Fewer birds spotted in UK gardens

Posted by Admin on 23 March 2006, 5:09 pm

The number of birds visiting British gardens is on the decline, according to a survey involving 470,000 people.

See the article on the BBC website at
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4835208.stm

Blackbird – 94.71%
Blue tit – 84.44%
Robin – 84.19%
House sparrow – 67.71%
Chaffinch – 58.99%
Collared dove – 58.54%
Woodpigeon – 57.28%
Great tit – 57.10%
Starling – 50.95%
Greenfinch – 45.25%

Numbers are the percentage of gardens the species were seen in.

2 responses to “Fewer birds spotted in UK gardens”

Anonymous says:

24 March 2006 at 5:09 pm

Go to page 29 of this PDF for the top 15 species seen on the Isle of Wight:

http://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/bgbwresults2006_tcm5-99327.pdf

Debbie Pledge
Anonymous says:

11 June 2006 at 5:10 pm

There are fewer in ours at the moment because there is a sparrowhawk about!!!

We came home last year to find one on our patio – he had crashed into the patio doors whilst swooping over the bird feeders.

Poor thing had to be destroyed by the vet due to unrepairable damage. It was a beautiful bird.