Rare Birds in Lancashire
Our list for Lancashire has 37 rare birds recorded regularly there: 12 residents, 1 summer visitor, 4 winter visitors, 10 passage migrants and 10 scarce 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 37, most common first
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusResidentRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesResidentRare81–94 cmRegularly Jul
European ShagGulosus aristotelisResidentRare65–80 cmRegularly Jan
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrixPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly May
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixScarceRare16–18 cm
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaScarceRare58–70 cm
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Feb–May
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaScarceRare63–73 cm
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentRare68–78 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentRare45–50 cmRegularly May
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusResidentRare86–230 cmRegularly May
Little TernSternula albifronsScarceRare21–25 cm
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesScarceRare17–18 cm
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