# The top 10 birds of the RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2025

More than half a million people across the UK spent an hour counting the birds in their gardens in January 2025, recording 9.1 million birds. The house sparrow came top again, ahead of the blue tit and the woodpigeon, while the starling hit its lowest count ever. The UK top 10 by number of birds counted.

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- Oct 6, 2025 · Cameron Olson
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## Top 10

1. **House sparrow** (39 · ▲43 ▼4) — No. 1: 1,211,260 birds counted, an average of 3.55 per garden. Top of the table again.
2. **Blue tit** (29 · ▲33 ▼4) — No. 2: 946,698 birds counted, an average of 2.77 per garden.
3. **Starling** (29 · ▲29 ▼0) — No. 4: 784,741 birds counted, an average of 2.30 per garden. Down one place, with its lowest count ever.
4. **Woodpigeon** (27 · ▲32 ▼5) — No. 3: 859,780 birds counted, an average of 2.52 per garden. Up one place.
5. **Magpie** (18 · ▲21 ▼3) — No. 9: 449,674 birds counted, an average of 1.32 per garden.
6. **Blackbird** (17 · ▲22 ▼5) — No. 5: 732,472 birds counted, an average of 2.15 per garden.
7. **Goldfinch** (15 · ▲19 ▼4) — No. 8: 465,766 birds counted, an average of 1.37 per garden.
8. **Great tit** (12 · ▲18 ▼6) — No. 7: 484,606 birds counted, an average of 1.42 per garden.
9. **Robin** (10 · ▲17 ▼7) — No. 6: 518,312 birds counted, an average of 1.52 per garden. Seen in more gardens than any other bird (84.1%).
10. **Long-tailed tit** (4 · ▲15 ▼11) — No. 10: 379,285 birds counted, an average of 1.11 per garden. New entry in the top 10.

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