2025 Lancashire Bird Report published
The 2025 Lancashire Birtd Report has been published and sent to members. Copies are available at Leighton Moss, infocus (Brockholes) and NHBS.
Lancashire & Cheshire Fauna Society
Recording and publishing data on wildlife in the county
The 2025 Lancashire Birtd Report has been published and sent to members. Copies are available at Leighton Moss, infocus (Brockholes) and NHBS.
Following a chance meeting at the Lancashire Recorders Conference, Tom Ferguson sent us a copy of his Farmland Birds Report for two farms in St Helens. It can be downloaded here: St Helens Farm Birds 2014-2023
The Lancashire Wildlife Conference takes place on Saturday March 7th 2026. Tickets are only a nominal £5 and include lunch and refreshments!
By now, you should have received a copy of Malcolm Evans’ work on the “Hoverflies of the Fylde” which was sent out last week. The society still intends to publish a book on the Hoverflies of Lancashire & Cheshire in Read More
the 2025 Lancashire Butterfly report is now available to view. See the Butterflies page
The annual bird report is due to be published by the end of December. Members will receive their copy through the post. Copies will be available from inFocus at Brockholes NR, Leighton Moss RSPB, or via the secretary or NHBS.
Published in August 2023, the latest annual report details the birds recorded in 2022 together with the usual ringing report.
The next project (that may take a couple of years to complete) will be one on Hoverflies. You can see an Excel ‘map’ of the number of species currently on the National Recording Scheme database as of 2022 here. Many Read More
Our latest publication was sent to members at the end of March 2023. A very readable work by Phil Smith giving the reader a flavour of the insects to be found along the Sefton coast. The from cover features a Read More