House sparrow again top of the leaderboard in RSPB's annual January garden birdwatch

 

Male and female house sparrow (photo: RSPB)

JUST as last year, the House Sparrow is the bird most seen in British gardens - or it was in January this year.

That was when the RSPB carried out its popular annual bird county across the nation.

The Top Ten (with the number of individuals counted) are listed below: 

1 House Sparrow (1,442,300)

2 Blue Tit  (1,094,401)

3 Starling (879,006)

4 Woodpigeon (835,408)

5 Blackbird (708,004)

6 Robin (539,820)

7 Great Tit (523,638)

8 Goldfinch (478,740)

9 Magpie (446,678)

10 Long-tailed Tit  (383,166)

Also recorded, though less frequently, were the following 70 species:  

11 Chaffinch

12 Collared dove 

13 Jackdaw 

14 Feral pigeon 

15 Dunnock

16 Carrion crow 

17 Coal tit

18 Greenfinch 

19 Wren 

20 Great spotted woodpecker 

21 Nuthatch

22 Song thrush 

23 Common gull 

24 Ring-necked parakeet

25 Rook 

26 Pheasant 

27 Blackcap 

28 Tree sparrow 

29 Bullfinch 

30 Siskin 

31 Jay 

32 Pied wagtail 

33 Herring gull 

34 Redwing 

35 Red kite

36 Sparrowhawk 

37 Black-headed gull

38 Fieldfare 

39 Hooded crow 

40 Buzzard 

41 Mallard 

42 Goldcrest 

43 Moorhen 

44 Stock dove

45 Treecreeper 

46 Grey wagtail 

47 Green woodpecker 

48 Marsh tit

49 Mistle thrush 

50 Kestrel 

51 Grey heron 

52 Redpoll 

53 Raven 

54 Yellowhammer 

55 Lesser spotted woodpecker 

56 Brambling 

57 Reed bunting 

58 Chiffchaff

59 Barn owl 

60 Mute swan 

61 Willow tit

62 Red-legged partridge 

63 Tawny owl 

64 Linnet

65 Great black-backed gull 

66 Lesser black-backed gull 

67 Hawfinch 

68 Little owl 

69 Skylark 

70 Black redstart 

71 Waxwing

72 Meadow pipit 

73 Grey partridge

74 Lapwing 

75 Great crested grebe 

76 Corn bunting 

77 Tufted duck 

78 Gadwall 

79 Teal 

80 Wigeon 

The charity says a total of 9.7 million birds were counted during Big Garden Birdwatch 2024

More than 600,000 people submitted entries.