Birding Cumbria is a Yahoo Group set up for the sharing of bird news within Cumbria. News of both common and rare birds is welcomed. This forum also welcomes discussion on the identification of 'current' birds in Cumbria and any relevent Cumbrian birding issues!

Attributable records appearing on the site will be automatically passed to Cumbria Bird Club for consideration for the annual Cumbria Bird Report subject,of course, to the Club's normal acceptance criteria.

Although birding is the main theme of this group, discussion of Dragonflies and Butterflies is also welcomed.

Please enjoy using this group!

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT INFORMATION RELATING TO THE LOCATION OF RARE BREEDING BIRDS ARE NOT POSTED ON THIS GROUP.

PLEASE ALSO THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT POSTING DETAILS OF BIRDS THAT OTHERS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE - FARMERS, ANGLERS,SHOOTERS FOR EXAMPLE - MAY NOT FIND AS APPEALING IN LARGE NUMBERS AS WE, AS BIRDERS,DO . THINK PERHAPS OF RECORDING THE PRESENCE OF A SPECIES BUT NOT PERHAPS NUMBERS ON THE OPEN SITE ; DETAILS CAN BE PASSED TO ME DIRECT OR TO THE CBC LOCAL RECORDER.