' 13" N  003° 04' 53" W   11 June 2019

Calls from a single Rook.

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Carrion Crow  Corvus corone

Noted, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

2, Blease Fell, 21-Jun.

3, Blencathra/Saddleback, 21-Jun.

Raven  Corvus corax

1 over, confluence of Glenderaterra Beck/River Greta, 20-Jun.

1 calling, Blease Fell, 21-Jun.

Group of 4, Blencathra/Saddleback, 21-Jun.

Pr, Blencathra Field Centre, 22-Jun.

Starling  Sturnus vulgaris

27, Threlkeld, 24-Jun.

House Sparrow  Passer domesticus

2 juvs, Reception building, Blencathra Field Centre, 20-Jun.

Chaffinch  Fringilla coelebs

3 singing mm, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

3 singing mm, Blencathra Field Centre, 20-Jun.

Ad m, on peanut feeder, Derwent Folds, 23-Jun.

Chaffinch  Fringilla coelebs

Blencathra FSC, Cumbria, England  54° 37' 13" N  003° 04' 53" W   11 June 2019

Chaffinch with two song types, both incorporating the perched call (highlighted in blue) of a Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba) as the first syllable in the opening phrase. Repeated twice in most song type 2 strophes.

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Greenfinch  Carduelis chloris

2 over, Threlkeld, 24-Jun.

Goldfinch  Carduelis carduelis

Small group of ads + juvs daily, Blencathra Field Centre, 18-25 Jun.

2 singing mm, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

pr, west side of Blease Fell, 23-Jun.

Siskin  Carduelis spinus

2 song-flighting, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-Jun.

2 over , west side of Blease Fell, 23-Jun.

1 over, Derwent Folds, 23-Jun.

1 over, Threlkeld, 24-Jun.

Linnet  Carduelis cannabina

pr, south-west side of Blease Fell, 22-Jun.

pr, south-west side of Blease Fell, 23-Jun.

Lesser Redpoll  Carduelis cabaret

1 N, west side of Blease Fell, 19-Jun.

1 song-flighting over front meadow, Blencathra Field Centre, 19-24 Jun.

1, song-flighting, Blease Fell, 20-Jun.

1, song-flighting, Blease Fell, 21-Jun.

3, Glenderaterra Beck walk to Skiddaw House, 22-Jun.

Group of 6 flew west, west side of Blease Fell, 23-Jun.

Ad, on peanut feeder, Derwent Folds, 23-Jun.

Lesser Redpoll  Carduelis cabaret

Blease Fell, Cumbria, England  54° 37' 08" N  003° 05' 10" W   23 June 2022

Calls from a Lesser Redpoll in flight.

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Crossbill  Loxia curvirostra

Min 2, in larches at hill trail car park, Blencathra Field Centre, 20-Jun.

Yellowhammer  Emberiza citrinella

3 singing mm, Blencathra Field Centre to Threlkeld, xx-Jun.

Reed Bunting  Emberiza schoeniclus

1 singing m, in small marsh, Glenderaterra Beck walk to Skiddaw House, 22-Jun.