Nearly 600,000 people took part in 2025, counting more than nine million birds. In West Yorkshire more than 10,000 people took part, with the House Sparrow taking the top spot as the most commonly ...

Putting up bird feeders in your garden may seem kind but it could be putting some species at serious risk, according to the UK's largest bird charity. Millions of us regularly put out food in the hope ...

The UK is home to a wide array of wildlife, and many creatures great and small seek solace and rest in our gardens - and ...

As the RSPB's annual Big Garden Birdwatch approaches, many nature enthusiasts are preparing to participate in the world's largest garden wildlife survey. Hundreds of thousands are set to record garden ...

Garden birds need more energy in summer to help feed their young, and experts say it is no longer the case that people should ...

Charity advises replacing seed and nut feeders, where birds gather, with small amounts of mealworms, fat balls or suet Garden birds should not be fed seeds and nuts over the summer months, the RSPB ...

Alarming declines in the UK's greenfinch and starling populations have been revealed by new data from the RSPB's long-running Big Garden Birdwatch. The once-common starling has reached record low ...

Columnist Eric Brown says new RSPB guidance on bird feeding risks adding further financial strain on farmers already facing ...

Farmers must be tearing their hair out, jumping up and down on their caps, and throwing away their pitchforks in disgust. For these hard-pressed guardians of our countryside must now assimilate a new ...