About Wildlife around the lake area of Leighton Moss

The area within a five mile radius of Leighton Moss is home to 257 species of birds.

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Leighton Moss is a small lake in Lancashire at an altitude of about 6 meters. The shoreline of Leighton Moss is approximately 2.3 Kilometers round and Leighton Moss's depth is comparatively shallow.

Leighton Moss is a freshwater lake.

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Leighton Moss Map

Leighton Moss Map

Birds found near Leighton Moss

There have been 257 species of birds recorded within a five mile radius of Leighton Moss.

(Anas crecca subsp. crecca)
(Pyrrhula pyrrhula subsp. pyrrhula)
Arctic Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Bar-Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)
Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
Black-Necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
Black-Throated Diver (Gavia arctica)
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
Buff-Breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Cape/South African Shelduck (Tadorna cana)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone subsp. corone)
Carrion/Hooded Crow (Corvus corone agg.)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Chiloe Wigeon (Anas sibilatrix)
Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
Common Guillemot (Uria aalge)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Continental Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
Coot (Fulica atra)
Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)
Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
Dark-bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. bernicla)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. albifrons)
Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
Firecrest (Regulus ignicapilla)
Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
Gannet (Morus bassanus)
Garganey (Anas querquedula)
Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Goosander (Mergus merganser)
Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
Great Northern Diver (Gavia immer)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Great White Egret (Ardea alba)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Green-Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Greenland Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe subsp. leucorhoa)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)
Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
Hawaiian Goose (Branta sandvicensis)
Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
House Martin (Delichon urbicum)
Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
Jackdaw (Corvus monedula)
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
Leach's Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Maned Duck (Chenonetta jubata)
Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Merlin (Falco columbarius)
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
Pale-Bellied Brent Goose (Branta bernicla subsp. hrota)
Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus)
Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. yarrellii)
Pied/White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
Pintail (Anas acuta)
Pomarine Skua (Stercorarius pomarinus)
Raven (Corvus corax)
Red Grouse (Lagopus lagopus)
Red-Breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis)
Red-Crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
Red-Throated Diver (Gavia stellata)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis)
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Savi's Warbler (Locustella luscinioides)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Siskin (Spinus spinus)
Smew (Mergellus albellus)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
Twite (Linaria flavirostris)
Water Rail (Rallus aquaticus)
Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba subsp. alba)
Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
Wigeon (Anas penelope)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava subsp. flavissima)
Yellow-Browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
(Anthus spinoletta/petrosus agg.)
African Spoonbill (Platalea alba)
Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
Black Swan (Cygnus atratus)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Black-Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)
Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
Brent Goose (Branta bernicla)
Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Carolina Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
Carrion/Hooded Crow Hybrid (Corvus corone x cornix)
Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto)
Common Gull (Larus canus)
Common Scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
Continental Robin (Erithacus rubecula)
Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
Curlew (Numenius arquata)
Dabchick (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Dunnock (Prunella modularis)
Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
Great Black-Backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor)
Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
Great Tit (Parus major)
Green Plover (Vanellus vanellus)
Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)
Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Lesser Black-Backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
Linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Little Gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus)
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
Long-Tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
Magpie (Pica pica)
Mandarin (Aix galericulata)
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
Mistle Thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Paddyfield Warbler (Acrocephalus agricola)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Peregrine (Falco peregrinus)
Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
Pied-Billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Razorbill (Alca torda)
Red Kite (Milvus milvus)
Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
Red-Necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Ring-Necked Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus)
Rough-Legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis)
Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris)
Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Storm Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Tundra Bean Goose (Anser fabalis subsp. rossicus)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
White-Fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
Willow Tit (Poecile montana)
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis)