FERAL PIGEON Columba livia
Abundant and widely-distributed breeding resident
STOCK DOVE Columba oenas
Fairly common breeding resident; local flocks in winter
WOODPIGEON Columba palumbus
Abundant breeding resident; widespread winter flocks
COLLARED DOVE Streptopelia decaocto
Common breeding resident, more local in the east; some coastal passage
TURTLE DOVE Streptopelia turtur
Rare breeding visitor to the south-west; scarce passage migrant elsewhere
RING-NECKED PARAKEET
Feral birds seen occasionally.
CUCKOO Cuculus canorus
Uncommon breeding bird and double passage migrant, more numerous in spring
BARN OWL Tyto alba
Uncommon breeding resident; most numerous in the south-west and the Fylde
LITTLE OWL Athene noctua
Fairly common and widespread breeding resident
TAWNY OWL Strix aluco
Common and widespread breeding resident
LONG-EARED OWL Asio otus
Scarce and local breeding bird; uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor
SHORT-EARED OWL Asio flammeus
Scarce upland breeding bird; uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor
TENGMALM'S OWL
Vagrant
NIGHTJAR
Former breeding bird but now less than annual very rare migrant.
SWIFT Apus apus
Common summer visitor and abundant passage migrant
ALPINE SWIFT
Vagrant
LITTLE SWIFT
Vagrant
KINGFISHER Alcedo atthis
Uncommon but widely-distributed breeding bird, mainly in the east; post-breeding dispersal westwards
EUROPEAN BEE-EATER
Vagrant
ROLLER
Vagrant
HOOPOE* Upupa epops
Rare passage migrant
GREEN WOODPECKER Picus viridis
Uncommon and local breeding resident, mostly in the north and east
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos major
Common and widespread breeding resident; some autumn dispersal/passage
LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos minor
Scarce and local breeding resident
WOODLARK
Vagrant
SKYLARK Alauda arvensis
Abundant breeding bird and winter visitor; common passage migrant
SHORE LARK* Eremophila alpestris
Scarce and irregular winter visitor and passage migrant
SAND MARTIN Riparia riparia
Common but local breeding bird, mainly in the east; abundant double passage migrant
SWALLOW Hirundo rustica
Abundant breeding bird and double passage migrant
RED-RUMPED SWALLOW
Vagrant
HOUSE MARTIN Delichon urbica
Common and widespread breeding bird; abundant passage migrant
RICHARD’S PIPIT* Anthus novaeseelandiae
Rare passage migrant, mostly in autumn
TAWNY PIPIT
Vagrant
TREE PIPIT Anthus trivialis
Uncommon and local breeding bird in the north and east; fairly common double passage migrant
MEADOW PIPIT Anthus pratensis
Abundant breeding bird, especially in the east, and double passage migrant; scarcer in winter
RED-THROATED PIPIT
Vagrant
WATER PIPIT Anthus spinoletta
Uncommon winter visitor and scarce passage migrant
ROCK PIPIT Anthus petrosus
Uncommon winter visitor and passage migrant, mainly in autumn
YELLOW WAGTAIL Motacilla flava flavissima
Uncommon and declining summer visitor; fairly common passage migrant
BLUE-HEADED WAGTAIL Motacilla flava flava
Scarce passage migrant, mostly in spring
CITRINE WAGTAIL
Vagrant
GREY WAGTAIL Motacilla cinerea
Fairly common breeding bird, mainly on upland streams in the east; common passage migrant, especially in autumn. Widespread in small numbers in winter
PIED WAGTAIL Motacilla alba yarrellii
Common and widespread breeding bird and winter visitor; abundant double passage migrant
WHITE WAGTAIL Motacilla alba alba
Spring passage migrant in variable numbers, mainly coastal; much scarcer in autumn
WAXWING Bombycilla garrulus
Uncommon, irruptive winter visitor
DIPPER Cinclus cinclus
Uncommon breeding resident, mainly in the east
WREN Troglodytes troglodytes
Abundant breeding resident, passage migrant and winter visitor
DUNNOCK Prunella modularis
Abundant breeding resident and uncommon double passage migrant
ROBIN Erithacus rubecula
Abundant breeding resident, autumn passage migrant and winter visitor
BLUETHROAT* Luscinia svecica
Vagrant
THRUSH NIGHTINGALE
Vagrant
NIGHTINGALE
Vagrant
BLACK REDSTART Phoenicurus ochruros
Rare breeding bird, uncommon double passage migrant and winter visitor
REDSTART Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Fairly common breeding bird and double passage migrant
WHINCHAT Saxicola rubetra
Uncommon breeding bird on eastern hills; common double passage migrant
SIBERIAN STONECHAT
Vagrant
STONECHAT Saxicola torquata
Uncommon and local breeding bird; uncommon passage migrant and winter visitor
WHEATEAR Oenanthe oenanthe
Fairly common though local breeding bird; common double passage migrant
PIED WHEATEAR
Vagrant
BLACK-EARED WHEATEAR
Vagrant
DESERT WHEATEAR
Vagrant
RING OUZEL Turdus torquatus
Scarce and local breeding bird in the hills; uncommon double passage migrant
BLACKBIRD Turdus merula
Abundant breeding resident and winter visitor; common double passage migrant, more evident in autumn
FIELDFARE Turdus pilaris
Common to abundant winter visitor and passage migrant
SONG THRUSH Turdus philomelos
Abundant breeding resident, common winter visitor and passage migrant
REDWING Turdus iliacus
Abundant double passage migrant and winter visitor
MISTLE THRUSH Turdus viscivorus
Common breeding resident; some autumn passage/dispersal |