• 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. 

  • 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.