Top 20 bird sightings in the 2024 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch

Rank

2024

Species

Count

per garden

% change

since 1979

1

House sparrow

4.0

-57

2

Blue tit

3.0

+14

3

Starling

2.4

-82

4

Woodpigeon

2.3

+1,048

5

Blackbird

2.0

-45

6

Robin

1.5

-24

7

Great tit

1.5

n/a

8

Goldfinch

1.3

+54

9

Magpie

1.2

+201

10

Long-tailed tit

1.1

n/a

11

Chaffinch

0.8

-69

12

Collared dove

0.8

+10

13

Jackdaw

0.8

n/a

14

Feral pigeon

0.8

n/a

15

Dunnock

0.7

+200

16

Carrion crow

0.7

n/a

17

Coal tit

0.7

+204

18

Greenfinch

0.3

-66

19

Wren

0.3

+82

20

Great-spotted

woodpecker

0.1

-81

Rank

2024

Species

Count

per garden

% change

since 1979

Rank

2024

Species

Count

per garden

% change

since 1979

1

House sparrow

4.0

-57

11

Chaffinch

0.8

-69

2

Blue tit

3.0

+14

12

Collared dove

0.8

+10

3

Starling

2.4

-82

13

Jackdaw

0.8

n/a

4

Woodpigeon

2.3

+1,048

14

Feral pigeon

0.8

n/a

5

Blackbird

2.0

-45

15

Dunnock

0.7

+200

6

Robin

1.5

-24

16

Carrion crow

0.7

n/a

7

Great tit

1.5

n/a

17

Coal tit

0.7

+204

8

Goldfinch

1.3

+54

18

Greenfinch

0.3

-66

9

Magpie

1.2

+201

19

Wren

0.3

+82

10

Long-tailed tit

1.1

n/a

20

Great-spotted

woodpecker

0.1

-81