Lancashire Key Species - Birds

Bird species listed in the Lancashire Key Species review of 24/09/2019.

Lancashire Key Species (LKS) refers to species which have a recognised status, either (inter)nationally or locally within Lancashire. The criteria for inclusion are available from LERN.

LKS are split into ...more ↓

All 164

Western Yellow Wagtail ¹
Motacilla flava

Motacilla flava subsp. flava ²
Motacilla flava flava

Motacilla flava subsp. flavissima ³
Motacilla flava flavissima

Spotted Flycatcher ⁴
Muscicapa striata

Eurasian Curlew ⁵
Numenius arquata

Whimbrel ⁶
Numenius phaeopus

Black-crowned Night-Heron ⁷
Nycticorax nycticorax

Leach's Storm-Petrel ⁸
Oceanodroma leucorhoa

Eurasian Golden Oriole ⁹
Oriolus oriolus

Osprey ¹⁰
Pandion haliaetus

Bearded Reedling ¹
Panurus biarmicus

House Sparrow ¹¹
Passer domesticus

Eurasian Tree Sparrow ¹²
Passer montanus

Grey Partridge ¹³
Perdix perdix

European Honey-buzzard ¹
Pernis apivorus

European Shag ¹⁴
Phalacrocorax aristotelis

Red-necked Phalarope ¹⁵
Phalaropus lobatus

Black Redstart ¹⁶
Phoenicurus ochruros

Wood Warbler ¹⁷
Phylloscopus sibilatrix

Willow Warbler ¹⁸
Phylloscopus trochilus

Phylloscopus trochilus subsp. trochilus ¹⁹
Phylloscopus trochilus trochilus

Eurasian Spoonbill ²⁰
Platalea leucorodia

Snow Bunting ²¹
Plectrophenax nivalis

Glossy Ibis ²²
Plegadis falcinellus

European Golden Plover ²³
Pluvialis apricaria

Black-bellied Plover ¹⁰
Pluvialis squatarola

Horned Grebe ²⁴
Podiceps auritus

Red-necked Grebe ²⁵
Podiceps grisegena

Eared Grebe ²⁶
Podiceps nigricollis

Poecile montana ²⁷
Poecile montanus

Marsh Tit ²⁸
Poecile palustris

Spotted Crake ²⁷
Porzana porzana

Dunnock ²⁹
Prunella modularis

Eurasian Bullfinch ³⁰
Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Water Rail ³¹
Rallus aquaticus

Pied Avocet ¹
Recurvirostra avosetta

Firecrest ³²
Regulus ignicapilla

Black-legged Kittiwake ³³
Rissa tridactyla

Whinchat ³⁴
Saxicola rubetra

Eurasian Woodcock ¹
Scolopax rusticola

Common Eider ³⁵
Somateria mollissima

Common Tern ³⁶
Sterna hirundo

Arctic Tern ²⁹
Sterna paradisaea

Sterna sandvicensis ³⁷
Thalasseus sandvicensis

Little Tern ³⁸
Sternula albifrons

European Turtle Dove ¹
Streptopelia turtur

European Starling ³⁹
Sturnus vulgaris

Barred Warbler ⁴⁰
Sylvia nisoria

Ruddy Shelduck ⁴¹
Tadorna ferruginea

Common Shelduck ¹
Tadorna tadorna

Black Grouse ¹
Tetrao tetrix

Wood Sandpiper ⁴²
Tringa glareola

Common Greenshank ¹¹
Tringa nebularia

Green Sandpiper ⁴²
Tringa ochropus

Common Redshank ⁴³
Tringa totanus

Redwing ³¹
Turdus iliacus

Song Thrush ⁴⁴
Turdus philomelos

Turdus philomelos subsp. clarkei ⁴⁵
Turdus philomelos clarkei

Fieldfare ²⁷
Turdus pilaris

Ring Ouzel ⁴⁶
Turdus torquatus

Mistle Thrush ⁴⁷
Turdus viscivorus

Barn Owl ⁴⁸
Tyto alba

Northern Lapwing ⁴⁹
Vanellus vanellus

Great Cormorant ⁵⁰
Phalacrocorax carbo

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Lancashire Key Species - Birds

Western Yellow Wagtail 1 Motacilla flava

Motacilla flava subsp. flava 2 Motacilla flava flava

Motacilla flava subsp. flavissima 3 Motacilla flava flavissima

Spotted Flycatcher 4 Muscicapa striata

Eurasian Curlew 5 Numenius arquata

Whimbrel 6 Numenius phaeopus

Black-crowned Night-Heron 7 Nycticorax nycticorax

Leach's Storm-Petrel 8 Oceanodroma leucorhoa

Eurasian Golden Oriole 9 Oriolus oriolus

Osprey 10 Pandion haliaetus

Bearded Reedling 1 Panurus biarmicus

House Sparrow 11 Passer domesticus

Eurasian Tree Sparrow 12 Passer montanus

Grey Partridge 13 Perdix perdix

European Honey-buzzard 1 Pernis apivorus

European Shag 14 Phalacrocorax aristotelis

Red-necked Phalarope 15 Phalaropus lobatus

Black Redstart 16 Phoenicurus ochruros

Wood Warbler 17 Phylloscopus sibilatrix

Willow Warbler 18 Phylloscopus trochilus

Phylloscopus trochilus subsp. trochilus 19 Phylloscopus trochilus trochilus

Eurasian Spoonbill 20 Platalea leucorodia

Snow Bunting 21 Plectrophenax nivalis

Glossy Ibis 22 Plegadis falcinellus

European Golden Plover 23 Pluvialis apricaria

Black-bellied Plover 10 Pluvialis squatarola

Horned Grebe 24 Podiceps auritus

Red-necked Grebe 25 Podiceps grisegena

Eared Grebe 26 Podiceps nigricollis

Poecile montana 27 Poecile montanus

Marsh Tit 28 Poecile palustris

Spotted Crake 27 Porzana porzana

Dunnock 29 Prunella modularis

Eurasian Bullfinch 30 Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Water Rail 31 Rallus aquaticus

Pied Avocet 1 Recurvirostra avosetta

Firecrest 32 Regulus ignicapilla

Black-legged Kittiwake 33 Rissa tridactyla

Whinchat 34 Saxicola rubetra

Eurasian Woodcock 1 Scolopax rusticola

Common Eider 35 Somateria mollissima

Common Tern 36 Sterna hirundo

Arctic Tern 29 Sterna paradisaea

Sterna sandvicensis 37 Thalasseus sandvicensis

Little Tern 38 Sternula albifrons

European Turtle Dove 1 Streptopelia turtur

European Starling 39 Sturnus vulgaris

Barred Warbler 40 Sylvia nisoria

Ruddy Shelduck 41 Tadorna ferruginea

Common Shelduck 1 Tadorna tadorna

Black Grouse 1 Tetrao tetrix

Wood Sandpiper 42 Tringa glareola

Common Greenshank 11 Tringa nebularia

Green Sandpiper 42 Tringa ochropus

Common Redshank 43 Tringa totanus

Redwing 31 Turdus iliacus

Song Thrush 44 Turdus philomelos

Turdus philomelos subsp. clarkei 45 Turdus philomelos clarkei

Fieldfare 27 Turdus pilaris

Ring Ouzel 46 Turdus torquatus

Mistle Thrush 47 Turdus viscivorus

Barn Owl 48 Tyto alba

Northern Lapwing 49 Vanellus vanellus

Great Cormorant 50 Phalacrocorax carbo