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Latest sightings

See also the Walney Bird Observatory blog, latest photos from Cumbria on BirdGuides and the Cumbria Birding Facebook group.

The sightings below may not be verified. To report a latest sighting, please contact us selecting category latest sighting. This won't be an official record, so please note it in BirdTrack or report to us. Please let us know if you have photos and if it is OK to put them on this website.

  • 15 March, 2019: Western Cattle Egret still near Lessonhall
  • 7 March, 2019: Western Cattle Egret Lessonhall/Oulton for 3rd day
  • 4 March, 2019: Northern Wheatear at both Foulney & Walney
  • 11 February, 2019: Greenland White Fronted Goose River Eden near Carlisle, also 119 Whooper swans, 3 Green Sandpipers and Red Kite
  • 25 January, 2019: 200 Brambling Glassonby
  • 21 January, 2019: Ring Necked Duck Tindale Tarn - has also moved to Castle Carock Res. and back at Tindale on 25th and still present 27th.
  • 18 January, 2019: 10 Whitefronted Geese , Soddy Gap
  • 17 January, 2019: Slavonian Grebe Coniston - off Brantwood
  • 10 January, 2019: Single Waxwing Staveley
  • 10 January, 2019: Male Ring Ouzel near mines at glenridding
  • 4 January, 2019: Greensandpiper Redhills Rockliffe
  • 1 January, 2019: Shore Lark Whitestones, Patterdale
  • 16 December, 2018: 10 Greenland White-fronted Geese between Crookwath Bridge and Whale (Lowther valley)
  • 15 December, 2018: Great Northern Diver Howtown, Ullswater
  • 10 December, 2018: Waxwings 19 at Bell Close CP Keswick .
  • 9 December, 2018: Little Stint Port Carlisle also 2 Green Sandpipers on roadside pool on Burgh Marsh
  • 9 December, 2018: Short Eared Owl Campfield/Rogersheugh
  • 9 December, 2018: F Smew Arthuret Ponds Longtown
  • 3 December, 2018: 15 Waxwings at Penrith 3/12/18
  • 27 November, 2018: 30 Waxwings Dalston
  • 26 November, 2018: 2 Waxwings Wetheral
  • 22 November, 2018: Great Northern Diver Ravenglass .
  • 17 November, 2018: 2 Snow Buntings Helvelyn summit
  • 16 November, 2018: Velvet Scoter with Common Scoter at Parton
  • 24 October, 2018: Jack Snipe - Carlisle Airport

All records are as yet unvalidated by the Cumbria Bird Club records panel.