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.
712: 4 May 2023 10 Housemartins
Location: River Ellen Maryport stretch of river beneath Mote Hill
Name: Dennis Renney
10 Housemartins seen all gathering mud from the river bank. All birds were swooping low and and gathering the mud in their beaks. White rumps could be seen clearly on all birds.
713: 3 May 2023 Curlew Sandpiper – 1 summer plumage bird over high tide period
Location: Bowness Railings
Name: Nick Franklin via Birding Cumbria
715: 2 May 2023 Night Heron – 1 over motorway heading towards Longtown
Location: M6 Motorway
Name: John Miles per Birding Cumbria
717: 1 May 2023 Velvet Scoter – 5 north
Location: St Bees Head
Name: Michael Mills per Birding Cumbria
718: 1 May 2023 Hooded Merganser still at the tarn
Location: Whinfell Tarn
Name: David Nattrass
The Hooded Merganser was chased about by the Mute Swan
720: 28 Apr 2023 Red-rumped Swallow -1
Location: Head of Lake Windermere
Name: Ashley Cooper per Birding Cumbria