Coventry · 52.45°N

Birds of Keresley

What has actually been seen around Keresley: 114 species, the most recorded garden birds, the busiest months, and what to put out for them.

Species on record: 114 within 5 km
Observation records: 6,640 since 2010
Most recorded bird: House Sparrow
Busiest month: April
Elevation: 124 m
Daylight, June / December: 16.8 h / 7.7 h

What the records say about Keresley

114 bird species have been recorded within 5 km of the centre of Keresley (Coventry) since 2010, across 6,640 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are House Sparrow, Blackbird and Woodpigeon.

Keresley is a garden-bird place: 76% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and garden trees. House Sparrow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon and Robin make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

8 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Common Buzzard, Eurasian Sparrowhawk 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 April and are lowest in December — about 5.9 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.

Fillongley, 5 km to the north-west, has fewer species on record (99 against 114). Birds logged far more often around Keresley than there include House Sparrow, Rock Pigeon, Mute Swan and European Herring Gull.

Daylight runs from 16 h 49 min at midsummer to 7 h 40 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:10 in mid-April and 4:42 in late June; the dawn chorus starts 30–60 minutes earlier.

Most recorded birds near Keresley

#	Bird	Records
1	House SparrowPasser domesticus	569
2	BlackbirdTurdus merula	568
3	WoodpigeonColumba palumbus	548
4	RobinErithacus rubecula	490
5	Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus	342
6	MagpiePica pica	302
7	DunnockPrunella modularis	273
8	SwiftApus apus	225
9	MallardAnas platyrhynchos	207
10	Carrion CrowCorvus corone	206
11	Great TitParus major	192
12	GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis	130
13	StarlingSturnus vulgaris	120
14	Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus	117
15	Rock PigeonColumba livia	114
16	Canada GooseBranta canadensis	113
17	Mute SwanCygnus olor	106
18	Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus	102
19	JackdawColoeus monedula	96
20	Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus	90

Records by month

What to put out in Keresley

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

House Sparrow
Seed mix · Sunflower hearts · Suet
Blackbird
Soaked sultanas · Apples · Mealworms
Woodpigeon
Seed mix
Robin
Mealworms · Suet pellets · Sunflower hearts
Blue Tit
Sunflower hearts · Peanuts (mesh feeder only) · Suet
Dunnock
Sunflower hearts · Suet pellets · Crushed peanuts

Seasonal bird notes for Coventry

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 Keresley?

The most recorded garden birds within 5 km of Keresley are House Sparrow, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Robin and Blue Tit, based on 6,640 public records since 2010.

How many bird species have been seen near Keresley?

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

When is the best month for birds in Keresley?

Observation records peak in April and are lowest in December. Sunrise in late June is around 4:42.

Sources

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.