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Recording and Publishing Data on our Wildlife

  

 

Tits, Crows, Starlings,
Sparrows, Finches & Buntings
 

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 Parus cristatus
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 Tichodroma muraria
Old record.

EURASIAN PENDULINE TIT Remiz pendulinus
Vagrant first recorded in 2004.

GOLDEN ORIOLE Oriolus oriolus
Vagrant

ISABELINE SHRIKE Lanius isabellinus
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 Nucifraga caryocatactes
Vagrant

CHOUGH Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Vagrant. A flurry of recent recods from Silverdale and the Fylde.

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 but widespread breeding bird.

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

ROSE-COLOURED STARLING Pastor roseus
Vagrant. A few records in 2008.
Rose-coloured Starling

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 Serinus serinus
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.Goldfinch

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 Carduelis hornemanni
Vagrant

CROSSBILL Loxia curvirostra
Rare breeding bird. Occasional irruptive movements.

COMMON ROSEFINCH Carpodacus erythrinus
Vagrant

BULLFINCH Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Common breeding resident.
Bullfinch

HAWFINCH Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Rare and localised breeding resident. Woodwell is the only semi-reliable site in Lancashire.

BLACKPOLL WARBLER Dendroica striata
Vagrant

SONG SPARROW Melospiza melodia
Vagrant

WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW Zonotrichia leucophrys
Vagrant

DARK-EYED JUNCO Junco hyemalis
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 Emberiza cirlus
Vagrant

ORTOLAN Emberiza hortulana
Vagrant

LITTLE BUNTING Emberiza pusilla
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.

 

Swans to Game Birds

Divers to Herons

Raptors to Rails

Waders

Skuas to Sandgrouse

Pigeons to Thrushes

Warblers to Flycatchers

Bittern by Tony Disley
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