Birdwatch tops a million and it is not finished yet

More than a million birds have so far been spotted in this year’s annual snapshot of what is happening to common birds in the nation’s gardens.

The house sparrow, starling, blue tit, woodpigeon and blackbird top the list of species seen since this year’s Big Garden Birdwatch began on Friday.

The RSPB, which says the three-day event is the world’s largest garden wildlife survey, said that by 4pm on Saturday some 1.3million birds had been spotted and 75,000 people had taken part in the project.

For the survey, the people are asked to spend an hour recording bird visits to their garden, balcony or local park and send the results to the RSPB.