HOUSE SPARROW Big Garden Birdwatch position 1 Length (cm) 15 Weight (grammes) 38 Maximum number of eggs 5 UK population (pairs) 3.6 million Did you know... A pair of sparrows once nested 60 metres down a mine shaft in Yorkshire. STARLING Big Garden Birdwatch position 3 Length (cm) 21.5 Weight (grammes) 90 Maximum number of eggs 5 UK population (pairs) 800,000 Did you know... Starlings are such good mimics that they can imitate mobile phones and car alarms. BLACKBIRD Big Garden Birdwatch position 2 Length (cm) 25 Weight (grammes) 125 Maximum number of eggs 5 UK population (pairs) 4.9 million Did you know... The blackbird’s amazingly wide diet can include snakes, frogs, fish and mice. CHAFFINCH Big Garden Birdwatch position 5 Length (cm) 14.5 Weight (grammes) 29 Maximum number of eggs 5 UK population (pairs) 5.9 million Did you know... The chaffinch has the widest diet of any Euro- pean finch, including seeds and insects. ROBIN Big Garden Birdwatch position 7 Length (cm) 14 Weight (grammes) 21 Maximum number of eggs 5 UK population (pairs) 5.9 million Did you know... Continental robins are much shyer and are less common around towns and cities. BLUE TIT Big Garden Birdwatch position 4 Length (cm) 11.5 Weight (grammes) 12.5 Maximum number of eggs 10 UK population (pairs) 3.5 million Did you know... Female blue tits choose their mate based on the brightness of the male’s cap. WOODPIGEON Big Garden Birdwatch position 6 Length (cm) 42 Weight (grammes) 614 Maximum number of eggs 2 UK population (pairs) 3.1 million Did you know... Woodpigeons are able to feed their babies on a kind of milk they make in their throats. COLLARED DOVE Big Garden Birdwatch position 9 Length (cm) 33 Weight (grammes) 180 Maximum number of eggs 2 UK population (pairs) 298,000 Did you know... Collared doves are now common, but they only began breeding in the UK in 1955. GREAT TIT Big Garden Birdwatch position 8 Length (cm) 14 Weight (grammes) 22 Maximum number of eggs 9 UK population (pairs) 2 million Did you know... The thicker the black stripe down his front, the more attractive a male is to a female great tit.
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HOUSE SPARROWBig Garden Birdwatch position 1Length (cm) 15Weight (grammes) 38Maximum number of eggs 5UK population (pairs) 3.6 million
Did you know...A pair of sparrows once nested 60 metres downa mine shaft in Yorkshire.
STARLINGBig Garden Birdwatch position 3Length (cm) 21.5Weight (grammes) 90Maximum number of eggs 5UK population (pairs) 800,000
Did you know...Starlings are such good mimics that they canimitate mobile phones and car alarms.
BLACKBIRDBig Garden Birdwatch position 2Length (cm) 25Weight (grammes) 125Maximum number of eggs 5UK population (pairs) 4.9 million
Did you know...The blackbird’s amazingly wide diet can includesnakes, frogs, fish and mice.
CHAFFINCHBig Garden Birdwatch position 5Length (cm) 14.5Weight (grammes) 29Maximum number of eggs 5UK population (pairs) 5.9 million
Did you know...The chaffinch has the widest diet of any Euro-pean finch, including seeds and insects.
ROBINBig Garden Birdwatch position 7Length (cm) 14Weight (grammes) 21Maximum number of eggs 5UK population (pairs) 5.9 million
Did you know...Continental robins are much shyer and are lesscommon around towns and cities.
BLUE TITBig Garden Birdwatch position 4Length (cm) 11.5Weight (grammes) 12.5Maximum number of eggs 10UK population (pairs) 3.5 million
Did you know...Female blue tits choose their mate based on thebrightness of the male’s cap.
WOODPIGEONBig Garden Birdwatch position 6Length (cm) 42Weight (grammes) 614Maximum number of eggs 2UK population (pairs) 3.1 million
Did you know...Woodpigeons are able to feed their babies on akind of milk they make in their throats.
COLLARED DOVEBig Garden Birdwatch position 9Length (cm) 33Weight (grammes) 180Maximum number of eggs 2UK population (pairs) 298,000
Did you know...Collared doves are now common, but they onlybegan breeding in the UK in 1955.
GREAT TITBig Garden Birdwatch position 8Length (cm) 14Weight (grammes) 22Maximum number of eggs 9UK population (pairs) 2 million
Did you know...The thicker the black stripe down his front, themore attractive a male is to a female great tit.
GOLDFINCHBig Garden Birdwatch position 10Length (cm) 12Weight (grammes) 19Maximum number of eggs 6UK population (pairs) 313,000
Did you know...A flock of goldfinches is called a ‘charm’!
