Please submit Recent Sightings through Going Birding Cumbria at the link below. This website will also display a list of the birds recently recorded in Cumbria with their locations. Records submitted through the previous system are archived below.
https://www.goingbirding.co.uk/cumbria/index.asp
If you have a query about a sighting please contact us on countyrecorder@cumbriabirdclub.org.uk.
See also the Walney Bird Observatory blog, latest photos from Cumbria on BirdGuides and the Cumbria Birding Facebook group, also the BirdingCumbria – Google Groups.
541: 28 Sep 2023 Crossbills
Location: Hawkshead Moor SD34399788
Name: Sue Woods
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 area for several days.
542: 26 Sep 2023 Hoopoe
Location: Aldingham
Name: Don Pettingale
Hoopoe still at Aldingham today. Displaying to chase off Wheatear.
543: 26 Sep 2023 Barnacle Geese
Location: Kirkby-in-Furness
Name: Stephen Dunstan
c45 seen from train, not known if feral or overshooting birds.
544: 26 Sep 2023 Brent Goose / Hooded Crow
Location: Ravenglass
Name: Stephen Dunstan
Pale-bellied Brent at confluence of estuaries, Hooded Crow on Esk estuary.
547: 25 Sep 2023 Hooded Crow on St Bees to Coulderton coast road
Location: St Bees
Name: Peter Finn
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.