Birds of Great Eccleston
What has actually been seen around Great Eccleston: 131 species, the most recorded garden birds, the busiest months, and what to put out for them.
- Species on record
- 131 within 5 km
- Observation records
- 10,179 since 2010
- Most recorded bird
- Chaffinch
- Busiest month
- September
- Elevation
- 19 m
- Daylight, June / December
- 17.1 h / 7.4 h
What the records say about Great Eccleston
131 bird species have been recorded within 5 km of the centre of Great Eccleston (Lancashire) since 2010, across 10,179 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Chaffinch, Goldfinch and Blue Tit.
Great Eccleston is a garden-bird place: 85% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and garden trees. Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Blue Tit and Common Whitethroat make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.
11 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Common Buzzard, Common Kestrel and Eurasian Sparrowhawk. A hawk that hunts feeder birds is among them, so set feeders 2–3 metres from shrubs: close enough for cover, far enough that a cat can't ambush from it.
Records peak in September and are lowest in June — about 5.0 times as many in the busiest month. Part of that is birds (migrants and winter visitors), part is people: more birders are out in good weather, so treat the curve as activity, not a census.
Fylde, 4 km to the south-west, has more species on record (149 against 131). Birds logged far more often around Great Eccleston than there include Chaffinch, Common Whitethroat, Meadow Pipit and Tree Sparrow.
Daylight runs from 17 h 7 min at midsummer to 7 h 24 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:12 in mid-April and 4:39 in late June; the dawn chorus starts 30–60 minutes earlier.
Most recorded birds near Great Eccleston
| # | Bird | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ChaffinchFringilla coelebs | 1,387 |
| 2 | GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis | 829 |
| 3 | Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus | 545 |
| 4 | Common WhitethroatSylvia communis | 400 |
| 5 | Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis | 379 |
| 6 | Tree SparrowPasser montanus | 357 |
| 7 | Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus | 339 |
| 8 | Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus | 336 |
| 9 | Great TitParus major | 316 |
| 10 | BlackbirdTurdus merula | 305 |
| 11 | RobinErithacus rubecula | 240 |
| 12 | WoodpigeonColumba palumbus | 195 |
| 13 | WrenTroglodytes troglodytes | 191 |
| 14 | DunnockPrunella modularis | 183 |
| 15 | Carrion CrowCorvus corone | 161 |
| 16 | RedwingTurdus iliacus | 143 |
| 17 | StarlingSturnus vulgaris | 137 |
| 18 | ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita | 134 |
| 19 | YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella | 133 |
| 20 | JackdawColoeus monedula | 126 |
Records by month
What to put out in Great Eccleston
Foods for the most recorded garden birds here, from our species notes.
Seasonal bird notes for Lancashire
What's arriving, what to feed and when to clean feeders, written for UK gardens. One email a month at most.
Nearby places
Frequently asked
What birds visit gardens in Great Eccleston?
The most recorded garden birds within 5 km of Great Eccleston are Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Blue Tit, Common Whitethroat and Meadow Pipit, based on 10,179 public records since 2010.
How many bird species have been seen near Great Eccleston?
131 species have at least one record within 5 km of the town centre since 2010 (GBIF).
When is the best month for birds in Great Eccleston?
Observation records peak in September and are lowest in June. Sunrise in late June is around 4:39.
Sources
- GBIF occurrence search (birds, class Aves, 2010 onward)
- GeoNames gazetteer (place, population, elevation)
Timing reflects typical patterns for the region as a whole; local dates vary with elevation and year. Check the linked eBird bar charts for your county.