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 ↓

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Common Sandpiper ¹
Actitis hypoleucos

Eurasian Stone-curlew ²
Burhinus oedicnemus

Sanderling ³
Calidris alba

Dunlin ⁴
Calidris alpina

Red Knot ⁵
Calidris canutus

Purple Sandpiper ⁶
Calidris maritima

Ruff ⁷
Calidris pugnax

Temminck's Stint ⁸
Calidris temminckii

Little Ringed Plover ⁹
Charadrius dubius

Common Ringed Plover ¹⁰
Charadrius hiaticula

Eurasian Dotterel ¹¹
Charadrius morinellus

Black Tern ¹²
Chlidonias niger

Black-headed Gull ¹³
Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Common Snipe ¹⁴
Gallinago gallinago

Eurasian Oystercatcher ¹⁵
Haematopus ostralegus

Black-winged Stilt ¹⁶
Himantopus himantopus

Herring Gull ¹⁷
Larus argentatus

Larus argentatus subsp. argentatus ¹⁸
Larus argentatus argentatus

Lesser Black-backed Gull ¹⁹
Larus fuscus

Great Black-backed Gull ²⁰
Larus marinus

Larus melanocephalus ²¹
Ichthyaetus melanocephalus

Bar-tailed Godwit ¹⁵
Limosa lapponica

Black-tailed Godwit ¹⁵
Limosa limosa

Eurasian Curlew ²²
Numenius arquata

Whimbrel ²³
Numenius phaeopus

Red-necked Phalarope ²⁴
Phalaropus lobatus

European Golden Plover ¹⁸
Pluvialis apricaria

Black-bellied Plover ⁵
Pluvialis squatarola

Pied Avocet ¹⁵
Recurvirostra avosetta

Black-legged Kittiwake ²⁵
Rissa tridactyla

Eurasian Woodcock ¹⁵
Scolopax rusticola

Common Tern ²⁶
Sterna hirundo

Arctic Tern ²⁷
Sterna paradisaea

Sterna sandvicensis ²⁸
Thalasseus sandvicensis

Little Tern ¹⁶
Sternula albifrons

Wood Sandpiper ⁸
Tringa glareola

Common Greenshank ²⁹
Tringa nebularia

Green Sandpiper ⁸
Tringa ochropus

Common Redshank ³⁰
Tringa totanus

Northern Lapwing ³¹
Vanellus vanellus

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Lancashire Key Species - Birds

Common Sandpiper 1 Actitis hypoleucos

Eurasian Stone-curlew 2 Burhinus oedicnemus

Sanderling 3 Calidris alba

Dunlin 4 Calidris alpina

Red Knot 5 Calidris canutus

Purple Sandpiper 6 Calidris maritima

Ruff 7 Calidris pugnax

Temminck's Stint 8 Calidris temminckii

Little Ringed Plover 9 Charadrius dubius

Common Ringed Plover 10 Charadrius hiaticula

Eurasian Dotterel 11 Charadrius morinellus

Black Tern 12 Chlidonias niger

Black-headed Gull 13 Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Common Snipe 14 Gallinago gallinago

Eurasian Oystercatcher 15 Haematopus ostralegus

Black-winged Stilt 16 Himantopus himantopus

Herring Gull 17 Larus argentatus

Larus argentatus subsp. argentatus 18 Larus argentatus argentatus

Lesser Black-backed Gull 19 Larus fuscus

Great Black-backed Gull 20 Larus marinus

Larus melanocephalus 21 Ichthyaetus melanocephalus

Bar-tailed Godwit 15 Limosa lapponica

Black-tailed Godwit 15 Limosa limosa

Eurasian Curlew 22 Numenius arquata

Whimbrel 23 Numenius phaeopus

Red-necked Phalarope 24 Phalaropus lobatus

European Golden Plover 18 Pluvialis apricaria

Black-bellied Plover 5 Pluvialis squatarola

Pied Avocet 15 Recurvirostra avosetta

Black-legged Kittiwake 25 Rissa tridactyla

Eurasian Woodcock 15 Scolopax rusticola

Common Tern 26 Sterna hirundo

Arctic Tern 27 Sterna paradisaea

Sterna sandvicensis 28 Thalasseus sandvicensis

Little Tern 16 Sternula albifrons

Wood Sandpiper 8 Tringa glareola

Common Greenshank 29 Tringa nebularia

Green Sandpiper 8 Tringa ochropus

Common Redshank 30 Tringa totanus

Northern Lapwing 31 Vanellus vanellus