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.
571: 11 Sep 2023 Bittern still present – dusk flight observed.
Location: Siddick Pond, Workington
Name: Paul Reeves
572: 11 Sep 2023 Lesser Yellowlegs – 1 with Curlew Sandpiper
Location: Port Carlisle
Name: Roy Bottomley
573: 10 Sep 2023 Lesser Yellowlegs
Location: Port Carlisle
Name: A. Collinge
- From lay-by opposite caravan park. 6.30pm, juvenile bird amongst Redshank. Thanks to other birder who helped in the find
574: 9 Sep 2023 Swift
Location: Penrith
Name: John France
Single Swift south over Penrith at 19:38 hours this evening
575: 7 Sep 2023 131 Pink footed geese flying South over Duddon Estuary
Location: Duddon Estuary
Name: Colin Gay