If you have any photos taken in the Fylde of the species, ages and plumages listed below, please email them to the Fylde Bird Club for use in the Gallery. We will accept digital images; prints and slides. Birds with 'spread wings' count as 'in flight' images.
| Mute Swan
Cygnus olor |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; second-winter; second-winter in flight; adult male in flight; adult female in flight |
| Bewick's
Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter in flight; second-winter; second-winter in flight; adult in flight |
| Whooper
Swan Cygnus cygnus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter in flight; second-winter; second-winter in flight |
| Taiga Bean
Goose Anser fabalis fabalis |
adult in flight |
| Tundra
Bean Goose Anser fabalis rossicus |
first-winter; first-winter in flight |
|
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight, adult in flight |
| European
White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons albifrons |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter in flight |
| Greenland
White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons flavirostris |
juvenile; juvenile in flight |
| Lesser
White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus |
adult (Thurnham 8th December 1991) |
| Greylag
Goose Anser anser anser |
downy young; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight |
| Lesser
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens caerulescens |
adult blue morph; adult blue morph in flight; adult white morph; adult white morph in flight; |
| Greater
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens atlanticus |
adult white morph; adult white morph in flight |
| Atlantic
Canada Goose Branta canadensis canadensis |
juvenile in flight; adult in flight |
|
Intermediate Canada Goose Branta canadensis parvipes |
(Eagland Hill 5th January 2002; Fleetwood Farm 18th-29th January 2002; Pilling Lane 30th-31st December 2001; 2 Smallwood Hey; Pilling 24th November 2001) |
| Barnacle
Goose Branta leucopsis |
first-winter/adult in flight |
|
Dark-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla bernicla |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter in flight; adult in flight |
| Black
Brant Branta bernicla nigricans |
adult; adult in flight (Pilling Marsh 17th December 1996-24th February 1997) |
|
Light-bellied Brent Goose Branta bernicla hrota |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; adult in flight |
| Egyptian
Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca |
first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult in flight |
| Shelduck Tadorna tadorna |
downy young; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult male breeding in flight; adult male eclipse; adult female breeding in flight; adult female eclipse |
| Mandarin
Duck Aix galericulata |
downy young; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male breeding in flight; adult male eclipse; adult female breeding; adult female breeding in flight; adult female eclipse |
| Wigeon Anas penelope |
first-winter female in flight; adult female eclipse |
| Gadwall
Anas strepera |
first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male breeding in flight; adult female; adult female in flight; adult female eclipse |
| Teal Anas crecca |
first-winter male; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male breeding; adult male breeding in flight; adult male eclipse; adult female; adult female eclipse |
| Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos |
juvenile male; juvenile female; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male breeding; adult female in flight; |
| Pintail
Anas acuta acuta |
first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male breeding; adult male in flight; adult male eclipse; adult female; adult female in flight; adult female eclipse |
| Garganey
Anas querquedula |
juvenile male; juvenile male in flight; juvenile female; juvenile female in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male in flight; adult female eclipse |
| Shoveler
Anas clypeata |
juvenile male; juvenile male in flight; juvenile female; juvenile female in flight; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult male eclipse; adult female; adult female eclipse |
|
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina |
juvenile male; juvenile male in flight; juvenile female; juvenile female in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight; adult female eclipse |
| Pochard Aythya ferina |
juvenile male; juvenile male in flight; juvenile female; juvenile female in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult male eclipse; adult female; adult female in flight; adult female eclipse |
| Tufted
Duck Aythya fuligula |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight; adult female eclipse |
| Scaup Aythya marila marila |
1st-winter female, 1st-winter female in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female in flight; adult female eclipse |
| Eider Somateria mollissima mollissima |
downy young; juvenile male; juvenile male in flight; juvenile female; juvenile female in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; second-winter male; second-winter male in flight; second-winter female; second-winter female in flight; third-winter male; third-winter male in flight; third-winter female; third-winter female in flight; adult male eclipse; adult female; adult female in flight; adult female eclipse |
