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Birds of Weston-super-Mare

What has actually been seen around Weston-super-Mare: 232 species, the most recorded garden birds, the busiest months, and what to put out for them.

Species on record
232 within 5 km
Observation records
60,697 since 2010
Most recorded bird
European Herring Gull
Busiest month
April
Elevation
13 m
Daylight, June / December
16.6 h / 7.9 h

What the records say about Weston-super-Mare

232 bird species have been recorded within 5 km of the centre of Weston-super-Mare (North Somerset) since 2010, across 60,697 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are European Herring Gull, Woodpigeon and Carrion Crow.

Weston-super-Mare is a garden-bird place: 62% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and garden trees. Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Goldfinch and Blackbird make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.

14 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Common Kestrel, Eurasian Sparrowhawk and Common Buzzard. 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 July — about 4.8 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.

Locking, 5 km to the east, has fewer species on record (187 against 232). Birds logged far more often around Weston-super-Mare than there include Common Shelduck, Eurasian Curlew, Eurasian Oystercatcher and Northern Wheatear.

Daylight runs from 16 h 37 min at midsummer to 7 h 51 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:18 in mid-April and 4:54 in late June; the dawn chorus starts 30–60 minutes earlier.

Most recorded birds near Weston-super-Mare

#BirdRecords
1European Herring GullLarus argentatus1,521
2WoodpigeonColumba palumbus1,512
3Carrion CrowCorvus corone1,365
4GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis1,260
5BlackbirdTurdus merula1,257
6RobinErithacus rubecula1,250
7MagpiePica pica1,226
8Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus1,207
9ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita1,205
10ChaffinchFringilla coelebs1,128
11Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus1,099
12Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna1,064
13Barn SwallowHirundo rustica1,027
14House SparrowPasser domesticus1,018
15European StonechatSaxicola rubicola1,012
16Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus1,009
17StarlingSturnus vulgaris968
18Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata947
19JackdawColoeus monedula939
20Little EgretEgretta garzetta931

Records by month

What to put out in Weston-super-Mare

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

Seasonal bird notes for North Somerset

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 Weston-super-Mare?

The most recorded garden birds within 5 km of Weston-super-Mare are Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Goldfinch, Blackbird and Robin, based on 60,697 public records since 2010.

How many bird species have been seen near Weston-super-Mare?

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

When is the best month for birds in Weston-super-Mare?

Observation records peak in April and are lowest in July. Sunrise in late June is around 4:54.

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.