Birds Found in and around Blackburn in Lancashire

There are over 50 species of birds found within a five mile radius of Blackburn. Some might be infrequent visitors, recent additions or may not have been seen for many years.

List of Birds found in Blackburn


American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis)
Black-Headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Dipper (Cinclus cinclus)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia)
Gadwall (Anas strepera)
Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
Greenfinch (Chloris chloris)
Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
Little Owl (Athene noctua)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Scaup (Aythya marila)
Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
Stock Dove (Columba oenas)
Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
Bar-Headed Goose (Anser indicus)
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
Cetti's Warbler (Cettia cetti)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
European White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. albifrons)
French Partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)
Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
Greenland White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons subsp. flavirostris)
Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
Lesser Redpoll (Acanthis cabaret)
Long-Tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
Mandarin (Aix galericulata)
Mealy Redpoll (Acanthis flammea subsp. flammea)
Pink-Footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
Teal (Anas crecca)
Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
Woodpigeon (Columba palumbus)