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.
703: 8 May 2023 Roseate Tern
Location: Hodbarrow
Name: Phil Collier
1 x adult bird resting close to the Sandwich Terns viewed from the hide at 7.45pm. Flew off after 10 minutes.
705: 7 May 2023 Lesser Whitethroat.
Location: Crosscanonby
Name: Keith McVeigh
One bird seen from the cycleway.
708: 5 May 2023 Cattle Egret – 2 in fields south west of Low Foulshaw Farm, viewable from Cumbria Coastal Way footpath.
Location: Low Foulshaw
Name: Dave Thexton