A field guide to Garden Birds
Twelve common visitors to the bird feeder
Twelve birds you are likely to see in the garden or at the feeder, from robin, great tit and blackbird to goldfinch, wren and great spotted woodpecker, with their size and what to look for.
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- Robin Erithacus rubecula 14 cm · orange-red breast
- Great Tit Parus major 14 cm · black stripe on yellow
- Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 12 cm · blue cap, white cheeks
- Blackbird Turdus merula 25 cm · worms, berries
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus 15 cm · lives in colonies
- Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 15 cm · double white wing bar
- Greenfinch Chloris chloris 15 cm · yellow wing edge
- Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 13 cm · thistle and teasel seeds
- Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 16 cm · buds and seeds
- Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 10 cm · tail cocked, loud song
- Nuthatch Sitta europaea 14 cm · climbs down head-first
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 23 cm · drums on dead wood
Lengths from bill tip to tail tip; males shown. Drawings roughly to scale.