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
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
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