The House Sparrow continued in its top spot in Scotland in the 2021 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch.

In the largest participation yet of this successful survey of our garden birds, 78,066 people in Scotland took part viewing 1,527,163 birds.

Here’s the top ten for Scotland

1. House Sparrow
2. Starling
3. Blue Tit
4. Blackbird
5. Chaffinch
6. Woodpigeon
7. Robin
8. Great Tit
9. Coal Tit
10. Goldfinch

This was the largest number of people participating in the Big Garden Bird Watch in the UK as a whole but there are actually fewer birds. Over the last 50 years, 40 million birds have vanished from the UK’s skies.

You can find the results for all 4 countries of the UK Here: Big Garden Bird Watch Results