• Red-footed Falcon – 1

    Sighting date: 2024-05-24. Submitted by: Roy Bottomley. Location: Between Lessonhall and Raby.  Second calendar year male. Found on evening of 23rd by John Ireland.

  • Hooded Crow

    Sighting date: 2024-05-22. Submitted by: Colin Raven. Location: Drigg.  Single sat atop the signal box at level crossing – also seen yesterday

  • Reed Bunting and Yellowhammer

    Sighting date: 2024-05-21. Submitted by: Paul Turton. Location: St. John’s in the Vale .  Reed Bunting, Yellowhammer, Cuckoo’s and Redstart. Lower valley path following the river.

  • Ring plover with 2 very young chicks

    Sighting date: 2024-05-21. Submitted by: Phil Betteridge. Location: The Old Steel works,Moss bay,Workington . 

  • Gropper

    Sighting date: 2024-05-19. Submitted by: Andy Lester. Location: Geltsdale RSPB Reserve.  Totals today: 3m grasshopper warbler incl x1 showing well from trail near visitor centre 6 cuckoo.  4m 2f 5 whinchat.  3m 2f 3m sedge w 3m whitethroat 3m garden warbler but not a single wheatear!!      

  • Honey Buzzard over garden heading north

    Sighting date: 2024-05-18. Submitted by: Robert Petley-Jones. Location: New Hutton, Kendal.  Single bird flying low over garden being harassed by rooks and jackdaws.  Long tail and broad wings clear, as was flat wing profile as it circled over the site.  Observer familiar with the species from time as Senior Reserves Manager at Roudsea Wood and Mosses NNR,…

  • CBC Dawn chorus event

    Sighting date: 2024-05-18. Submitted by: Andy Lester. Location: Livingstone Homestead .  Species list from dawn chorus event: Cuckoo 1 tree sparrow 5 Redpoll 1 siskin 8 redstart 3 willow Warbler 7 chiff chaff 4 dipper 1 grey Wagtail 1 also:  blue tit 8.  Great tit 5.  coal tit 3.   Goldcrest 2.  Buzzard 1. House sp 10 Swallow…

  • Great white egret

    Sighting date: 2024-05-15. Submitted by: Graham Burr. Location: Saltcoats. 

  • Migrant count

    Sighting date: 2024-05-13. Submitted by: Andy Lester. Location: Longtown Gravel Pits.  Longtown Pits area incl Arthuret Pools.   whitethroat 8male garden warbler 7m blackcap 8m willow Warbler 12 chiff chaff 6 swift 4 sand martin 150-200 swallow 60-80 goosander 2.     1m 1f shelduck 3 yellow Wagtail. 1 wigeon 2 shoveler 4.   2m 2f gadwall 2.  1m…

  • Red Kite

    Sighting date: 2024-05-12. Submitted by: John France. Location: Penrith.  Bird flying West over Penrith town centre at 12.10pm