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Birds of Ellesmere Port Town

What has actually been seen around Ellesmere Port Town: 142 species, the most recorded garden birds, the busiest months, and what to put out for them.

Species on record
142 within 5 km
Observation records
5,875 since 2010
Most recorded bird
Woodpigeon
Busiest month
June
Elevation
26 m
Daylight, June / December
17 h / 7.5 h

What the records say about Ellesmere Port Town

142 bird species have been recorded within 5 km of the centre of Ellesmere Port Town (Cheshire West and Chester) since 2010, across 5,875 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird and Magpie.

Ellesmere Port Town is a garden-bird place: 67% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and garden trees. Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie and Carrion Crow make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

12 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Common Buzzard, Barn Owl and Common Kestrel. 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 June and are lowest in September — about 3.7 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.

Garston, 6 km to the north, has more species on record (192 against 142). Birds logged far more often around Ellesmere Port Town than there include Common Moorhen, Barn Owl and Mute Swan.

Daylight runs from 16 h 60 min at midsummer to 7 h 31 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:14 in mid-April and 4:43 in late June; the dawn chorus starts 30–60 minutes earlier.

Most recorded birds near Ellesmere Port Town

#BirdRecords
1WoodpigeonColumba palumbus378
2BlackbirdTurdus merula323
3MagpiePica pica317
4Carrion CrowCorvus corone266
5Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus216
6House SparrowPasser domesticus197
7RobinErithacus rubecula191
8GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis183
9Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus174
10MallardAnas platyrhynchos165
11Great TitParus major158
12Common BuzzardButeo buteo147
13European Herring GullLarus argentatus137
14StarlingSturnus vulgaris135
15SwiftApus apus121
16JackdawColoeus monedula112
17WrenTroglodytes troglodytes110
18DunnockPrunella modularis107
19Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus101
20Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus90

Records by month

What to put out in Ellesmere Port Town

Foods for the most recorded garden birds here, from our species notes.

Seasonal bird notes for Cheshire West and Chester

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 Ellesmere Port Town?

The most recorded garden birds within 5 km of Ellesmere Port Town are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Magpie, Carrion Crow and Blue Tit, based on 5,875 public records since 2010.

How many bird species have been seen near Ellesmere Port Town?

142 species have at least one record within 5 km of the town centre since 2010 (GBIF).

When is the best month for birds in Ellesmere Port Town?

Observation records peak in June and are lowest in September. Sunrise in late June is around 4:43.

Sources

  1. GBIF occurrence search (birds, class Aves, 2010 onward)
  2. 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.