Leicestershire · 52.57°N

Birds of Stoke Golding

What has actually been seen around Stoke Golding: 157 species, the most recorded garden birds, the busiest months, and what to put out for them.

Species on record: 157 within 5 km
Observation records: 7,462 since 2010
Most recorded bird: Woodpigeon
Busiest month: April
Elevation: 113 m
Daylight, June / December: 16.8 h / 7.6 h

What the records say about Stoke Golding

157 bird species have been recorded within 5 km of the centre of Stoke Golding (Leicestershire) since 2010, across 7,462 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Woodpigeon, Blackbird and Lesser Black-backed Gull.

Stoke Golding is a garden-bird place: 68% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and garden trees. Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow 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 April and are lowest in November — about 4.3 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.

Hinckley, 4 km to the south-east, has more species on record (176 against 157). Birds logged far more often around Stoke Golding than there include Eurasian Teal and Eurasian Woodcock.

Daylight runs from 16 h 51 min at midsummer to 7 h 39 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:09 in mid-April and 4:41 in late June; the dawn chorus starts 30–60 minutes earlier.

Most recorded birds near Stoke Golding

#	Bird	Records
1	WoodpigeonColumba palumbus	308
2	BlackbirdTurdus merula	258
3	Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus	248
4	Carrion CrowCorvus corone	231
5	RobinErithacus rubecula	230
6	Common BuzzardButeo buteo	227
7	MagpiePica pica	220
8	Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus	210
9	JackdawColoeus monedula	195
10	MallardAnas platyrhynchos	193
11	House SparrowPasser domesticus	187
12	Great TitParus major	171
13	WrenTroglodytes troglodytes	156
14	GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis	153
15	DunnockPrunella modularis	146
16	ChaffinchFringilla coelebs	143
17	Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis	131
18	ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita	128
19	StarlingSturnus vulgaris	125
20	Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus	118

Records by month

What to put out in Stoke Golding

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

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

Seasonal bird notes for Leicestershire

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 Stoke Golding?

The most recorded garden birds within 5 km of Stoke Golding are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Robin and Magpie, based on 7,462 public records since 2010.

How many bird species have been seen near Stoke Golding?

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

When is the best month for birds in Stoke Golding?

Observation records peak in April and are lowest in November. Sunrise in late June is around 4:41.

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.