RSPB NI today revealed the results of this year’s Big Garden Birdwatch, with the House Sparrow once again soaring into first place as the most spotted bird in Northern Ireland gardens and parks.

The Big Garden Birdwatch is a large-scale citizen science survey that started in 1979, providing an annual snapshot of the status of garden birds in the UK.

with woodpigeon and blackbird making up the other top five most recorded species in UK gardens. “Starlings are one of our most charismatic garden birds, but this year’s Big Garden Birdwatch results is ...

However, we can all do our bit to support these threatened birds by taking small actions that can not only benefit starlings, but a wealth of other garden wildlife." UK-wide the starling has ...

The large-scale citizen science survey started in 1979 and provides an annual snapshot of how the UK’s most common garden birds are faring. The UK-wide results from this year’s birdwatch have ...

The 2025 Big Garden Bird Watch, which compiled data from nearly 600,000 amateur ornithologists across the UK, recorded 80 different species of bird. From the smallest song birds, to waterbirds ...

The RSPB-organised Big Garden Birdwatch took place ... “These energetic, social birds are a familiar sight in gardens across the UK, but their breeding populations have been in decline for ...

STARLINGS have dropped out of the UK's top three garden birds for the first time. The RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch 2025 results recorded the lowest number of starlings ever, pushing them down to fourth ...