Birds of Hemingbrough
What has actually been seen around Hemingbrough: 118 species, the most recorded garden birds, the busiest months, and what to put out for them.
- Species on record
- 118 within 5 km
- Observation records
- 1,296 since 2010
- Most recorded bird
- Robin
- Busiest month
- May
- Elevation
- 9 m
- Daylight, June / December
- 17.1 h / 7.4 h
What the records say about Hemingbrough
118 bird species have been recorded within 5 km of the centre of Hemingbrough (North Yorkshire) since 2010, across 1,296 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Robin, Mallard and Woodpigeon.
Hemingbrough is a garden-bird place: 64% of the records here are small songbirds, doves, woodpeckers and the other birds that come to feeders and garden trees. Robin, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch and Carrion Crow make up the core of what you can expect at a feeder.
9 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 May and are lowest in November — about 8.6 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.
Camblesforth, 6 km to the south-west, has a similar number of species on record (118 against 118). Birds logged far more often around Hemingbrough than there include Little Grebe.
Daylight runs from 17 h 6 min at midsummer to 7 h 25 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:05 in mid-April and 4:32 in late June; the dawn chorus starts 30–60 minutes earlier.
Most recorded birds near Hemingbrough
| # | Bird | Records |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RobinErithacus rubecula | 42 |
| 2 | MallardAnas platyrhynchos | 40 |
| 3 | WoodpigeonColumba palumbus | 37 |
| 4 | ChaffinchFringilla coelebs | 36 |
| 5 | Carrion CrowCorvus corone | 36 |
| 6 | BlackbirdTurdus merula | 35 |
| 7 | Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus | 33 |
| 8 | MagpiePica pica | 32 |
| 9 | Great TitParus major | 32 |
| 10 | Common BuzzardButeo buteo | 31 |
| 11 | SwiftApus apus | 31 |
| 12 | Eurasian CootFulica atra | 29 |
| 13 | Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus | 28 |
| 14 | ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita | 26 |
| 15 | WrenTroglodytes troglodytes | 26 |
| 16 | DunnockPrunella modularis | 26 |
| 17 | Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus | 26 |
| 18 | GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis | 24 |
| 19 | Pied WagtailMotacilla alba | 24 |
| 20 | Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus | 22 |
Records by month
What to put out in Hemingbrough
Foods for the most recorded garden birds here, from our species notes.
Seasonal bird notes for North Yorkshire
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 Hemingbrough?
The most recorded garden birds within 5 km of Hemingbrough are Robin, Woodpigeon, Chaffinch, Carrion Crow and Blackbird, based on 1,296 public records since 2010.
How many bird species have been seen near Hemingbrough?
118 species have at least one record within 5 km of the town centre since 2010 (GBIF).
When is the best month for birds in Hemingbrough?
Observation records peak in May and are lowest in November. Sunrise in late June is around 4:32.
Sources
- GBIF occurrence search (birds, class Aves, 2010 onward)
- 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.