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.
811: 16 Mar 2023 Smew – 1 redhead still south end
Location: Siddick Ponds
Name: Chris Mason via Birding Cumbria whatsapp
812: 16 Mar 2023 Sandwich Tern – 2 plus Long-tailed Duck still present
Location: Hodbarrow
Name: Rachelle per birding Cumbria
813: 14 Mar 2023 Long-tailed Duck
Location: Hodbarrow
Name: Andrea Collins
Long-tailed Duck still at Hodbarrow on the main lagoon this morning. Still a bit camera shy unfortunately.
816: 12 Mar 2023 Smew – 1 Redhead still at south end
Location: Siddick Ponds
Name: Chris Mason per Birding Cumbria
819: 10 Mar 2023 JackSnipe
Location: Thacka Beck NR
Name: Robert Dawson
Feeding on edge of reeds with characteristic bobbing action. Green sheen and distinctive face pattern seen over prolonged observation with binoculars and a fellow birder’s scope (John French).