Birds to See in Lancashire in October
140 bird species on our list for Lancashire are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are European Robin, Carrion Crow, Black-headed Gull, Woodpigeon and Magpie. New this month: Redwing, Fieldfare, Goldeneye and Brambling and 10 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
At their peak
From Lancashire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 140 birds in October
140 birds
European RobinErithacus rubeculaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.09% in Oct
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Oct
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Oct
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusResidentCommon40–42 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Oct
MagpiePica picaResidentCommon44–46 cmRecorded all year · 2.58% in Oct
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleusResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Oct
BlackbirdTurdus merulaResidentCommon24–25 cmRecorded all year · 2.31% in Oct
JackdawColoeus monedulaResidentCommon34–39 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Oct
Great TitParus majorResidentCommonRecorded all year · 2.12% in Oct
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Oct
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusResidentCommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Oct
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Oct
DunnockPrunella modularisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentCommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.34% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusResidentCommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Oct
European Herring GullLarus argentatusResidentCommon55–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentCommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Oct
BuzzardButeo buteoResidentCommon51–57 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Oct
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Oct
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Oct
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisResidentCommon14–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.14% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Oct
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorCommon60–75 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.11% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Oct
GreenfinchChloris chlorisResidentCommon15–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Oct
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentCommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentCommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Oct
RedwingTurdus iliacusWinter visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.89% in Oct
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisResidentCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaResidentCommon40–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Oct
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentCommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Oct
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Oct
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusResidentCommon48–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.76% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Oct
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Oct
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Oct
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentCommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.62% in Oct
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Oct
Stock DoveColumba oenasResidentCommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Oct
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Oct
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorCommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaWinter visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Oct
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
LinnetLinaria cannabinaResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Oct
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorCommon10–12 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.49% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusResidentCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusResidentCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentCommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentCommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Oct
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
PochardAythya ferinaResidentCommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Oct
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusResidentCommon26–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
FieldfareTurdus pilarisWinter visitorCommon22–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jan–Nov · 0.34% in Oct
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Oct
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorUncommon23–28 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Oct
StonechatSaxicola rubicolaResidentUncommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.25% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Oct
Tawny OwlStrix alucoResidentUncommon37–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Oct
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.18% in Oct
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Oct
Golden PloverPluvialis apricariaWinter visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Oct
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaResidentUncommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Oct
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.11% in Oct
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensResidentUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct · 0.11% in Oct
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentUncommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Oct
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusResidentUncommon37–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisResidentUncommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
DipperCinclus cinclusResidentUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Oct
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaResidentUncommon32–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.08% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaSummer visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.07% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisSummer visitorUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriResidentUncommon38–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Oct
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraResidentUncommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Oct · 0.05% in Oct
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Oct
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusPassage migrantUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.03% in Oct
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentRare11–12 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSummer visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
European Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisResidentUncommon30–36 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataSummer visitorUncommon41–49 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Oct
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Oct
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraResidentUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Oct
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Oct
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