• Cattle Egret

    Sighting date: 2024-05-27. Submitted by: Dave Thexton. Location: Foulshaw Moss.  Single bird flew low over heading south west.

  • Velvet Scoter

    Sighting date: 2024-05-26. Submitted by: Colin Raven. Location: Drigg.  A female flew south amongst 7 Common Scoter at 0715, also 2 Puffin

  • Hooded Crow

    Sighting date: 2024-05-26. Submitted by: Ian Mawson. Location: Keswick .  Hooded crow spotted next to hope park keswick 9am

  • Hooded Crow

    Sighting date: 2024-05-24. Submitted by: Paul Flint. Location: Windermere (below School Knott near Lickbarrow Road).  A new visitor to our woodland garden, for the past few days a hooded crow has been coming to feed on the ground below our bird feeders.

  • 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,…