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.
841: 19 Feb 2023 Green-winged Teal – 1 drake drifting east on tide
Location: Port Carlisle
Name: Chis Taylor via Birding Cumbria whatsapp
843: 15 Feb 2023 Flock of whooper swans
Location: Thurstonfield
Name: David Gillies
A flock of around 20 swans, which I think are whooper swans have spent the last few days in a field between Thurstonfield and Kirkbampton. The have been here grazing in the field for around 7 days each year for the previous 2 years at least.
849: 11 Feb 2023 Smew – 1 redhead still
Location: Siddick Ponds
Name: Andy Langford via Birding Cumbria Whatsapp
850: 10 Feb 2023 Red Kite
Location: Winster Valley
Name: David Wadsworth
to right of A5074 Breen Lane area