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
- 15 Oct 2024: Whitehaven Golf Course
Yellow-browed Warbler - 14 Oct 2024: Siddick small pond
Little gull - 12 Oct 2024: Derwentwater
Mandarin Ducks - 11 Oct 2024: Near Beckfoot, Silloth
About 15 Golden Plover - 11 Oct 2024: Near Beckfoot, Silloth
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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
- 3 November 2024. 00:00
Outdoor meet: South Walney. Leader: Mike Douglas - 8 November 2024. 19:30 – 21:00
Cumbria Bird Club AGM - 5 February 2025. 19:15 – 21:00
'Conserving Curlews: A Tale of Dedication and Hope'. Talk by Susannah Bleakley at Tullie House Museum, Carlisle - 19 March 2025. 19:30 – 21:00
'Birding Cyprus'. Talk by Roy Atkins. Ambleside Parish Rooms,