The Society issues the Transactions as an occasional publication, containing longer articles on the natural history of Cumbria. Thirteen volumes have been published to date and a list of the contents of volumes 1-12 is below. The latest volume was published on 7 March 2018 and is currently available.
Most of the other volumes are out of print, although printed copies of a few issues are still available by contacting us, including the most recent, Cumbrian Wildlife in the 20th Century for a very reasonable £5+P&P.
The Society also provides the scanned PDFs of all the CNHS Transactions below to aid further research into Lakeland Wildlife. These are all searchable PDFs – use CTRL-F or shift-CTRL-F (full search) or the search facility in the Edit menu of Adobe Reader to do so. File sizes range from 4MB to 11MB.
Volume XIII (2018) Transactions of Carlisle Natural History Society, D.J. Clarke & Jeremy Roberts (Eds.)
A History of the Dotterel in Cumbria – John Callion & John Strowger 5-62
The Pink-footed Goose; roosting and feeding areas on the south Solway 1997-2016 – Frank Mawby 63-88
Reed Warblers at Bassenthwaite NNR Constant Effort Site (CES) 1997-2016 – John Callion & Pete Davies 89-106
Lakeland Taxidermists in the 19th and early 20th centuries – Robin Sellers 107-132
Published by the Society, 7 March 2018. ISBN 978-0-9525252-0-2
With numerous full colour illustrations, charts and maps
Use downloadable form to request copy
Volume XII (1996) Cumbrian Wildlife in the 20th Century, D.J. Clarke & S.M. Hewitt (Eds.)
Changes in Cumbria’s flora in the 20th Century – Geoffrey Halliday 5-14
Cumbrian butterflies since 1893 – Geoff Naylor 15-26
Dragonflies in Cumbria, a centenary review – David Clarke 27-38
Beetles and beetle recording in Cumbria – Roger Key 39-50
Birds of prey in Cumbria – Geoffrey Horne 51-76
Mammals in Cumbria, a centenary review – John Webster 77-88
Wildlife and its conservation in Cumbria – Derek Ratcliffe 89-106
Carlisle Natural History Society, the first hundred years – Stephen Hewitt 107-126
Ernest Blezard (1902-1970) – Derek Ratcliffe 127-132
Volume XI (1967) Lakeland Molluscs
A preliminary list of the marine mollusc of Lakeland
– Marjory Garnett and Mary M. Milne 11-47
Non-marine Mollusca of Lakeland: notes on their distribution and the
Occurrence of molluscs in the food of birds – Ernest Blezard 48-74
Download PDF – Lakeland Molluscs (1967), Trans. Carlisle Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. XI
Volume X (1962) Birds of the Lake Counties, Ralph Stokoe
Birds of the Lake Counties – R. Stokoe 13-112
Bird migration at Grune Point – R. Stokoe 113-128
Food of birds – Ernest Blezard 129-136
Download PDF – Birds of the Lake Counties (1962), Trans. Carlisle Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. X
Volume IX (1958) Lakeland Birds, E. Blezard (Ed.)
The Birds of Lakeland: a third supplement – E. Blezard 7-54
Food of birds – E. Blezard 55-62
Download PDF – Lakeland Birds (1958), Trans. Carlisle Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. IX
Volume VIII (1954) Lakeland Ornithology, E. Blezard (Ed.)
Tom Little Johnston, 1875-1948 – E. Blezard 5-7
The Greater Black-backed Gull on the Cumberland Solway – Tom L. Johnston 8-13
North-eastern Bird studies: the Curlew and the Black Grouse
– Matthew Philipson 14-22
The warblers – Robert H. Brown 23-74
Siddick Pond and its birds – Ralph Stokoe 33-74
Food of birds – Ernest Blezard 75-101
The Birds of Lakeland: a second supplement – E. Blezard 102-135
The Presidents of the Carlisle Natural History Society 136
List of members of the Carlisle Natural History Society 137-141
Download PDF – Lakeland Ornithology (1954), Trans. Carlisle Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. VIII
Volume VII (1946) Lakeland Natural History, E. Blezard (Ed.)
