Cumbria is an excellent county for bird watching: the Lake District, superb coasts and estuaries, woods and fast-flowing rivers, up to Pennine moors.
All sightings Latest sightings:
(Reported but to be verified)
- 23-Mar: Adult Mediterranean Gull on R Eden at Carlisle
- 23-Mar: Swallow at Siddick Ponds
- 20-Mar: Northern Wheatear at Geltsdale
- 15-Mar: Little Egret on R Lune at Tebay
- 15-Mar: Western Cattle Egret still near Lessonhall
- 7-Mar: Western Cattle Egret Lessonhall/Oulton for 3rd day
- 4-Mar: Northern Wheatear at both Foulney & Walney
- 11-Feb: Greenland White Fronted Goose River Eden near Carlisle, also 119 Whooper swans, 3 Green Sandpipers and Red Kite
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Do join the club to receive regular CBC Newsletters by email.
- Here are some ideas on where to watch birds in Cumbria.
- Don't forget to check the tide times and weather.
- Please report any sightings and send us photos
- Join the Birding Cumbria Yahoo group or the Cumbria Birding Facebook group.
The Cumbria Bird Club runs events throughout the year, conducts important survey work
and produces annual bird reports.
We are working on a new county avifauna based on the
BTO Bird Atlas survey.
Please help out with any on-going surveys in the county.
Next events:
