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The 2025 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch, billed as the UKs oldest and largest citizen science wildlife surveys, took place on 24-26th January. Over 600,000 people took part in Big Garden Birdwatch 2024, counting a whopping 9.7 million birds! House Sparrows took the top spot, but counts of these chirpy birds are down by 60% compared to the first Birdwatch in 1979. In fact surveys show that we’ve lost 38 million birds from UK skies in the last 60 years. With birds facing so many challenges, it’s more important than ever to get involved in the Birdwatch. 4Bs contribution to RSPB Birdwatch Survey We encouraged residents in the 4Bs to spend just one hour to count the birds on their patch and contribute to the survey and share their results in the WhatsApp Nature Group or via email. 32 species of bird were reported by the 16 contributors to the 4Bs survey (Table 1). The three species with the largest head counts in the survey are 1 = Blue Tit (65), 2 = Sparrow (39), 3 = Wood Pigeon (35). 13 species had a head count of less than 5. The most abundant species in the 4B count are similar to this found in Surrey, where the most abundant birds are 1 = Blue Tit, 2 = Wood Pigeon, 3= Sparrow and the national survey, where the most abundant birds are 1= Sparrow, 2= Blue Tit and 3= Wood Pigeon. 
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