Blackburn with Darwen

28,846Records since 2000

1,629Species recorded

137 km²Area

154,739Population

Facts

Records since 2000: 28,846
Species recorded: 1,629
Area: 137 km²
Population: 154,739 (21 March 2021)
Nation: England
Type of area: Unitary Authority

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q880782

Most recorded species in Blackburn with Darwen

All species with 50+ records

#	Species	Group	Peak month	Records here
1	Common Wood-Pigeon Columba palumbus	Birds	April	746
2	Eurasian Magpie Pica pica	Birds	April	735
3	European Robin Erithacus rubecula	Birds	April	733
4	Carrion Crow Corvus corone	Birds	April	712
5	Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula	Birds	May	673
6	Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus	Birds	January	653
7	Eurasian Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus	Birds	April	644
8	Great Tit Parus major	Birds	April	629
9	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Birds	May	525
10	Black Darter Sympetrum danae	Dragonflies and damselflies	August	523
11	Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes	Birds	April	519
12	Dunnock Prunella modularis	Birds	April	502
13	Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula	Birds	May	454
14	Common Hawker Aeshna juncea	Dragonflies and damselflies	August	441
15	Coal Tit Periparus ater	Birds	January	424
16	Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto	Birds	May	362
17	Song Thrush Turdus philomelos	Birds	May	338
18	Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula	Dragonflies and damselflies	May	328
19	Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus	Birds	January	328
20	Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa	Dragonflies and damselflies	August	300
21	Mallard Anas platyrhynchos	Birds	April	296
22	European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis	Birds	April	278
23	European Starling Sturnus vulgaris	Birds	May	278
24	Rock Pigeon Columba livia	Birds	April	273
25	Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs	Birds	April	255
26	Canada Goose (canadensis Group) Branta canadensis	Birds	April	245
27	Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita	Birds	April	244
28	Herring Gull Larus argentatus	Birds	April	237
29	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Birds	August	236
30	Indian Balsam Impatiens glandulifera	Flowering plants	August	235
31	Lustrous Bog-moss Sphagnum subnitens	Mosses	July	229
32	Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum	Dragonflies and damselflies	August	222
33	Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis	Dragonflies and damselflies	July	210
34	Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	210
35	Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	180
36	Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla	Birds	May	180
37	Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus	Birds	October	178
38	Cross-leaved Heath Erica tetralix	Flowering plants	July	177
39	Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	176
40	Common Buzzard Buteo buteo	Birds	April	174
41	Blunt-leaved Bog-moss Sphagnum palustre	Mosses	July	174
42	Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius	Birds	October	172
43	Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea	Birds	April	171
44	Common Swift Apus apus	Birds	June	169
45	Goldcrest Regulus regulus	Birds	October	157
46	Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	156
47	Papillose Bog-moss Sphagnum papillosum	Mosses	July	131
48	Fringed Bog-moss Sphagnum fimbriatum	Mosses	July	117
49	Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus	Birds	April	117
50	Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri	Birds	April	116
51	Emperor dragonfly Anax imperator	Dragonflies and damselflies	July	116
52	Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus	Birds	May	114
53	Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula	Birds	January	111
54	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Birds	April	110
55	Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus	Birds	April	109
56	Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa	Dragonflies and damselflies	June	106
57	Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus	Mammals	July	103
58	European Greenfinch Chloris chloris	Birds	April	103
59	European roe deer Capreolus capreolus	Mammals	May	100
60	Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea	Dragonflies and damselflies	August	99