Sightings

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.

921: 28 Dec 2022 Red-breasted Goose – 1 still

Location: Saltcoates

Name: Mike Porter via birding cumbria whatsapp

922: 27 Dec 2022 White-fronted Geese (8) with Greylag (25) and Pink-footed (1)

Location: South Cumbria

Name: Mike Redman

Flock of about 40 Greylags turned into something special

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923: 27 Dec 2022 Red-breasted Goose – 1 with Barnacle Geese

Location: Saltcoates

Name: Chris Mason via Birding Cumbria whatsapp

924: 26 Dec 2022 Smew – 1 redhead still

Location: Tindale Tarn

Name: Alan Tilmouth via Birding Cumbria whatsapp

925: 26 Dec 2022 Smew – 1 redhead still

Location: Siddick Ponds

Name: Alan Tilmouth via Birding Cumbria Whatsapp

926: 26 Dec 2022 Little Gull – 1

Location: Walney

Name: Walney BO

927: 26 Dec 2022 Cetti’s Warbler – 1 singing

Location: Park End Moss

Name: Alan Tilmouth per Birding Cumbria whatsapp

928: 24 Dec 2022 Water Pipit – 1 with 24 Rock Pipits

Location: Biggar Bank, flooded horse paddocks

Name: Walney BO

929: 24 Dec 2022 Smew – 1 redhead still

Location: Talkin Tarn

Name: Pete Howard via Birding Cumbria Whatsapp

930: 23 Dec 2022 Smew – 1 redhead still

Location: Tindale Tarn

Name: Pete Howard via Birding Cumbria Whatsapp