Whitehaven & St Bees

Whilst working in Cumbria I have had a little more time to head out birding. I visited RSPB st Bees a couple of times and also been around Whitehaven Harbour. Bird wise there was nothing particularly out of the ordinary, although a Spotted Flycatcher in the sycamores around the farmhouse was very nice. There are also a few Stonechats as well as a single Wheatear. As for the harbour, there was a limited array of species but some Rock Pipit were nice, as was a small group of Redshanks. At both locations we found hybrid Hooded x Carrion Crows. 

-Carrion Crow x Hooded Crow

-Redshank

-Meadow Pipit

-Stonechat

Species List:

RSPB St Bees: Common Scoter, Common Pheasant, Grey Partridge, Rock Dove, Common Woodpigeon, Black-headed Gull, European Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Red-throated Diver, Northern Fulmar, Great Cormorant, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Peregrine Falcon, Magpie, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Raven, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Barn Swallow, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Wren, Common Starling, Blackbird, Robin, Stonechat, Wheatear, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Grey Wagtail, White Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit, Common Linnet, Goldfinch, Yellowhammer,

Whitehaven Harbour: Mute Swan, Rock Dove, Common Woodpigeon, Collared Dove, Oystercatcher, Redshank, Common Guillemot, Black-headed Gull, European Herring Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Great Cormorant, Magpie, Jackdaw, Starling, Robin, Rock Pipit,