Sunday, 12 April 2026

Still as chirpy as ever - House Sparrow again comes out tops in RSPB's 2026 Garden Birdwatch survey

 

THE House Sparrow remains the most populous bird in  British gardens according to research collated by the RSPB from its  Garden Birdwatch held in January this year.

It was seen in more than 1.27-million individuals counted  - well ahead of the Blue Tit which was runner-up with a tally of just over 1.11-million.

The others in the Top Ten are as denoted above.

The rest of the Top Twenty was as follows:

11 Jackdaw
12 Feral Pigeon
13 Chaffinch
14 Coal Tit
15  Collared Dove
16  Dunnock
17 Carrion Crow
18  Greenfinch
19  Wren
20 Great Spotted Woodpecker

More than 650,000 counters took part in the annual survey, with  9,473,932 birds counted.

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