Blackbirds

Black birds (Turdus merula) are a common bird found in Europe, Asiatic Russia, North Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.

Male black birds live up to their name with their black colouring and orange-yellow beak and eye ring, but interestingly, female black birds are brown! Black birds are well-known for their beautiful song. If you’d like to learn more about black birds, check out our blackbird bird profile!

Dunnocks (Prunella modularis) are small hedgerow birds found throughout Europe and Asian Russia. Dunnocks are very shy birds, but when two males get territorial you can see them display some really unique calling and wing-flicking!

If you’d like to learn more about Dunnocks, check out our blog on them here!

Dunnocks 

Goldfinches

Goldfinches (Carduelis carduelis) are very distinctive looking birds, with their bright and colourful markings! Goldfinches are relatively sociable birds with a charming twittering song.

Our Goldfinch bird profile offers more in-depth information about this beautiful bird!

Greater spotted woodpeckers (Dendrocopos major) are a medium sized birds with striking black and white plumage and a distinctive red patch on their lower belly. The male great spotted woodpeckers also have a red patch on the nape of their neck or top of their head.

If you’re hoping to see more wood peckers in your garden, check out our blog titled How to Attract Woodpeckers to Your Garden.

Great Spotted Woodpeckers

Great Tits

Great tits (Parus major) are a very common bird found across Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia.

The great tit is the largest of the UK tits, and it is easily identified by its colourful green and yellow colourings, and its distinctive song.

Greenfinches (Chloris) are small perching birds with a soft green colouring, and strips of yellow beneath their wings which offer a striking flash of colour as they fly!

Greenfinches are fairly common across the UK, and can commonly be found in woodland areas, farms, parks, village gardens, and orchards.

Greenfinches

House Sparrows

House sparrows (Passer domesticus) are a widely common bird found in most parts of the world. House sparrows are a rather stout bird with full chest and rounded bill, perfectly adapted for eating seeds (like sunflower seeds!)

Sparrows are very adaptable birds and have been known to nest almost anywhere, from coalmines to hedgerows, warehouses to trees!

The European robin (Erithacus rubecula) - affectionately known as the nations favourite bird - is a charming and small perching bird, well-known for their red breast and sweet song.

It might surprise you to know that robins are territorial birds, particularly in the summer months when mating. Male robins are known to exhibit aggressive behaviour against other males infringing on their territory, proudly displaying their red breasts to defend their space (not for courtship like some might assume).

Robins