Sighting date: 2023-10-01. Submitted by: Alistair Blackshaw. Location: Old Bridge, Great Broughton.  Great egret present briefly on north side of River Derwent, to the south of Old Bridge.

Sighting date: 2023-09-30. Submitted by: Roy Bottomley. Location: Thacka Beck. 

Sighting date: 2023-09-26. Submitted by: Walney Bird Observatory. Location: Walney. 

Sighting date: 2023-09-28. Submitted by: Sue Woods. Location: Hawkshead Moor SD34399788.  2pm Raucous flock of crossbills (min. count 14) seen feeding high in the spruces. Cones raining down. Males & females seen clearly with bins. 1 seen flying with a cone in its bill which I’ve never seen before. They do tend to stay in the same…

Sighting date: 2023-09-25. Submitted by: Stephen Dunstan. Location: North Walney.  Two on shore

Sighting date: 2023-09-26. Submitted by: Stephen Dunstan. Location: Ravenglass.  Pale-bellied Brent at confluence of estuaries, Hooded Crow on Esk estuary.

Sighting date: 2023-09-26. Submitted by: Stephen Dunstan. Location: Kirkby-in-Furness.  c45 seen from train, not known if feral or overshooting birds.

Sighting date: 2023-09-26. Submitted by: Don Pettingale. Location: Aldingham.  Hoopoe still at Aldingham today. Displaying to chase off Wheatear.

Sighting date: 2023-09-25. Submitted by: Peter Finn. Location: St Bees.  Hooded Crow with other covids and gulls feeding in a field beside the St Bees to Coulderton coast road this afternoon. Also, an Juvenile Wheatear on Nethertown beach.

Sighting date: 2023-09-25. Submitted by: Keith McVeigh. Location: Aldingham .  single bird on Aldingham beach.