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.
881: 17 Jan 2023 Great White Egret
Location: Field adjacent to Great Salkeld Road / A686 Langwathby
Name: Bridget Northwood
Standing in field
882: 16 Jan 2023 Great White Egret – 1
Location: Eden Bridge, Kirkoswald
Name: Clive Griffiths per Birding Cumbria Whatsapp
883: 16 Jan 2023 Smew – 1 redhead still
Location: Siddick Ponds
Name: Amanda Fiddler per Birding Cumbria Whatsapp
884: 15 Jan 2023 Green-winged Teal – 1 drake
Location: River Eden, opposite bank by Desmsne Farm
Name: Nick Franklin
885: 15 Jan 2023 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Location: Westfield Point
Name: Phil Collier
Male – first heard and then seen high up in trees at the wooden bridge before the feeders.
886: 14 Jan 2023 Smew
Location: Siddick Ponds
Name: Phil Collier
Redhead still around north end of the main pond.
887: 13 Jan 2023 Smew – 1 redhead still
Location: Siddick Ponds
Name: Chris Mason via Birding Cumbria whatsapp
889: 9 Jan 2023 Smew – 1 redhead back
Location: Tindale Tarn
Name: Peter Howard via Birding Cumbria Whatsapp