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)
- 25-May: Black Kite - 1 flying north near Haile
- 25-May: Pomarine Skua - 5 past Bowness-on-Solway
- 24-May: Great White Egret - 1 Park End Moss still
- 24-May: Little Stint - 1 Bowness-on-Solway
- 22-May: Long-tailed Duck - 1 Bowness-on-Solway
- 21-May: Velvet Scoter - 1 Walney
- 21-May: Pomarine Skua - 1 Walney
- 21-May: Hobby - 1 south Port Carlisle
All archive reports From the archives:
- 22-May-2022 Week commencing Monday 23rd May 2022
- 15-May-2022 Week commencing Monday 16th May 2022
- 8-May-2022 Week commencing Monday 9th May 2022
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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.
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:
Geltsdale field trip
Sat 28 May 2022 9:00am
Field trip with Chris Hind and Adam Moan.
Whinchats will be back on the RSPB upland reserve.
