• Common crossbill

    Sighting date: 2024-04-25. Submitted by: Sue Hazelwood. Location: Gooseyfoot Tarn Grizedale. SD 33859708.  Female calling from top of Scots Pine. Got a clear view-mandibles obvious.

  • Whimbrels

    Sighting date: 2024-04-24. Submitted by: Andrea Collins. Location: Biggar Bank, Walney.  Twelve Whimbrels on the beach below the Biggar Bank carpark, Walney Island.

  • Swift

    Sighting date: 2024-04-23. Submitted by: Paul Reeves. Location: Siddick Pond.  Single Swift over Siddick Pond this evening along with many Swallows and Sand Martins.

  • Swift – single Swift by River Lune at 11.45am

    Sighting date: 2024-04-22. Submitted by: John France. Location: Coat Flatt, Tebay. 

  • Whinchat

    Sighting date: 2024-04-21. Submitted by: Selina Tutin. Location: Torver Low Common. 

  • Greenfinch

    Sighting date: 2024-04-21. Submitted by: Andy Lester. Location: Livingstone Homestead .  Fairly impressive bird feeder totals this morning: Tree sparrow. 8 Greenfinch 2 Siskin 12 Lesser Redpoll 3 Yellowhammer 1 Goldfinch 6 Nuthatch 2 also blue tit 10, Chaffinch 7 (including ringed female, house sparrow 14, starling 8, Blackbird 4, Coal tit 1, Great tit 6, gs…

  • Common sandpiper

    Sighting date: 2024-04-20. Submitted by: Andy Lester. Location: A7 layby north of Longtown .  At least three on shingle banks of Esk near lay-by.   Also 2 pairs of goosander, 25 sand martin, 1 willow Warbler.

  • Lesser Whitethroat

    Sighting date: 2024-04-20. Submitted by: Andrea Collins. Location: Hodbarrow.  In trees beside main track between Haverigg and the lighthouse.

  • 10+ Red-throated Diver

    Sighting date: 2024-04-20. Submitted by: Andrea Collins. Location: Duddon Estuary, Hodbarrow.  At least 10 Red-throated Divers on Duddon Estuary at Hodbarrow at high tide. Plumages ranging from winter to full breeding and intermediate stages of moult.

  • Grasshopper Warbler reeling. Also 1 Garden Warbler,

    Sighting date: 2024-04-20. Submitted by: John France. Location: Thacka Beck NR, Penrith.