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.
51: 11 Dec 2024 Golden Plover
Location: just off A66 Nr Bolton
Name: Raymond Clark
About 90 golden plovers, flying, then settled amongst a lot of lapwings
52: 9 Dec 2024 Red- breasted Goose
Location: Rockcliffe Marsh
Name: Neville Wright
Single RBG seen in large flock from English Coastal path feeding. Estimated 5000 Barnacles with at least 3 Leucistic variants. Digiscoped image. Telescope required.
53: 8 Dec 2024 Black Redstart
Location: Maryport harbour
Name: Derek McAlone
- On the cluttered pier next to the Maryport lifeboat slipway. The bird then flew across to the Aquarium area but could not be relocated
54: 8 Dec 2024 Pale bellied brent
Location: Rockcliffe
Name: Andy Lester
Pale bellied brent with c2500 barnacle geese from Esk Boat House. Also 1 great white egret, 11 little egret, 19 whooper swan
55: 8 Dec 2024 4 ravens, 2 woodcock and a peregrine
Location: Stoddah, Nr Matterdale
Name: r
All seen within 20 minutes, the two woodcock flew up and out of the fenced in stream, about the same time a Peregrine was flying nearby, thought it was a male as it seemed small, and the ravens were flying around for a while and so close, talking to themselves as they do flying along.
56: 7 Dec 2024 Finches
Location: Livingstone Homestead
Name: Andy Lester
Feeders today: Brambling 2 Siskin 2 Greenfinch 17 Goldfinch 18 Tree sparrow 9
57: 3 Dec 2024 Dipper
Location: River Kent near Levens Hall
Name: Robin Eddleston
Dipper in full song for several minutes.
59: 30 Nov 2024 Twite
Location: South Walney
Name: Andrea Collins
Approx 30 Twite working their way along the beach beside the main track at South Walney, CWT.
60: 30 Nov 2024 Brambling
Location: Livingstone Homestead
Name: Andy Lester
At least 1 brambling on and around feeders this morning