|
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; second-winter male; second-winter male in flight; second-winter female; second-winter female in flight; transitional autumn adult male; transitional autumn adult male in flight; winter adult male; winter adult male in flight; transitional summer adult male; transitional summer adult male in flight; eclipse adult male; transitional autumn adult female; transitional autumn adult female; winter adult female; winter adult female in flight; transitional summer adult female ; transitional summer adult female in flight; eclipse adult female |
| Common
Scoter Melanitta nigra |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female |
| Surf
Scoter Melanitta perspicillata |
first-winter male |
| Velvet
Scoter Melanitta fusca fusca |
juvenile male; juvenile male in flight; juvenile female; juvenile female in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; second-winter male; second-winter male in flight; second-winter female; second-winter female in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult male non-breeding; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Goldeneye Bucephala clangula clangula |
juvenile male; juvenile male in flight; juvenile female; juvenile female in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; second-winter male; second-winter male in flight; second-winter female; second-winter female in flight; adult male; adult male eclipse; adult female; adult female in flight; adult female eclipse |
| Smew
Mergellus albellus |
juvenile male; juvenile male in flight; juvenile female; juvenile female in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult male eclipse; adult female; adult female in flight; adult female eclipse |
|
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator |
juvenile male; juvenile male in flight; juvenile female; juvenile female in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight; adult female eclipse |
| Goosander
Mergus merganser merganser |
juvenile male; juvenile male in flight; juvenile female; juvenile female in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight; adult female eclipse |
| Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensis jamaicensis |
downy young; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult male eclipse; adult female; adult female in flight; adult female eclipse |
| Red-legged
Partridge Alectoris rufa rufa |
downy young; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Grey
Partridge Perdix perdix perdix |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male winter; adult male winter in flight; adult male summer; adult male summer in flight; adult female winter; adult female winter in flight; adult female summer; adult female summer in flight |
| Quail Coturnix coturnix coturnix |
downy young; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female in flight; adult male summer; adult male summer in flight; adult female summer; adult female summer in flight |
| Pheasant Phasianus colchicus colchicus |
first-winter male; adult male |
|
Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus torquatus |
downy young; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
|
Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
|
Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica arctica |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult-winter in flight |
| Great
Northern Diver Gavia immer |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; second-winter; second-winter in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Little
Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis ruficollis |
downy young; juvenile in flight; adult breeding in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Great
Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus cristatus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult winter in flight |
| Red-necked
Grebe Podiceps grisegena |
adult summer; adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Slavonian
Grebe Podiceps auritus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
|
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis nigricollis |
juvenile; adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialis glacialis |
double-light phase; double-light phase in flight; light phase; light phase in flight; dark phase; dark phase in flight |
| Cory's
Shearwater Calonectris diomedea |
juvenile/adult |
| Sooty
Shearwater Puffinus griseus |
juvenile/adult |
| Manx
Shearwater Puffinus puffinus |
juvenile/adult |
| Macaronesian Shearwater Puffinus baroli baroli | (immature female in Merseyside County Museum; Liverpool) |
| Storm Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Leach's
Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa leucorhoa |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Gannet Morus bassanus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; second-winter; second-winter in flight; third-winter; third-winter in flight; fourth-winter; fourth-winter in flight; adult summer; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo carbo |
juvenile; first-summer; first-summer in flight; second-winter; second-winter in flight; adult breeding; adult breeding in flight; adult non-breeding; adult non-breeding in flight |
| Shag
Phalacrocorax aristotelis aristotelis |
juvenile in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; subadult; subadult in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Bittern Botaurus stellaris stellaris |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| American
Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus |
adult (Marton Mere 24th January-20th May 1991) |
| Little
Bittern Ixobrychus minutus minutus |
male (Marton Mere 12th-23rd June 1997); female (Marton Mere 8th-12th August 1956) |
| Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax |
first-summer in flight (Ellel Grange 7th-9th May 2006); adult or second-summer (Marton Mere 30th June 1995); adult (Preston 30th April-5th May 1987) |
| Little
Egret Egretta garzetta garzetta |
juvenile in flight; adult breeding; adult breeding in flight; adult non-breeding; adult non-breeding in flight |
| Great
White
Egret Ardea alba alba |
(Warton Bank 17th February 2007) |
| Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea cinerea |
downy young; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult |
| Purple
Heron Ardea purpurea purpurea |
(Freckleton 8th May 1970) |
| White
Stork Ciconia ciconia ciconia |
adult; adult in flight |
| Eurasian
Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia leucorodia |
juvenile in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; subadult; subadult in flight; adult; adult in flight |
|
Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus |
dark morph juvenile in flight; pale morph juvenile in flight; intermediate morph juvenile in flight; adult male dark morph in flight; adult male pale morph in flight; adult male intermediate morph in flight; adult female dark morph in flight; adult female pale morph in flight; adult female intermediate morph in flight |
| Red Kite
Milvus milvus milvus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; transitional (second calendar year autumn-third calendar year spring); transitional (second calendar year autumn-third calendar year spring) in flight; adult; adult in flight |
|
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla |
adult (St Michaels-on-Wyre late October 1875) |
| Marsh
Harrier Circus aeruginosus aeruginosus |
juvenile; first-adult male (second calendar year autumn-third calendar year summer); first-adult male in flight (second calendar year autumn-third calendar year summer); transitional and first-adult female (second-calendar year spring-third calendar year spring); transitional and first-adult female in flight (second-calendar year spring-third calendar year spring); adult male; adult male in flight; adult female |
| Hen
Harrier Circus cyaneus cyaneus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-adult male (second calendar year autumn-third calendar year spring); first-adult male in flight (second calendar year autumn-third calendar year spring); adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Montagu's
Harrier Circus pygargus |
female/first-summer (east of Marton Mere flew south 3rd May 1995); immature (Rossall 10th or 19th September 1971); immature (Lytham 28th-30th September 1958) |
| Goshawk Accipiter gentilis gentilis |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-adult male (second calendar year autumn-third calendar year spring); first-adult male in flight (second calendar year autumn-third calendar year spring); first-adult female (second calendar year autumn-third calendar year spring); first-adult female in flight (second calendar year autumn-third calendar year spring); adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus nisus |
juvenile male in flight; juvenile female in flight; first-adult male (second calendar year autumn-third calendar year spring); first-adult male in flight (second calendar year autumn-third calendar year spring); first-adult female (second calendar year autumn-third calendar year spring); first-adult female in flight (second calendar year autumn-third calendar year spring); adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Buzzard Buteo buteo buteo |
downy young; first-adult (second-calendar year autumn-third calendar year spring); first-adult in flight (second-calendar year autumn-third calendar year spring); adult; adult in flight |
|
Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus lagopus |
(Freckleton Sewage Farm 19th September 1954) |
| Osprey
Pandion haliaetus haliaetus |
second-summer male; second-summer male in flight; second-summer female; second-summer female in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Common
Kestrel Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus |
downy young; juvenile male; juvenile male in flight; juvenile female; juvenile female in flight; adult male; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Red-footed
Falcon Falco vespertinus |
first-summer female (Blackpool South Shore 29th May-3rd June 1992) |
| Merlin
Falco columbarius aesalon |
juvenile in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Icelandic
Merlin Falco columbarius subaesalon |
juvenile; juvenile in flight |
| Hobby
Falco subbuteo subbuteo |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Peregrine Falco peregrinus peregrinus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Water Rail
Rallus aquaticus aquaticus |
downy young; juvenile; juvenile in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Spotted
Crake Porzana porzana |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Corncrake
Crex crex |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Moorhen
Gallinula chloropus chloropus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult in flight |
| Coot Fulica atra atra |
