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

-60

2

Blue tit

3.0

+24

3

Starling

2.4

-84

4

Wood pigeon

2.3

+1,059

5

Blackbird

2.0

-51

6

Robin

1.5

-25

7

Great tit

1.5

+61

8

Goldfinch

1.3

+n/a

9

Magpie

1.2

+210

10

Long-tailed tit

1.1

n/a

11

Chaffinch

0.8

-74

12

Collared dove

0.8

+181

13

Jackdaw

0.8

n/a

14

Feral pigeon

0.8

n/a

15

Dunnock

0.7

-10

16

Carrion crow

0.7

n/a

17

Coal tit

0.7

+248

18

Greenfinch

0.3

-69

19

Wren

0.3

+68

20

Great-spotted

woodpecker

0.1

n/a

Rank

2024

Species

Count

per garden

% change

since 1979

Rank

2024

Species

Count

per garden

% change

since 1979

-60

-74

1

House sparrow

4.0

11

Chaffinch

0.8

+24

+181

2

Blue tit

3.0

12

Collared dove

0.8

-84

n/a

3

Starling

2.4

13

Jackdaw

0.8

+1,059

n/a

4

Wood pigeon

2.3

14

Feral pigeon

0.8

-51

-10

5

Blackbird

2.0

15

Dunnock

0.7

-25

n/a

6

Robin

1.5

16

Carrion crow

0.7

+61

+248

7

Great tit

1.5

17

Coal tit

0.7

+n/a

-69

8

Goldfinch

1.3

18

Greenfinch

0.3

+210

+68

9

Magpie

1.2

19

Wren

0.3

n/a

n/a

10

Long-tailed tit

1.1

20

Great-spotted

woodpecker

0.1