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
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 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