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British Birds - Garden Birds 01 - Most Common
Both sexes of this bird have similar colouring but the females are slightly paler. What is it?

British Birds - Garden Birds 01 - Most Common

This quiz contains the 10 birds most frequently seen in British gardens as established by "The Big Garden Birdwatch 2011" organized by the RSPB.

1 .
What is this common garden bird?
Photograph courtesy of Barney Livingston
Willow Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Green Woodpecker
  • Group: Tits
  • Binomial: Parus major
  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Family: Paridae
  • Status: Resident Breeding Species
  • The largest of the UK tits
  • There is a prominent black stripe down the whole of the front
  • Widely distributed in the UK but not found on the Northern and Western Isles of Scotland
2 .
What is this common garden bird?
Photograph courtesy of Horia Varlan
Shore Lark
Common Pied Oystercatcher
Ring Ouzel
Collared Dove
  • Group: Pigeons and Doves
  • Binomial: Streptopelia decaocto
  • Order: Columbiformes
  • Family: Columbidae
  • Status: Resident Breeding Species
  • Adults have a black and white collar around the back of the neck but this is missing in young birds
  • Very uncommon in the UK until the mid 1900's - now one of our most often seen birds
3 .
What is this common garden bird?
Photograph courtesy of Paul Lomax
Yellowhammer
Common Starling
Reed Bunting
Dunnock
  • Group: Starlings
  • Binomial: Sturnus vulgaris
  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Family: Sturnidae
  • Status: Resident Breeding Species And Winter Visitor
  • The base of their bills are blue for boys and pink for girls!
  • In the autumn massive flocks congregate in what are known as "murmurations"
4 .
What is this common garden bird?
Photograph courtesy of Tristan Ferne
Mealy Redpoll
Wood Pigeon
Bearded Tit
Pied Flycatcher
  • Group: Pigeons and Doves
  • Binomial: Columba palumbus
  • Order: Columbiformes
  • Family: Columbidae
  • Status: Resident Breeding Species
  • Birds have a prominent white area around their neck, eyes are bright yellow and legs and bills are pink
  • On the ground they "Waddle"!
  • In frosty weather huge flocks devour farmers crops
5 .
What is this common garden bird?
Photograph courtesy of Pete Birkinshaw
Song Thrush
European Stonechat
Blackbird
Fieldfare
  • Group: Thrushes
  • Binomial: Turdus merula
  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Family: Turdidae
  • Status: Resident Breeding Species
  • Mature males are glossy black but females and young are a lighter reddish-brown
  • Albinism leads to the contradictory terminology of "White Blackbirds" but birds are seldom completely white
6 .
What is this common garden bird?
Photograph courtesy of Maximilian Dorsch
Willow Tit
Greater Spotted Woodpecker
Marsh Tit
Blue Tit
  • Group: Tits
  • Binomial: Parus caeruleus
  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Family: Paridae
  • Status: Resident Breeding Species
  • Both sexes have similar colouring but the females are slightly paler
  • Smaller than the Great Tit and without the prominent black stripe down its front
  • It does not migrate
7 .
What is this common garden bird?
Photograph courtesy of Lip Kee
Tree Sparrow
Reed Bunting
House Sparrow
Yellowhammer
  • Group: Sparrows
  • Binomial: Passer domesticus
  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Family: Passeridae
  • Status: Resident Breeding Species
  • Once common throughout the UK but now in decline in many areas
  • The size of the black bib determines the bird's dominance within its community
  • It is normally found wherever there is a concentration of people
8 .
What is this common garden bird?
Photograph courtesy of Jimfbleak
European Robin
European Stonechat
Song Thrush
Fieldfare
  • Group: Thrushes
  • Binomial: Erithacus rubecula
  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Family: Turdidae
  • Status: Resident Breeding Species
  • Males and females are identical but youngsters are a speckled brown with no red feathers
  • Fiercely territorial
  • They have an excellent voice and sometimes sing at night to streetlights
9 .
What is this common garden bird?
Photograph courtesy of http://www.photo-natur.de/
Chaffinch
European Goldfinch
Eurasian Bullfinch
Common Crossbill
  • Group: Finches
  • Binomial: Fringilla coelebs
  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Family: Fringillidae
  • Status: Resident Breeding Species
  • Look for the distinctive white wing bars on both males and females
  • Females and young have more subdued colours
  • The most common finch found in the British Isles
10 .
What is this common garden bird?
Photograph courtesy of MPF
Eurasian Bullfinch
Eurasian Siskin
European Goldfinch
Lesser Redpoll
  • Group: Finches
  • Binomial: Carduelis carduelis
  • Order: Passeriformes
  • Family: Fringillidae
  • Status: Resident Breeding Species
  • Look for the bright red face and striking white, gold, black and brown on the rest of the body
  • A group of them are called a "Charm"
  • Put out Niger seed to attract them to your birdtable

 

Author:  Sarah Garratty

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