LONG-TAILED TITBig Garden Birdwatch position 12Length (cm) 14Weight (grammes) 10Maximum number of eggs 8UK population (pairs) 273,000
Did you know...A pair of long-tailed tits took two weeks to buildtheir nest, but forgot to make a hole to get in!
DUNNOCKBig Garden Birdwatch position 11Length (cm) 14.5Weight (grammes) 25Maximum number of eggs 5UK population (pairs) 2.1 million
Did you know...A female dunnock usually pairs with up to threemales in the breeding season.
GREENFINCHBig Garden Birdwatch position 13Length (cm) 15Weight (grammes) 96Maximum number of eggs 5UK population (pairs) 734,000
Did you know...Greenfinches can be big bullies! They drive otherbirds away from feeders, so there’s more for them.
COAL TITBig Garden Birdwatch position 15Length (cm) 11.5Weight (grammes) 10Maximum number of eggs 10UK population (pairs) 653,000
Did you know...Coal tits collect food all through the autumn, so they have something to eat during the winter.
MAGPIEBig Garden Birdwatch position 14Length (cm) 46Weight (grammes) 272Maximum number of eggs 6UK population (pairs) 650,000
Did you know...Magpies are the only British birds to maintaintheir nest all year-round.
FERAL PIGEONBig Garden Birdwatch position 16Length (cm) 34Weight (grammes) 370Maximum number of eggs 2UK population (pairs) 100,000
Did you know...Feral pigeons are descended from rock doves,which live on the rocky coast of north Scotland
CARRION CROWBig Garden Birdwatch position 18Length (cm) 47Weight (grammes) 650Maximum number of eggs 4UK population (pairs) 790,000
Did you know...The crow family is thought to be among thecleverest of birds. They can solve problems
JACKDAWBig Garden Birdwatch position 17Length (cm) 34Weight (grammes) 260Maximum number of eggs 6UK population (pairs) 555,000
Did you know...Jackdaws are more likely to be thieves thanmagpies, as they have an eye for shiny objects
SONG THRUSHBig Garden Birdwatch position 19Length (cm) 23Weight (grammes) 75Maximum number of eggs 5UK population (pairs) 1.1 million
Did you know...If you find lots of smashed snail shells by a rock,they could have been left by a song thrush
BULLFINCHBig Garden Birdwatch position 21Length (cm) 14.5Weight (grammes) 38Maximum number of eggs 5UK population (pairs) 166,000
Did you know...Bullfinches are often seen in pairs. They like eating the buds of trees in spring
WRENBig Garden Birdwatch position 20Length (cm) 10Weight (grammes) 12Maximum number of eggs 6UK population (pairs) 8.5 million
Did you know...Wrens huddle together to keep warm in the winter. One nestbox contained over 60 wrens!
GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKERBig Garden Birdwatch position 22Length (cm) 23Weight (grammes) 100Maximum number of eggs 6UK population (pairs) 44,000
Did you know...If you hear a loud drumming in the woods, it’slikely to be a great spot trying to attract a mate
COMMON GULLBig Garden Birdwatch position 24Length (cm) 42Weight (grammes) 480Maximum number of eggs 4UK population (pairs) 48,700
Did you know...Not very many common gulls breed in the UK.There are more of them here in the winter
PHEASANTBig Garden Birdwatch position 23Length (cm) 89Weight (grammes) 1,700Maximum number of eggs 14UK population (pairs) 1.9 million
Did you know...Pheasants originally came from Asia and werebrought to the UK by people
PIED WAGTAILBig Garden Birdwatch position 25Length (cm) 18Weight (grammes) 25Maximum number of eggs 6UK population (pairs) 352,000
Did you know...Large flocks of pied wagtails roost in trees intowns in winter, as it is warmer in towns
FIELDFAREBig Garden Birdwatch position 27Length (cm) 25.5Weight (grammes) 120Maximum number of eggs 6UK population (pairs) 5
Did you know...Fieldfares come to the UK for the winter fromScandinavia. They feed on fruit and berries
ROOKBig Garden Birdwatch position 26Length (cm) 46Weight (grammes) 340Maximum number of eggs 4UK population (pairs) 1.1 million
Did you know...Rooks nest in groups called rookeries. Sometimesthey steal twigs from each other’s nests.
TREE SPARROWBig Garden Birdwatch position 28Length (cm) 14Weight (grammes) 29Maximum number of eggs 6UK population (pairs) 68,000
Did you know...The tree sparrow is the shy countryside cousin ofthe house sparrow. In Asia, they are more common
BLACKCAPBig Garden Birdwatch position 30Length (cm) 13Weight (grammes) 25Maximum number of eggs 5UK population (pairs) 932,000
Did you know...Some blackcaps have recently started to spendthe winter in the UK, instead of migrating south
NUTHATCHBig Garden Birdwatch position 29Length (cm) 14Weight (grammes) 26Maximum number of eggs 8UK population (pairs) 144,000
Did you know...Nuthatches are the only UK bird that can walkdown a tree trunk, as well as up it
