Here are recent sightings submitted to us, which may not be verified. Please submit a sighting. If you have a query about a sighting please contact us on sightings@cumbriabirdclub.org.uk.
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491: 26 Aug 2023 Red kite.
Location: Shap fell by A6 I think at packhorse hill
Name: Virginia Taylor
Good view of raptor from distance as neared realised not buzzard!! Finger wings forked tail different circling pattern no doubt. Seen 100s in falsterbo over years…it’s a one-glimpse bird for me. was driving…. just before road rounds ‘headland’ on left descending to kendal. Will check exact location next time I’m there. Never seen one in Cumbria before yay.
494: 25 Aug 2023 Osprey
Location: Penrith
Name: John France
The bird flew over our house at 6pm, flying over from the north.
495: 24 Aug 2023 Spotted Flycatcher
Location: CA7 2QA
Name: Gary Bolton
Feeding from perch (an overhead powerline) in field behind house. Habitat – hedgerow/mature trees/scrub/grazing field. First sighting this year.
496: 24 Aug 2023 Dotterel
Location: NY 19653 23109
Name: Joseph Wiseman
Single dotterel in non-breeding plumage flushed from the southern end of Hobcarton ridge, before it ascends up steeply to the summit of Grisedale Pike.
499: 22 Aug 2023 Wood Sandpiper
Location: Killington Reservoir
Name: Jonathan Lishman
1 juv accidentally flushed from Eastern shore. Also 1 juv Little ringed plover in NE Bay.
500: 22 Aug 2023 Common Scoter
Location: Wet sleddale Reservoir
Name: Jonathan Lishman
1 male. 3 Swift at Sunbiggen Tarn.