Top British Garden Birds

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  Barn Owl

  Barn Owls make use of debris at the nesting site, simply clearing away what is not needed...

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  Blackbird

  The male blackbird is one of our most recognisable birds, with his bright yellow beak...

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  Blue Tit

  Blue Tits are often one of the most frequent visitors to the bird garden...

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  Bullfinch

  The bullfinch is one of our most attractive native finches...

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  Chaffinch

  The chaffinch is one of the most common and widespread birds in Europe...

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  Coal Tit

  The coal tit is an agile little bird and the smallest member of the tit family...

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  Collared Dove

  Collared doves arrived in the UK about 40 years ago and are now a resident bird...

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  Cuckoo

  The best place to spot a Cuckoo is in woodlands, parks and open uplands...

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  Dunnock

  The Latin name for the dunnock means, ‘little brown singer’...

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  Goldfinch

  The goldfinch was a popular pet due to their colourful plumage and enchanting singing...

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  Goshawk

  The Goshawk is a raptor, a large bird of prey which nests in dense pine or beech forest....

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  Woodpecker

  The great spotted woodpecker is the most widespread of all woodpeckers in the UK...

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  Great Tit

  The great tit is the largest species in the tit family, but small in comparison with other birds...

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  Greenfinch

  This sociable bird is the largest yellow-green finch and is commonly seen in our gardens...

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  House Sparrow

  The house sparrow will even venture into homes where they are offered food...

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  Kingfisher

  Kingfishers are notoriously difficult to spot because of their secretive and wary nature...

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  Lapwing

  The Lapwing is a wading bird found on farmland, coastal marshes, and near lakes...

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  Long Tailed Tit

  Long-tailed tits are sometimes described as ‘avian sheep’ as they follow each other around...

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  Mistle Thrush

  The Mistle thrush's Latin name literally means ‘mistletoe eating thrush’...

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  Nuthatch

  Nuthatches are busy, agile birds that can live to be over ten years old...

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  Reed Bunting

  Reed Buntings are increasingly visiting gardens due to wetland drainage and loss of habitat...

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  Robin

  The Robin was voted as the national bird of Great Britain in a ballot nearly 40 years ago...

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  Song Thrush

  The song thrush has the largest repertoire of all European thrushes...

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  Starling

  In the evenings starlings cover the sky performing aerial manoeuvres...

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  Swallow

  Swallows are fantastic, graceful fliers and can fly up to 200 miles a day...

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  Whitethroat

  Once the most common warbler in Britain, the Whitethroat suffered a decline in numbers...

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  Willow Warbler

  The Willow Warbler's song also distinguishes it from the confusingly similar Chiffchaff...

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  Wood Pigeon

  Although it looks fat, a wood pigeon’s feathers actually weigh more than its skeleton...

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  Wren

  The wren has a loud song, and its scolding alarm call can even scare a cat...

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