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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 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"

2 .

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

3 .

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

4 .

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

5 .

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

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 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

8 .

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

9 .

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