Birds around Lyon
Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Every measure here is worked out per 5 degree square, so this covers the wider area around Lyon (45° to 50° latitude, 0° to 5° longitude, about 550 km across), not the city alone. Counts are shares of all birds records in the same weeks, so busier stations do not inflate them (methods).
Arrived in the last four weeks
- Eurasian Bittern around 12 October
- Reed Bunting around 12 October
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow around 12 October
- Winter Wren around 12 October
- Barn Owl around 12 October
- Greater White-fronted Goose around 5 October
- Redwing around 5 October
Expected in the next six weeks
- Eurasian Treecreeper around 24 November (weak evidence)
- Red-throated Loon around 24 November
- Eurasian Oystercatcher around 24 November
- Coal Tit around 24 November
- Little Ringed Plover around 1 December
- Whimbrel around 1 December
Dates are last year's first regular records after at least six weeks away, with each species' own uncertainty on its page. Each species page can email you when it turns up.
Most recorded, last eight weeks
| Species | Records | Per 1,000 |
|---|---|---|
| European Robin Erithacus rubecula | 1,627,764 | 380.3 |
| Eurasian Magpie Pica pica | 274,248 | 64.1 |
| Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros | 255,004 | 59.6 |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto | 128,491 | 30.0 |
| Eurasian Blackbird Turdus merula | 126,972 | 29.7 |
| Tawny Owl Strix aluco | 114,001 | 26.6 |
| Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs | 103,522 | 24.2 |
| Dunnock Prunella modularis | 100,980 | 23.6 |
| House Sparrow Passer domesticus | 93,984 | 22.0 |
| Great Tit Parus major | 93,723 | 21.9 |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri | 81,758 | 19.1 |
| Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus | 78,540 | 18.3 |
| Common Wood Pigeon Columba palumbus | 76,143 | 17.8 |
| Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita | 70,796 | 16.5 |
| Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes | 64,895 | 15.2 |
How well this area is covered
Watched in 12 of the last 12 weeks for birds (enough records to count; unwatched weeks say nothing about absence). Active stations here in the last 30 days: 67 BirdWeather. Add a station to fill the gap.