Common Birds in Lancashire
Our list for Lancashire has 95 common birds recorded regularly there: 70 residents, 13 summer visitors and 12 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Lancashire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 95, most common first
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made