downy young; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight |
| Crane Grus grus grus |
first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Little
Bustard Tetrax tetrax |
(Thornton 15th September 1858) |
|
Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus ostralegus |
juvenile in flight; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult summer in flight; adult winter |
|
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus himantopus |
immature (Freckleton Marsh 13th December 1928) |
| Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta |
juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult in flight |
| Collared
Pratincole Glareola pratincola pratincola |
adult (Pilling Marsh 7th July 1997); (Marton Mere 30th May-1st June 1977); male (Freckleton/Clifton 24th-29th May 1974) |
| Little Ringed
Plover Charadrius dubius curonicus |
downy young; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult male summer; adult male summer in flight; adult female summer in flight |
| Ringed
Plover Charadrius hiaticula hiaticula |
downy young; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult male summer; adult male summer in flight; adult male winter; adult male winter in flight; adult female summer in flight; adult female winter; adult female winter in flight |
| Tundra Ringed
Plover Charadrius hiaticula tundrae |
adult |
| Kentish
Plover Charadrius alexandrinus alexandrinus |
first-winter female; adult female |
| Dotterel
Charadrius morinellus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-summer male; first-summer male in flight; first-summer female; first-summer female in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| American
Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica |
(Fleetwood Golf Course 20th September 1988) |
| Pacific
Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva |
adult (Pilling Marsh 22nd July-3rd or 4th August 1990) |
| Southern
Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria apricaria |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult male summer; adult male summer in flight; adult female summer; adult female summer in flight; adult winter in flight |
| Northern
Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria altifrons |
adult summer male; adult summer male in flight |
| Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarola |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult male summer; adult male summer in flight; adult female summer in flight; adult winter in flight |
| Sociable
Plover Vanellus gregarius |
(St Michael's-on-Wyre autumn 1860-1866) |
| Lapwing Vanellus vanellus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; adult male summer; adult male summer in flight; adult female summer; adult female summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Greenland Knot Calidris canutus islandica |
first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult male summer; adult male summer in flight; adult female summer; adult female summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Sanderling
Calidris alba |
juvenile in flight; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult male summer; adult male summer in flight; adult female summer; adult female summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Little Stint
Calidris minuta |
juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Temminck's
Stint Calidris temminckii |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult summer in flight |
| White-rumped
Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis |
first-winter |
| Baird's
Sandpiper Calidris bairdii |
first-winter (Freckleton 5th-11th October 1963) |
| Pectoral
Sandpiper Calidris melanotos |
juvenile in flight; adult in flight |
| Curlew
Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea |
juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Purple
Sandpiper Calidris maritima |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter;first-winter in flight; first-summer;first-summer in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Southern
Dunlin Calidris alpina schinzii |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Broad-billed
Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus falcinellus |
juvenile (Conder Estuary 20th August 1989) |
| Buff-breasted
Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis |
juvenile; juvenile; adult; adult in flight |
| Ruff
Philomachus pugnax adult female summer |
juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer male; first-summer male in flight; first-summer female; first-summer female in flight; adult male summer; adult male summer in flight; adult female summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; adult in flight |
| Snipe
Gallinago gallinago gallinago |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter in flight, adult; adult in flight |
| Great Snipe
Gallinago media |
adult; immature |
| Long-billed
Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus |
adult (Marton Mere 9th September 1989); (Freckleton Sewage Farm/ Clifton Marsh 6th-10th October 1963); (first-winter Freckleton 28th October 1951) |
| Woodcock
Scolopax rusticola |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Continental
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa limosa |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; adult male in flight, adult female in flight |
| Icelandic
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa islandica |
