Interesting findings at Crosscanonby Carr Nature Reserve!
The West Cumbria Ringing Group have released their report for Crosscanonby Carr Nature Reserve 2025.
In 2025 the group ringed or re-trapped 241 individual birds of 31 species at this site, an increase from 27 species recorded in 2024. One of the most interesting species recorded was the Cetti’s Warbler, see the report extract below.
“We are thrilled to report the first breeding for Cetti’s Warbler, when in May we caught both adult male and female, the female having a ‘brood patch’, a sure sign she was brooding chicks or incubating eggs. This is only the third confirmed breeding in Cumbria-and the most northerly and represents a further northerly extension in the UK of this pioneering southern European specialist.”
Thank you to the West Cumbria Ringing Group for sharing their findings with us. You can find out more by following their social media which is linked below!
Species List and numbers 2025
Red list Linnet 13
Yellowhammer 1
Grasshopper Warbler 4
Starling 1
Tree Sparrow 2
Tree Pipit 1
Amber list Chiffchaff 22
Willow Warbler 23
Song Thrush 3
Whitethroat 10
Bullfinch 3
Reed Bunting 3
Meadow Pipit 2
Green list Sedge Warbler 37
Cettis Warbler 2
Blackbird 10
Garden Warbler 4
Dunnock 13
Stonechat 1
Goldfinch 10
Blue Tit 13
Chaffinch 3
Robin 8
Reed Warbler 1
Wren 19
Treecreeper 1
Great Tit 6
Blackcap 15
Lesser Whitethroat 4
Goldcrest 3
Coal Tit 1
Image credits: Cetti’s Warbler – www.rspb.org.uk
