Before we look at our list of 26 common British birds and how to identify them, here are the answers to some common garden bird questions, including the most common and rare British birds ...

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Essential listening for budding ornithologists, this aural guide explains how to recognise bird varieties by their song. It is recorded in the Somerset garden of birdwatcher and TV producer ...

A Check-List of British Birds: With a Short Account of the Status of Each. Compiled from “A Practical Handbook of British Birds.” By H. F. Witherby. Pp. 78. (London: H. F. and G. Witherby ...

The RSPB has released the results of its yearly Big Garden Birdwatch survey held in January. Almost half a million people took part in the bird count, with the house sparrow the most spotted bird ...

Puffins, curlews and nightingales are among the 20 species to have joined the Red List of endangered British birds, as rural development and overfishing continues to wreak havoc on the feathered ...

The RSPB's Chief Executive, Beccy Speight said: 'Starlings are one of our most charismatic garden birds ... the RSPB added five British seabirds to the UK's 'red list', meaning they are at ...

It's estimated that almost 60% of UK swifts have disappeared over the last 25 years Swifts and house martins were recently added to the UK red list ... material fr birds in your garden.

The kittiwake has been added to the list of British birds facing global extinction, with plastic, pollution, climate change and overfishing blamed for catastrophic declines this century. The ...