Aviation and ornithology in Lakeland – Flt-Ltnt. R.A. Carr-Lewty 1-28
Lakeland and the Ice Age – T.W.K.Skelly 29-48
Winter birds on Windermere, a retrospect – Marjory Garnett 49-70
Creeping Lady’s Tresses in Cumberland – Dorothy Blezard 71-74
The Grey Lag Goose in Lakeland – Tom L. Johnston 75-87
The Badger in Cumberland – Ritson Graham 88-99
The Lakeland Pennines and their birds – Ernest Blezard 100-115
A round on Westmorland moors – Walter Thompson 116-117
The progress of natural history in Cumberland – F.H. Day 118-130
The birds of Lakeland, a supplement – E. Blezard 131-149
Download PDF – Lakeland Natural History (1946) Trans. Carlisle Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. VII
Volume VI (1943) The Birds of Lakeland – Ernest Blezard (Editor)
The Faunal Area of Lakeland – Frank H. Day 11-16
The Rearing of Ducks at Netherby – Ernest Blezard and Tom L. Johnston 17-20
Accounts of the Birds of Lakeland – Ernest Blezard, Marjory Garnett, Ritson Graham and Tom L. Johnston 21-165
Download PDF – The Birds of Lakeland (1943) Trans. Carlisle Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. VI
Volume V (1933)
History of the Society – Frank H. Day 1-13
Birds in Carlisle – B. Johnston 14-25
Mammals in Carlisle – B. Johnston 26-30
Collecting at light in the Carlisle District – H. D. Ford 31-38
Trees in Carlisle – Dorothy Stewart 39-43
The Neuroptera etc and Trichoptera of Cumberland, Westmorland and North
Lancashire – George B. Routledge 44-60
On the Buzzard – E. Blezard 61-66
The Barnacle Goose on the English Solway – T.L. Johnston 67-82
Cumberland Aculeate Hymenoptera – George B. Routledge 83-103
The Roe Deer in Cumberland – Ritson Graham 104-116
Further Addenda to the Coleoptera of Cumberland – Frank H. Day 117-125
The Lepidoptera of Cumberland, additional species and further records
– George B. Routledge 126-143
Download PDF – Trans. Carlisle Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. V
Volume IV (1928)
William Hodgson A.L.S., Botanist – James Murray 1-15
On the Raven – E. Blezard 16-22
The Lepidoptera of Cumberland, part IV (Moths) – George B. Routledge 23-65
Some notes on the Minerals of the Caldbeck Fells – F.H. Day Jun. B.Sc. 66-79
Local Wildfowl (Ducks and Geese) – Ritson Graham 80-104
The Orthoptera of Cumberland – George B. Routledge 105-107
The Hemiptera-Heteroptera of Cumberland – Frank H. Day 108-130
Cumberland Odonata (Dragonflies) – Frank H. Day 131-134
Further Addenda to the Coleoptera of Cumberland – Frank H. Day 135-136
Download PDF – Trans. Carlisle Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. IV
Volume III (1923)
Addenda to Macpherson’s “Vertebrate Fauna of Lakeland” (Birds)
– Eric B. Dunlop (with appendix by Linnaeus E. Hope) 1-39
The Lepidoptera of Cumberland, part III, Geometrae – George B. Routledge
40-69
The Coleoptera of Cumberland, part III, conclusion – Frank H. Day 70-107
Download PDF – Trans. Carlisle Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. III
Volume II (1912)
H.A. Macpherson M.B.O.U., a memoir – Linnaeus E. Hope 1-13
The Mineral of Cumberland – J.W. Branston 14-29
The Arachnids (Spiders etc) of Cumberland – H. Britten 30-65
Plant Life around Carlisle, part II – Thos. Scott Johnstone 66-88
The natural history of the Peregrine Falcon, Eric B. Dunlop 89-93
The Lepidoptera of Cumberland (part II, Moths) – George B. Routledge 94-183
The Ducks and Geese (Anseres) of the Solway – Linnaeus E. Hope 184-200
The Coleoptera of Cumberland, part II – Frank H. Day 201-256
Download PDF – Trans. Carlisle Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. II
Volume I (1909)
A Bygone Cumberland Naturalist, A Memoir of T.C. Heysham – James Murray. 1-12
Westmorland Ornithological Notes, 1907 – W.E.B. Dunlop 13-23
Mammals of the Eden Valley – H. Britten 24-30
Plant life around Carlisle, part I, – Thos. Scott Johnstone 31-48
The Wading Birds of the Solway – T.L. Johnston 49-62
The Fauna of Cumberland in relation to its Physical Geography – Frank H. Day 63-74
The Gulls and Diving Birds of the Solway – Linnaeus E. Hope 75-97
The Butterflies of Cumberland – George B. Routledge 98-113
The Land and Freshwater Shells of Cumberland – James Murray 114-121
The Coleoptera of Cumberland, part 1 – Frank H. Day 122-150
Download PDF – Trans. Carlisle Nat. Hist. Soc., Vol. I
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