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Cheshire West and Chester · 53.22°N

Birds of Mickle Trafford

What has actually been seen around Mickle Trafford: 166 species, the most recorded garden birds, the busiest months, and what to put out for them.

Species on record
166 within 5 km
Observation records
62,852 since 2010
Most recorded bird
Blackbird
Busiest month
June
Elevation
17 m
Daylight, June / December
17 h / 7.5 h

What the records say about Mickle Trafford

166 bird species have been recorded within 5 km of the centre of Mickle Trafford (Cheshire West and Chester) since 2010, across 62,852 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Blackbird, Woodpigeon and Blue Tit.

Mickle Trafford is a garden-bird place: 75% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and garden trees. Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit and Robin make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

13 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 June and are lowest in November — about 2.9 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.

Dunham on the Hill, 4 km to the north-east, has fewer species on record (155 against 166). Birds logged far more often around Mickle Trafford than there include Rock Pigeon.

Daylight runs from 16 h 59 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 Mickle Trafford

#BirdRecords
1BlackbirdTurdus merula3,807
2WoodpigeonColumba palumbus3,737
3Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2,853
4RobinErithacus rubecula2,638
5MagpiePica pica2,513
6House SparrowPasser domesticus2,344
7Carrion CrowCorvus corone2,295
8JackdawColoeus monedula2,276
9MallardAnas platyrhynchos2,264
10WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2,086
11GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2,075
12DunnockPrunella modularis1,818
13Great TitParus major1,809
14StarlingSturnus vulgaris1,777
15Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus1,733
16Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus1,669
17European Herring GullLarus argentatus1,378
18Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto1,196
19Common BuzzardButeo buteo1,085
20ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita1,083

Records by month

What to put out in Mickle Trafford

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 Mickle Trafford?

The most recorded garden birds within 5 km of Mickle Trafford are Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Blue Tit, Robin and Magpie, based on 62,852 public records since 2010.

How many bird species have been seen near Mickle Trafford?

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

When is the best month for birds in Mickle Trafford?

Observation records peak in June and are lowest in November. 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.