Birds of Terrington St Clement

132 bird species have been recorded within 5 km of the centre of Terrington St Clement (Norfolk) since 2010, across 4,419 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Woodpigeon, Common Pheasant and Magpie.

Terrington St Clement is a garden-bird place: 73% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and garden trees. Woodpigeon, Magpie, Blackbird 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 Kestrel, Common Buzzard 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 August and are lowest in December — 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.

Terrington Saint John, 6 km to the south, has fewer species on record (102 against 132). Birds logged far more often around Terrington St Clement than there include Corn Bunting.

Daylight runs from 16 h 53 min at midsummer to 7 h 37 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:02 in mid-April and 4:33 in late June; the dawn chorus starts 30–60 minutes earlier.

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

• Goldfinch

  Nyjer seed · Sunflower hearts

• Collared Dove

  Seed mix

• Chaffinch

  Sunflower hearts · Seed mix

• Terrington Saint John6 km south · 102 species
• King's Lynn7 km east · 209 species
• Sutton Bridge8 km west · 135 species
• North Wootton10 km east · 222 species
• West Walton11 km south-west · 153 species
• Lutton13 km north-west · 112 species