Since our Club was founded in 1991 we have recorded 190 bird species in our area.

Common Name	Scientific Name	Comments
Black-throated diver	Gavia arctica	Anglezake Res 12/97, Earnsdale res 10/04
Gt. Northern diver	Gavia immer	Anglezake Reservoir 12/02
Little grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis
Great crested grebe	Podiceps cristatus
Black necked grebe	Podiceps nigricollis	Parsonage Reservoir 6/99
Red necked grebe	Podiceps grisegena	Guide Res 2/96,Various res's 2,8 & 12/06
Manx shearwater	Puffinus puffinus	Found in town centre after storm 9/04
Gannet	Morus bassanus	Small flock over town centre 9/04
Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo
Night heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	Ribchester 12/02
Little egret	Egretta garzetta	Parsonage small Res 8/06
Grey heron	Ardea cinerea
White stork	Ciconia ciconia	Over Blackburn & Jackhouse Res. 4/02
Mute swan	Cygnus olor
Whooper swan	Cygnus cygnus
Bewick's swan	Cygnus columbianus
Pink footed goose	Anser brachyrhynchus
White fronted goose	Anser albifrons	Probably feral bird
Greylag goose	Anser anser
Canada goose	Branta canadensis
Barnacle goose	Branta leucopsis	Parsonage Res. 8/02
Brent goose	Branta bernicla	Rishton Res 12/04
Shelduck	Tadorna tadorna
Mandarin duck	Aix galericulata
Wigeon	Anas penelope
Gadwall	Anas strepera
Teal	Anas strepera
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos
Pintail	Anas acuta
Shoveler	Anas clypeata
Pochard	Aythya ferina
Ring necked duck	Aythya collaris	Rishton Reservoir 2/94
Tufted duck	Aythya fuligula
Common scoter	Melanitta nigra
Scaup	Aythya marila
Long tailed duck	Clangula hyemalis	Darwen Moor 2/02, Rishton Res 11/05
Golden eye	Bucephala clangula
Smew	Mergus albellus
Merganser red breasted	Mergus serrator
Goosander	Mergus merganser
Ruddy duck	Oxyura jamaicensis
Red kite	Milvus milvus	Darwen Golf Course 7/02
Marsh harrier	Circus aeruginosus	Darwen Moor 7/05
Hen harrier	Circus cyaneus	Parsonage Reservoir 3/94
Sparrowhawk	Accipter nisus
Common buzzard	Buteo buteo
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus
Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus
Merlin	Falco columbarius
Peregrine falcon	Falco peregrinus
Red legged partridge	Alectoris rufa	Darwen Moor 4/02
Red grouse	Lagopus lagopus scoticus	Darwen Moor 6/94
Grey partridge	Perdix perdix
Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus
Water rail	Rallus aquaticus
Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus
Coot	Fulica atra
Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus
Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta	Belmont Res 4/02, Darwen 3/05,6/05
Little ringed plover	Charadrius dubius
Ringed plover	Charadrius hiaticula
Dotterel	Charadrius morinellus
Golden plover	Pluvialis apricaria
American golden plover	Pluvialis dominica	Fishmoor Reservoir 9/93
Grey plover	Pluvialis squatarola	Dean Clough 5/96
Lapwing	Vanellus vanellus
Knot	Calidris canutus	Rishton Res 8/94,Parsonage Res 8/05
Sanderling	Calidris alba	Parsonage Res 5/94, 8/05
Little stint	Calidris minuta	Dean Clough 8/94
Dunlin	Calidris alpina
Ruff	Philomachus pugnax	Parsonage Res 8/05,Sunnyhurst Res 10/05
Jack snipe	Lymnocryptes minimus
Common snipe	Gallinago gallinago
Woodcock	Scolopax rusticola
Bar tailed godwit	Limosa lapponica	Dean Clough 5/96
Blacktailed godwit	Limosa limosa
Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus
Curlew	Numenius arquata
Redshank	Tringa totanus
Greenshank	Tringa nebularia
Green sandpiper	Tringa ochropus	Parsonage Res 8/06
Wood sandpiper	Tringa glareola
Common sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos
Turnstone	Arenaria interpres
Mediterranean gull	Larus melanocephalus
Little gull	Larus minutus
Blackheaded gull	Larus ridibundus
Ring billed gull	Larus delawarensis	Dean Clough 3/94
Common gull	Larus canus
Herring gull	Larus argentatus
Iceland gull	Larus glaucoides
Glaucous gull	Larus hyperboreus
Lesser black-backed gull	Larus fuscus
Greater black-backed gull	Larus marinus
Kittiwake	Rissa tridactyla	Rishton Res 4/94,5/05, Earnsdale Res 1&9/05
Little tern	Sterna albifrons	Rishton Reservoir 4/94
Sandwich tern	Sterna sandvicensis	Parsonage Res. 8/02
Common tern	Sterna hirundo
Arctic tern	Sterna paradisaea
Black tern	Chlidonias niger	Parsonage Reservoir 8/02
Stock dove	Columba oenas
Wood pigeon	Columba palumbus
Collared dove	Streptopelia decaocto
Ring-necked parakeet	Psittacula krameri	2 feeding regularly in L.Darwen garden 2006
Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus
Barn owl	Tyto alba
Little owl	Athene noctua
Tawny owl	Strix aluco
Short eared owl	Asio flammeus
Swift	Apus apus
Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis
Green woodpecker	Picus viridis
Great spotted woodpecker	Dendrocopos major
Lesser spotted woodpecker	Dendrocopos minor
Wryneck	Jynx torquilla	Dean Clough 9/94
Skylark	Alauda arvensis
Sand martin	Riparia riparia
Swallow	Hirundo rustica
House martin	Delichon urbica
Rock pipit	Anthus petrosus	Sunnyhurst Res. 2/02
Tree pipit	Anthus trivialis
Meadow pipit	Anthus pratensis
Richard's pipit	Anthus novaeseelandiae	Parsonage Reservoir Oct 2003
Yellow wagtail	Motacilla flava
Grey wagtail	Motacilla cinerea
White wagtail	Motacilla alba alba
Pied wagtail	Motacilla alba
Waxwing	Bombycilla garrulus
Dipper	Cinclus cinclus
Wren	Troglodytes troglodytes
Hedge accentor (dunnock)	Prunella modularis
Robin	Erithacus rubecula
Black redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros	Bred in town centre 2000, 2 Darwen Moor 9/06
Redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra
Stonechat	Saxicola torquata
Wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe
Ring ouzel	Turdus torquatus
Blackbird	Turdus merula
Fieldfare	Turdus pilaris
Song thrush	Turdus philomelos
Redwing	Turdus iliacus
Mistle thrush	Turdus viscivorus
Grasshopper warbler	Locustella naevia
Sedge warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Reed warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Lesser whitethroat	Sylvia curruca	Great Harwood 8/05,6/06
Common whitethroat	Sylvia communis
Garden warbler	Sylvia borin
Blackcap	Sylvia atricapilla
Wood warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Chiffchaff	Phylloscopus collybita
Willow warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus
Goldcrest	Regulus regulus
Pied flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca
Spotted flycatcher	Muscicapa striata
Long tailed tit	Aegithalos caudatus
Marsh tit	Parus palustris
Willow tit	Parus montanus
Coal tit	Parus ater
Blue tit	Parus caeruleus