juvenile; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight |
| Bar-tailed
Godwit Limosa lapponica lapponica |
juvenile; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult male summer in flight; adult female summer; adult female summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus phaeopus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Curlew Numenius arquata arquata |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult in flight |
| Common
Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos |
juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Green
Sandpiper Tringa ochropus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Spotted
Redshank Tringa erythropus |
juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult winter in flight |
| Greenshank
Tringa nebularia |
juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Lesser
Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes |
juvenile in flight (Eagland Hill 12th-19th September 2002); adult summer (Marton Mere 5th May 1992); first-winter (Freckleton 6th-16th November 1974); (Freckleton and Clifton Marsh 11th-12th August 1965) |
| Wood
Sandpiper Tringa glareola |
juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Common
Redshank Tringa totanus totanus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult summer in flight |
| Icelandic
Redshank Tringa totanus robusta |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Turnstone
Arenaria interpres interpres |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult male summer in flight; adult female summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Wilson's
Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor |
first-winter (Freckleton 4th-9th October 1973) |
| Red-necked
Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Grey
Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter in flight; first-summer;first-summer in flight; adult male summer; adult male summer in flight; adult female summer; adult female summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Pomarine Skua
Stercorarius pomarinus |
juvenile pale morph; juvenile pale morph in flight; juvenile intermediate morph; juvenile intermediate morph in flight; juvenile dark morph; juvenile dark morph in flight; second-summer pale morph; second-summer pale morph in flight; adult pale morph; adult pale morph in flight; adult dark morph; adult dark morph in flight |
| Arctic Skua
Stercorarius parasiticus |
juvenile pale morph; juvenile pale morph in flight; juvenile intermediate morph; juvenile intermediate morph in flight; juvenile dark morph; juvenile dark morph in flight; second-summer pale morph; second-summer pale morph in flight; adult pale morph; adult pale morph in flight; adult dark morph |
| Long-tailed
Skua Stercorarius longicaudus longicaudus |
juvenile pale morph; juvenile pale morph in flight; intermediate juvenile; intermediate juvenile in flight; juvenile dark morph; subadult; aubadult in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Great Skua
Stercorarius skua skua |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Ivory Gull
Pagophila eburnea |
adult in flight (Granny's Bay/Fairhaven Lake 13th-15th February 2002) |
| Sabine's Gull
Larus sabini |
first-summer; adult summer; adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Kittiwake
Rissa tridactyla tridactyla |
juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; second-winter; second-winter in flight; second-summer; second-summer in flight; adult summer in flight |
|
Bonaparte's Gull Larus philadelphia |
first-summer (Marton Mere 3rd May 2008) |
| Black-headed
Gull Larus ridibundus ridibundus |
first-winter; adult summer; adult summer in flight |
| Little Gull
Larus minutus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; second-winter; second-winter in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight |
| Mediterranean
Gull Larus melanocephalus |
first-winter in flight; second-winter in flight; second-summer in flight |
| Common Gull
Larus canus canus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; second-summer; second-summer in flight; adult summer |
| Ring-billed
Gull Larus delawarensis |
first-winter; first-winter in flight; second-winter; second-winter in flight; second-summer in flight |
| British
Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus graellsii |
juvenile in flight; first-winter in flight; first-summer in flight; second-summer; second-summer in flight; third-winter; third-winter in flight; adult winter; adult summer; adult summer in flight |
| Continental Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus intermedius | adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Baltic
Herring Gull Larus argentatus argentatus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; second-winter; second-winter in flight; second-summer; second-summer in flight; third-winter; third-winter in flight; third-summer; third-summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight |
| British
Herring Gull Larus argentatus argenteus |
first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; second-winter in flight; second-summer; second-summer in flight; third-winter; third-summer; third-summer in flight; fourth-winter; fourth-winter in flight; near-adult; adult winter |
| Yellow-legged
Gull Larus michahellis michahellis |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; second-winter; second-winter in flight; second-summer; second-summer in flight; third-winter; third-winter in flight; third-summer; third-summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight |
