Shropshire · 52.44°N

Birds of Craven Arms

What has actually been seen around Craven Arms: 90 species, the most recorded garden birds, the busiest months, and what to put out for them.

Species on record: 90 within 5 km
Observation records: 1,901 since 2010
Most recorded bird: Woodpigeon
Busiest month: May
Elevation: 123 m
Daylight, June / December: 16.8 h / 7.7 h

What the records say about Craven Arms

90 bird species have been recorded within 5 km of the centre of Craven Arms (Shropshire) since 2010, across 1,901 public observation records shared through GBIF. The most recorded are Woodpigeon, Red Kite and Blackbird.

Craven Arms is a garden-bird place: 81% 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.

8 birds of prey are on record nearby, including Red Kite, Common Buzzard 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 May and are lowest in September — about 20.7 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.

Leintwardine, 9 km to the south, has more species on record (123 against 90). Birds logged far more often around Craven Arms than there include Meadow Pipit, Willow Warbler and European Stonechat.

Daylight runs from 16 h 49 min at midsummer to 7 h 40 min at midwinter here. Sunrise is about 6:15 in mid-April and 4:47 in late June; the dawn chorus starts 30–60 minutes earlier.

Most recorded birds near Craven Arms

#	Bird	Records
1	WoodpigeonColumba palumbus	103
2	Red KiteMilvus milvus	90
3	BlackbirdTurdus merula	85
4	Carrion CrowCorvus corone	82
5	RobinErithacus rubecula	80
6	Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus	66
7	Common BuzzardButeo buteo	63
8	JackdawColoeus monedula	63
9	SwiftApus apus	56
10	House SparrowPasser domesticus	56
11	House MartinDelichon urbicum	54
12	WrenTroglodytes troglodytes	50
13	ChaffinchFringilla coelebs	49
14	Great TitParus major	48
15	GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis	46
16	DunnockPrunella modularis	44
17	Barn SwallowHirundo rustica	41
18	MagpiePica pica	36
19	Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis	35
20	Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus	34

Records by month

What to put out in Craven Arms

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 Shropshire

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 Craven Arms?

The most recorded garden birds within 5 km of Craven Arms are Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Robin and Blue Tit, based on 1,901 public records since 2010.

How many bird species have been seen near Craven Arms?

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

When is the best month for birds in Craven Arms?

Observation records peak in May and are lowest in September. Sunrise in late June is around 4:47.

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.