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Recording and Publishing Data on our Wildlife

  

 

Warblers, Flycatchers, Tits, Crows, Starlings, Sparrows, Finches & Buntings
 

CETTI'S WARBLER
Vagrant and occasional wintering bird

GRASSHOPPER WARBLER Locustella naevia
Uncommon breeding bird and fairly common passage migrant. Scarce on autumn passage.

SAVI'S WARBLER Locustella luscinioides
Vagrant

AQUATIC WARBLER
Vagrant

SEDGE WARBLER Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Common breeding bird in the west and double passage migrant.

MARSH WARBLER
Vagrant

REED WARBLER Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Fairly common breeder in suitable habitat in the west, most numerous at Leighton Moss and Marton Mere. Uncommon passage migrant elsewhere.

GREAT REED-WARBLER Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Vagrant

ICTERINE WARBLER
Vagrant

MELONDIOUS WARBLER
Vagrant

SUBALPINE WARBLER
Vagrant

SARDINIAN WARBLER
Vagrant

BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapilla
Abundant breeding bird and common passage migrant; fairly common winter visitor at coastal locations.

GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia borin
Common breeding bird and double passage migrant.

BARRED WARBLER Sylvia nisoria
Vagrant autumn passage migrant.

LESSER WHITETHROAT Sylvia curruca
Uncommon breeding bird. Fairly common double passage migrant.

COMMON WHITETHROAT Sylvia communis
Common breeder, mostly in the west. Common double passage migrant.

DARTFORD WARBLER* Sylvia undata
Vagrant

YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER* Phylloscopus inornatus
Rare autumn passage migrant.

DUSKY WARBLER Phylloscopus fuscatus
Vagrant

GREENISH WARBLER
Vagrant

PALLAS' WARBLER
Vagrant

WOOD WARBLER Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Uncommon breeder in east and central areas; uncommon passage migrant, mostly in spring.

CHIFFCHAFF Phylloscopus collybita
Common breeder and passage migrant. Uncommon but increasing in winter.

WILLOW WARBLER Phylloscopus trochilus
Abundant breeding bird and double passage migrant.

GOLDCREST Regulus regulus
Fairly common breeding bird, especially in the east. Common double passage migrant and winter visitor in variable numbers.

FIRECREST Regulus ignicapilla
Uncommon passage migrant, scarce in winter.

SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa striata
Fairly common breeding bird and double passage migrant.

RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER
Vagrant

PIED FLYCATCHER Ficedula hypoleuca
Uncommon breeding bird and passage migrant.

BEARDED TIT Panurus biarmicus
Resident at Leighton Moss. Autumn and winter dispersal to Marton Mere, Blackpool. Rare elsewhere.

LONG-TAILED TIT Aegithalos caudatus
Common breeding resident. Some irruptive movement in autumn.

MARSH TIT Parus palustris
Uncommon breeder, virtually absent south of the Ribble and in the Fylde.

WILLOW TIT Parus montanus
Uncommon breeder in the birch copses of the south-west. Very rare elsewhere.

CRESTED TIT
Old record.

COAL TIT Parus ater
Common breeding bird. Some irruptive movements in autumn.

BLUE TIT Parus caeruleus
Abundant breeding bird. Marked autumn passage.

GREAT TIT Parus major
Abundant breeding bird, less common on autumn passage than Blue Tit.

NUTHATCH Sitta europea
Fairly common and increasing breeding resident.

TREECREEPER Certhia familiaris
Fairly common breeding resident.

WALLCREEPER
Old record.

EURASIAN PENDULINE TIT Remiz pendulinus
Vagrant first recorded in 2004.

GOLDEN ORIOLE Oriolus oriolus
Vagrant

ISABELINE SHRIKE
Vagrant

RED-BACKED SHRIKE
Very rare visitor.

GREAT GREY SHRIKE Lanius excubitor
Scarce winter visitor and passage migrant.

WOODCHAT SHRIKE
Vagrant

JAY Garrulus glandarius
Common resident. Occasional irruptions, some winter dispersal.

BLUE JAY Cyanocitta cristata
Vagrant. One recorded in 2003 could end up being Britain's first if accepted.

MAGPIE Pica pica
Abundant resident

NUTCRACKER
Vagrant

CHOUGH
Vagrant

JACKDAW Corvus monedula
Common breeding resident, some autumn movement.

ROOK Corvus frugilegus
Abundant resident.

CARRION CROW Corvus corone
Abundant breeding bird. Some southward movement in October.

HOODED CROW Corvus cornix
Scarce winter visitor; has bred with Carrion Crow.

RAVEN Corvus corax
Scarce breeding bird.

STARLING Sturnus vulgaris
Abundant breeding bird, double passage migrant and winter visitor.

ROSE-COLOURED STARLING
Vagrant

HOUSE SPARROW Passer domesticus
Abundant but decreasing resident.

TREE SPARROW Passer montanus
Fairly common but declining breeding bird. Flocks in winter also decreasing.

CHAFFINCH Fringilla coelebs
Abundant breeding bird, passage migrant and winter visitor.

BRAMBLING Fringilla montifringilla
Winters in variable numbers. Fairly common double passage migrant, mostly in autumn.

SERIN
Vagrant

GREENFINCH Carduelis chloris
Abundant breeding bird. Some autumn movement, flocks in winter.

GOLDFINCH Carduelis carduelis
Common breeding resident and passage migrant. Flocks in winter.

SISKIN Carduelis spinus
Uncommon recent breeding colonist. Double passage migrant and winter visitor.

LINNET Carduelis cannabina
Common breeding resident. Double passage migrant, abundant winter flocks in the west.

TWITE Carduelis flavirostris
Scarce and decreasing breeder. Winters on some coasts.

LESSER REDPOLL Carduelis cabaret
Fairly common but decreasing breeding bird. Common double passage migrant and winter visitor.

COMMON REDPOLL Carduelis flammea
Scarce winter visitor

ARCTIC REDPOLL
Vagrant

CROSSBILL Loxia curvirostra
Rare breeding bird. Occasional irruptive movements.

COMMON ROSEFINCH
Vagrant

BULLFINCH Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Common breeding resident.

HAWFINCH Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Rare and localised breeding resident.

BLACKPOLL WARBLER
Vagrant

SONG SPARROW
Vagrant

WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW
Vagrant

DARK-EYED JUNCO
Vagrant

SNOW BUNTING Plectrophenax nivalis
Uncommon winter visitor to summits and coasts.

YELLOWHAMMER Emberiza citrinella
Fairly common but decreasing resident, mostly in the south. Scarce autumn passage migrant.

CIRL BUNTING
Vagrant

ORTOLAN
Vagrant

LITTLE BUNTING
Vagrant

REED BUNTING Emberiza schoeniclus
Common breeding bird and winter visitor. Double passage migrant.

CORN BUNTING Emberiza calandra
Common breeding bird in the south-west and Fylde.

 
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