• Little tern

    Sighting date: 2023-04-23. Submitted by: Robert Pocklington. Location: Walney channel.  Little tern flying up the channel at 3:30pm

  • Whinchat – 1

    Sighting date: 2023-04-24. Submitted by: Euphorbia Flower via Birding Cumbria. Location: Campfield Marsh. 

  • Swift – 1

    Sighting date: 2023-04-23. Submitted by: John France. Location: Beacon Edge, Penrith. 

  • Long-tailed Duck and Red-throated Divers

    Sighting date: 2023-04-23. Submitted by: Andrea Collins. Location: Hodbarrow and Duddon Estuary.  Female Long-tailed Duck still present on main lagoon. At least 15 Red-throated Divers came into the Duddon estuary on the rising tide although they stayed well out in the middle of the estuary. Some were in breeding plumage. Also two Whimbrels flushed from the rocks…

  • Pomarine Skua – 1 east

    Sighting date: 2023-04-19. Submitted by: Bob Jones per Birding Cumbria. Location: Bowness-on-Solway. 

  • Sedge Warbler – 2

    Sighting date: 2023-04-19. Submitted by: David Burns Thexton. Location: Foulshaw Moss. 

  • Sedge Warbler – 1

    Sighting date: 2023-04-19. Submitted by: Arnold Strand. Location: Church Moss. 

  • Spotted Flycatcher – 1

    Sighting date: 2023-04-19. Submitted by: Arnold Strand. Location: Church Moss. 

  • Common Whitethroat – 1

    Sighting date: 2023-04-19. Submitted by: Arnold Strand. Location: Church Moss. 

  • Firecrest

    Sighting date: 2023-04-16. Submitted by: Nick & Jill Tardivel. Location: Park Head.  Bird seen within 4 m, in small tree in garden by 2 observers (GMT (bird ringer) and Simon Tardivel).  It was present for about 30 seconds. It was not with any obvious flock. Both observers have ringed Firecrest in Kent.