Welcome
Cumbria is an excellent county for bird watching: the Lake District, superb coasts and estuaries, woods and fast-flowing rivers, up to Pennine moors.
- Do join the club to receive regular CBC Newsletters by email.
- The Cumbria Bird Club runs events throughout the year, conducts important survey work and produces annual bird reports.
Latest sightings
- 22 Apr 2024: Coat Flatt, Tebay
Swift – single Swift by River Lune at 11.45am - 21 Apr 2024: Livingstone Homestead
Greenfinch - 21 Apr 2024: Torver Low Common
Whinchat - 20 Apr 2024: Thacka Beck NR, Penrith
Grasshopper Warbler reeling. Also 1 Garden Warbler, - 20 Apr 2024: Duddon Estuary, Hodbarrow
10+ Red-throated Diver
More…
- Here are some ideas on where to watch birds in Cumbria.
- Don’t forget to check the tide times and weather.
- Please report any sightings and send us photos
- Join the Birding Cumbria Google group and follow us on Twitter.
- We are working on a new county avifauna based on the BTO Bird Atlas survey.
- Please help out with any on-going surveys in the county.
Next events
- 28 April 2024. 10:00 – 13:00
Outdoor meet: Ulverston – Sea Wood and Birkrigg Common with Mike Douglas - 18 May 2024. 06:30 – 10:00
Outdoor meet: Dawn Chorus and Bacon Butties, near Longtown - 22 June 2024. All Day
Outdoor meet: Around Hodbarrow, Millom - 7 September 2024. All Day
Outdoor meet: Ravenglass Estuary with Dave Shackleton