A working machine comprising: a chassis; an operator station supported by the chassis, the operator station including an operator interface and a manual control device to control the working machine; a working implement supported by the chassis, the working implement and the operator station being rotatable about an axis in an overhead plan view of the working machine, and the grapple being radially extendable and retractable to and from outermost and innermost positions, respectively; and a controller configured to: control movement of the working implement responsive to operator input using the manual control device, determine a position of the working implement relative to predetermined working and dumping areas for the working machine defined by at least one preset boundary between the working area and the dumping area, characterized in that the working implement is in the form of a grapple and that the controller is further configured to: identify a candidate dumping event for the grapple based on a decrease in a load on the grapple, determine whether the determined position of the grapple is in the working area or the dumping area responsive to the identification of the candidate dumping event, characterize the candidate dumping event as an invalid dumping event and maintain a dump material payload count in a first case where the determined position of the grapple is in the working area upon the identification of the candidate dumping event, and characterize the candidate dumping event as a valid dumping event and increase the dump material payload count in a second case where the determined position of the grapple is in the dumping area upon the identification of the candidate dumping event. a chassis; an operator station supported by the chassis, the operator station including an operator interface and a manual control device to control the working machine; a working implement supported by the chassis, the working implement and the operator station being rotatable about an axis in an overhead plan view of the working machine, and the grapple being radially extendable and retractable to and from outermost and innermost positions, respectively; and a controller configured to: control movement of the working implement responsive to operator input using the manual control device, determine a position of the working implement relative to predetermined working and dumping areas for the working machine defined by at least one preset boundary between the working area and the dumping area, characterized in that the working implement is in the form of a grapple and that the controller is further configured to: identify a candidate dumping event for the grapple based on a decrease in a load on the grapple, determine whether the determined position of the grapple is in the working area or the dumping area responsive to the identification of the candidate dumping event, characterize the candidate dumping event as an invalid dumping event and maintain a dump material payload count in a first case where the determined position of the grapple is in the working area upon the identification of the candidate dumping event, and characterize the candidate dumping event as a valid dumping event and increase the dump material payload count in a second case where the determined position of the grapple is in the dumping area upon the identification of the candidate dumping event. control movement of the working implement responsive to operator input using the manual control device, determine a position of the working implement relative to predetermined working and dumping areas for the working machine defined by at least one preset boundary between the working area and the dumping area, characterized in that the working implement is in the form of a grapple and that the controller is further configured to: identify a candidate dumping event for the grapple based on a decrease in a load on the grapple, determine whether the determined position of the grapple is in the working area or the dumping area responsive to the identification of the candidate dumping event, characterize the candidate dumping event as an invalid dumping event and maintain a dump material payload count in a first case where the determined position of the grapple is in the working area upon the identification of the candidate dumping event, and characterize the candidate dumping event as a valid dumping event and increase the dump material payload count in a second case where the determined position of the grapple is in the dumping area upon the identification of the candidate dumping event. identify a candidate dumping event for the grapple based on a decrease in a load on the grapple, determine whether the determined position of the grapple is in the working area or the dumping area responsive to the identification of the candidate dumping event, characterize the candidate dumping event as an invalid dumping event and maintain a dump material payload count in a first case where the determined position of the grapple is in the working area upon the identification of the candidate dumping event, and characterize the candidate dumping event as a valid dumping event and increase the dump material payload count in a second case where the determined position of the grapple is in the dumping area upon the identification of the candidate dumping event.