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)
- 26-Feb: Great Northern Diver - 1 Lake Windermere near Pull Wyke Bay
- 24-Feb: Great White Egret - 1 between Allithwaite and Flookborough
- 22-Feb: Long-tailed Duck - 1 South Walney
- 21-Feb: Great White Egret - 3 Arnside Tower
- 19-Feb: Iceland Gull - 1 Longtown Ponds still
- 17-Feb: Iceland Gull - 1 Longtown Ponds still
- 17-Feb: Firecrest - 1 Crosscanonby still
- 15-Feb: Smew - 1 redhead Longtown Ponds still
All archive reports From the archives:
- 21-Feb-2021 Week commencing Monday 22nd February 2021
- 14-Feb-2021 Week commencing Monday 15th February 2021
- 7-Feb-2021 Week commencing Monday 8th February 2021
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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 Google 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:
CANCELLED Nature through the lens
Mon 8 March 2021 7:15pm
The third Fred Gould Memorial Lecture joint with KNHS
Gary Gould - ‘Nature through the lens’. A selection of slides by Fred Gould, showing a variety of flora and fauna.