| Iceland
Gull Larus glaucoides glaucoides |
second-winter; second-winter in flight; second-summer; second-summer in flight; third-winter; third-winter in flight; third-summer; third-summer in flight; adult winter in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight |
| Glaucous
Gull Larus hyperboreus |
juvenile in flight; second-winter; second-winter in flight; second-summer; second-summer in flight; third-winter; third-winter in flight; third-summer; third-summer in flight; adult winter; adult summer; adult summer in flight |
| Great
Black-backed Gull Larus marinus |
juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-summer; first-summer in flight; second-winter in flight; second-summer in flight; third-winter; third-winter in flight; third-summer; third-summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight; adult summer in flight |
| Little Tern
Sternula albifrons albifrons |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; second-winter; second-winter in flight; second-summer; second-summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight |
| Gull-billed
Tern Gelochelidon nilotica nilotica |
(St Annes Beach 5th September 1955) |
| Caspian
Tern Hydroprogne caspia |
adult in flight |
| Whiskered
Tern Chlidonias hybrida hybrida |
adult (Marton Mere 9th-10th June 1983) |
| Black Tern
Chlidonias niger niger |
juvenile; adult summer; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| White-winged
Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; second-summer; second-summer in flight; |
| Sandwich Tern
Sterna sandvicensis sandvicensis |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; second-winter; second-winter in flight; second-summer; second-summer in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight |
| Common Tern
Sterna hirundo hirundo |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; second-winter; second-winter in flight; second-summer; second-summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Roseate Tern
Sterna dougallii dougallii |
immature; immature in flight |
| Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea |
first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer in flight; second-winter; second-winter in flight; second-summer; second-summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Southern
Guillemot Uria aalge albionis |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| British
Razorbill Alca torda islandica |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Black
Guillemot Cepphus grylle arcticus |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Little Auk
Alle alle alle |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Puffin
Fratercula arctica |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; adult summer; adult summer in flight; adult winter in flight |
| Pallas's
Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus |
(Rawcliffe Moss/ St Michael's-on-Wyre May/June 1888) |
| Feral Pigeon
Columba livia domestica |
nestling; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Stock Dove
Columba oenas oenas |
nestling; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Woodpigeon
Columba palumbus palumbus |
nestling; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult in flight |
| Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaocto decaocto |
nestling; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult male, adult male in flight, adult female, adult female in flight |
| Turtle Dove
Streptopelia turtur turtur |
nestling; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter in flight; adult; adult in flight |
|
Ring-necked
Parakeet Psittacula krameri |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Cuckoo
Cuculus canorus canorus |
nestling; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-summer male; first-summer male in flight; first-summer female in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
|
White-breasted Barn Owl Tyto alba alba |
downy young; juvenile; juvenile in flight; adult |
| Dark-breasted
Barn Owl Tyto alba guttata |
(Marton Mere 16th-20th February 1990); (Cockerham 1961/62) |
| Little Owl
Athene noctua vidalii |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Tawny Owl
Strix aluco sylvatica |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Long-eared
Owl Asio otus otus |
downy young; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Short-eared
Owl Asio flammeus flammeus |
downy young; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus europaeus |
first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Swift
Apus apus apus |
nestling; juvenile; first-summer; first-summer in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Kingfisher Alcedo atthis ispida |
nestling; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female in flight |
| Bee-eater Merops apiaster |
(Anchorsholme Park 1st August 1984) |
| Roller Coracias garrulus garrulus |
immature (Watson Road Park 30th September 1982) |
| Hoopoe
Upupa epops epops |
in flight |
| Wryneck
Jynx torquilla torquilla |
first-winter in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Green
Woodpecker Picus viridis viridis |
juvenile male; juvenile male in flight; juvenile female; juvenile female in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| British Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopus major anglicus | nestling; juvenile male; juvenile male in flight; juvenile female; juvenile female in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Lesser
Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopus minor comminutus |
nestling; juvenile male; juvenile male in flight; juvenile female; juvenile female in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Skylark
Alauda arvensis arvensis |
nestling; juvenile; juvenile in flight |
| Shore Lark
Eremophila alpestris flava |
adult male summer; adult male summer in flight; adult male winter; adult male winter in flight; adult female summer; adult female summer in flight; adult female winter; adult female winter in flight |
| Sand Martin
Riparia riparia riparia |
nestling; juvenile in flight; adult |
| Swallow
Hirundo rustica rustica |
nestling; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| House Martin
Delichon urbicum urbicum |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Richard's
Pipit Anthus richardi |
first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Tawny Pipit
Anthus campestris campestris |
(Fleetwood Golf Course 29th May 1985) |
| Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis trivialis |
first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Meadow Pipit
Anthus pratensis pratensis |
first-winter in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| British Rock
Pipit Anthus petrosus petrosus |
adult breeding; adult breeding in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Scandinavian
Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus littoralis |
adult breeding |
| Water Pipit
Anthus spinoletta spinoletta |
first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult breeding; adult breeding in flight; adult winter; adult winter in flight |
| Blue-headed
Wagtail Motacilla flava flava |
first-winter; first-winter in flight; first-summer male; first-summer male in flight; first-summer female; first-summer female in flight; adult male breeding; adult male breeding in flight; adult male winter; adult male winter in flight; adult female breeding; adult female breeding in flight; adult female winter; adult female winter in flight |
| British
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava flavissima |
nestling; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter in flight; first-summer male in flight; first-summer female; first-summer female in flight; adult male breeding; adult male breeding in flight; adult male winter; adult male winter in flight; adult female breeding; adult female breeding in flight; adult female winter; adult female winter in flight |
| Citrine
Wagtail Motacilla citreola |
female (Newton Marsh 4th-7th May 1997) |
| Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea cinerea |
nestling; juvenile in flight; first-winter in flight; first-summer male; first-summer male in flight; first-summer female; first-summer female in flight; adult male breeding; adult male breeding in flight; adult male winter; adult male winter in flight; adult female breeding; adult female breeding in flight; adult female winter; adult female winter in flight |
| White Wagtail
Motacilla alba alba |
first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; first summer male in flight; first-summer female; first-summer female in flight; adult male breeding; adult male breeding in flight; adult male winter; adult male winter in flight; adult female breeding in flight; adult female winter; adult female winter in flight |
| Pied Wagtail
Motacilla alba yarrellii |
nestling; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; first-summer male; first-summer male in flight; first-summer female; first-summer female in flight; adult male breeding; adult male breeding in flight; adult female breeding; adult female breeding in flight; adult female winter; adult female winter in flight |
| Waxwing
Bombycilla garrulus garrulus |
adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Dipper
Cinclus cinclus gularis |
nestling; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Wren
Troglodytes troglodytes indigenus |
nestling; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Dunnock
Prunella modularis occidentalis |
nestling; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter in flight; adult in flight |
| British Robin
Erithacus rubecula melophilus |
nestling; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos megarhynchos |
(Fairhaven Dunes 29th October 1965) |
| Bluethroat
Luscinia svecica |
first-winter male (Blackpool 1st October 1997); male (form svecica) in flight |
| Black
Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros gibraltariensis |
first-winter male in flight; first-summer male; first-summer male in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus phoenicurus |
first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-summer male; first-summer male in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Whinchat
Saxicola rubetra |
juvenile in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male in flight; adult female in flight |
| Stonechat Saxicola torquatus hibernans |
nestling; juvenile male in flight; juvenile female; juvenile female in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male breeding; adult male breeding in flight; adult male winter; adult male winter in flight: adult female breeding; adult female breeding in flight; adult female winter; adult female winter in flight |
| Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe |
