• Ring-necked duck

    Sighting date: 2024-04-19. Submitted by: Harry Coghill. Location: Longtown Ponds.  Female still present with tufted duck flock, also yellow wagtail over

  • Common Crane – 1 low over calling then soaring up high and heading off east towards Sandside

    Sighting date: 2024-04-19. Submitted by: Dave Thexton. Location: Foulshaw Moss. 

  • Oystercatcher movement

    Sighting date: 2024-04-18. Submitted by: Andy Lester. Location: Livingstone Homestead .  Steady northwards movement tonight of Oystercatcher.   Difficult to estimate numbers, but likely to be 50+    Earlier 6 tree sparrow, 5 siskin, 2 willow warbler, 5 Swallow.

  • More scoter

    Sighting date: 2024-04-17. Submitted by: Andy Lester. Location: Livingstone Homestead .  Another flock of common scoter high over east tonight.  Based on calls a minimum of 10-15 birds

  • Ring necked Duck female

    Sighting date: 2024-04-17. Submitted by: Chris Baines. Location: Longtown ponds. 

  • Pied Flycatchers

    Sighting date: 2024-04-16. Submitted by: Paul Turton. Location: Aira Force.  Lots of nesting activity. Several Pied Flycatchers, Bullfinch, Raven, Song Thrush, Willow Warbler and a very brief appearance of a male Redstart.

  • White stork

    Sighting date: 2024-04-16. Submitted by: Dawn Dawson. Location: B5282 heading towards Milnthorpe from Sandside in a flooded field .  I was so shocked to see it  (approx 2.15 pm) I immediately thought white stork, then but how can it be? We were driving by in the car and was unable to stop or take a photo. I’…

  • Common sandpiper

    Sighting date: 2024-04-16. Submitted by: Graham Burr. Location: Siddick pond . 

  • Green sandpiper

    Sighting date: 2024-04-15. Submitted by: Andy Lester. Location: Livingstone Homestead .  Briefly one calling over.   New site record.   Also 3 willow warbler, Swallow,blackcap, Siskin, chiff chaff, 5 tree sparrow, dipper Inc 2 juvs, Sparrowhawk

  • Pied Flycatcher and Eider

    Sighting date: 2024-04-14. Submitted by: Paul Reeves. Location: Silver Meadows and Workington.  Male Pied Flycatcher at Silver Meadows Nature Reserve, Dubwath, Bassenthwaite and 2 Eider (1 male/1 female) just off the jetty, Workington – 1 Gannet flyby also.