Species Account
Extract from Bird Report 2024
Very common resident. Included in 62.5% of BirdTrack lists. The East of England long-term trend is increasing +41%*. The long-term trend for Bedfordshire is also increasing +4%. (Amber list).
The highest counts were of 37 at Potton Wood on 5th May, 31 in Pegnut Wood on 14th April and 30 at Strawberry Hill Farm on 10th April and 15th May. In the Summer Garden Bird Survey they were in 86% of gardens, a slight increase over the low figure of 84% in Summer 2023. Although they occurred across the whole range of gardens (95% of rural and 76% of urban sites), the frequency in rural gardens was 51% but only 20% in urban areas.