juvenile in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; first-summer male; first-summer male in flight; first-summer female; first-summer female in flight; adult male breeding in flight; adult male winter; adult male winter in flight: adult female breeding; adult female breeding in flight; adult female winter; adult female winter in flight |
| Greenland
Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe leucorhoa |
adult male breeding |
| Black-eared
Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica |
(Lytham 18th-2nd April 1940) |
| Desert
Wheatear Oenanthe deserti |
first-winter male (Blackpool Airport 11th-21st November 1994); first-winter female Rossall Point fifth-19th November 1991) |
| Ring Ouzel
Turdus torquatus torquatus |
first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Blackbird
Turdus merula merula |
nestling; juvenile in flight; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Fieldfare
Turdus pilaris |
first-winter in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| British Song
Thrush Turdus philomelos clarkei |
nestling; juvenile in flight; first-winter in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Redwing
Turdus iliacus iliacus |
first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorus viscivorus |
nestling; juvenile in flight; first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult in flight |
| Cetti's
Warbler Cettia cetti cetti |
in flight |
| Grasshopper
Warbler Locustella naevia naevia |
nestling; immature; immature in flight; adult in flight |
| Savi's
Warbler Locustella luscinioides luscinioides |
(Marton Mere 27th-28th May 1995) |
| Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
nestling; immature; immature in flight; adult in flight |
| Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceus scirpaceus |
nestling; immature in flight; adult in flight |
| Great Reed
Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus arundinaceus |
male in flight (Marton Mere 21st-29th May 2003) |
| Icterine
Warbler Hippolais icterina |
adult (Fleetwood Golf Course 1st August 1984); first-winter (Mount Park 24th September 1998) |
| Melodious
Warbler Hippolais polyglotta |
(Fairhaven Lake 19th August 1972); (Fairhaven 11th September 1961) |
| Blackcap
Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla |
nestling; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Garden
Warbler Sylvia borin borin |
nestling; immature; immature in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Barred
Warbler Sylvia nisoria nisoria |
juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter in flight |
| Lesser
Whitethroat Sylvia curruca |
nestling; immature; immature in flight; first-summer, first-summer in flight, adult, adult in flight |
| Whitethroat Sylvia communis communis |
nestling; immature; immature in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Subalpine
Warbler Sylvia cantillans cantillans |
first-summer male (Lytham St.Annes Nature Reserve 13th June 2001); male (Lytham St.Annes Nature Reserve 27th-28th May 1985) |
| Pallas's Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus |
(Blackpool 1st November 1997); (Blackpool 29th October 1994); (Salwick 27th or 29th April 1983) |
| Yellow-browed
Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus inornatus |
in flight |
| Dusky Warbler
Phyllocscopus fuscatus |
in flight (Fairhaven Dunes 23rd-24th October 2003) |
| Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrix |
first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita collybita |
nestling; immature; immature in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Scandinavian
Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita abietinus |
immature; immature in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Willow
Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus trochilus |
nestling; immature in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Goldcrest
Regulus regulus regulus |
nestling; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Firecrest
Regulus ignicapilla ignicapilla |
first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Spotted
Flycatcher Muscicapa striata striata |
nestling; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter in flight; adult in flight |
| Red-breasted
Flycatcher Ficedula parva |
first-winter; first-winter in flight |
| Pied
Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca hypoleuca |
nestling; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male summer; adult male summer in flight; adult male autumn; adult male autumn in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicus biarmicus |
juvenile male; juvenile male in flight; juvenile female; juvenile in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Long-tailed
Tit Aegithalos caudatus rosaceus |
nestling; juvenile in flight; adult in flight |
| Blue Tit
Cyanistes caeruleus obscurus |
juvenile in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Great Tit
Parus major newtoni |
nestling; juvenile in flight; first-winter male; first-winter male in flight; first-winter female; first-winter female in flight; adult male; adult male in flight; adult female; adult female in flight |
| Crested Tit
Lophophanes cristatus |
(Lytham Parish Church 24th October 1964) |
| Coal Tit
Periparus ater britannicus |
nestling; juvenile; juvenile in flight; first-winter in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Willow Tit
Poecile montana kleinschmidti |
first-winter; first-winter in flight; adult; adult in flight |
| Marsh Tit
|