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.
591: 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.
592: 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.
595: 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.
596: 22 Aug 2023 Common Scoter
Location: Wet sleddale Reservoir
Name: Jonathan Lishman
1 male. 3 Swift at Sunbiggen Tarn.
599: 20 Aug 2023 Birds observed from our cottage and within 1 Mile of it during our stay
Location: Maulds Meaburn
Name: Joe Makepeace
Birds and plants observed from our cottage (Plants in the garden / on wall) :-
Maulds Meaburn
Jackdaw 23
House Martin 25
Linnet 8
Herring Gull 1
Swallow 28
Siskin 3
Collared Dove 1
Rook 32
Pied Wagtail 2
Buzzard 1
Raven 7
Crow 3
Grey Wagtail 2
Twite 11
Grey Heron
Wren 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit 3
Blue Tit 5
Goosander – F / Juv in flight
Tree Sparrow – 7
Chaffinch – 24
Brambling – 2
Blackbird – 8
Song Thrush – 2
Chiff chaff – 1
Willow Warbler – 2 Calling
Feral Pigeon – 7
Wood Pigeon – 30+
Robin – 4
Cormorant – 2 Over
Greenfinch – 4
Blackcap 1 (Female)
Toad
Red Slug
Meadowsweet
Pixie Cup Lichen
Biting Stonecrop
Cypress Leaves Plait Moss
Grey Cushioned Grimmia
House Leek (Garden plant?)
Green Alkanet
Black Headed Gull 4
Mallard – 2 in flight
Nuthatch – 2
Spotted Flycatcher – Appleby adjacent to the river by Cricket Club
House Sparrow – 6
Dunnock – 1
Stock Dove – 9 In stubble field
Pheasant – 1m
Speckled Wood – 3
Large White – 15
Field Maple
Lords and Ladies
Kestrel 2
Lapwing 6
Starling – 30
Red Squirrel 
(Appleby Castle)
Long-tailed Tit 9
Hedge Woundwort
Garden Lady’s Mantle
Herb Robert
Knopper Oak Gall Wasp
Red Admiral
Tawny Owl – 2 Calling separate locations
Marsh Tit (5)
Goldfinch – 11
Oystercatcher – 2 In flight
Curlew – 1
600: 19 Aug 2023 Black Tern – 1 juvenile
Location: Port Carlisle
Name: Mike Porter per Birding Cumbria