• Lesser Yellowlegs – 1

    Sighting date: 2023-10-14. Submitted by: RBA. Location: Grune Point. 

  • Velvet Scoter – 1 drake

    Sighting date: 2023-10-14. Submitted by: Alan Tilmouth per C Taylor via Birding Cumbria. Location: Bowness-on-Solway. 

  • Cattle Egret – 5

    Sighting date: 2023-10-14. Submitted by: Rob Pocklington via cumbria birding. Location: Black Dyke Flood, Arnside. 

  • 2 Greenshank and single Wheatear

    Sighting date: 2023-10-12. Submitted by: Paul Reeves. Location: Grune Point.  Late afternoon at Grune point – single Wheatear and 2 Greenshank.

  • Whooper Swans

    Sighting date: 2023-10-12. Submitted by: Peter Finn. Location: Solway coast.  7 adult Whooper swans of the sea off Maryport Golf Club early afternoon, plus 3 x summer plumage Red T Divers off Allonby, also, c30 adult Whoopers on pond at Parkhead farm SE of Silloth

  • Whooper swans

    Sighting date: 2023-10-12. Submitted by: Peter D Fisher. Location: Seen from Hartland Road, Barrow-in-Furness..  Flock of about 50 swans, heard before I saw them. Passed by before I had a chance to count them.

  • Off note at Talkin Tarn this morning.

    Sighting date: 2023-10-12. Submitted by: David Dixon. Location: Talkin Tarn.  6 Whooper Swans, male Scaup, 5 Gadwall, 3 Goosander.

  • 2 Whooper swans

    Sighting date: 2023-10-12. Submitted by: John Forster. Location: Earnsea Bay.  Flying south and calling

  • Brisk Morning Walk with a surprise – Short Eared Owl

    Sighting date: 2023-10-12. Submitted by: Silversteen Graham. Location: Shap.  Was on my morning walk this morning with Luba (our dog) and looked over the moorland where I spotted a Short Eared Owl, I knew it was one straight away from the yellowy brown colour on it’s top side and the distinct dark circles around its yellow eyes,…

  • Dotterel – 1 male

    Sighting date: 2023-10-11. Submitted by: Barbara Matthewson. Location: Eel Cragg, Buttermere.