Watch the birdie as RSPB urging us to get our binoculars out once again

THE world's largest garden wildlife survey returns today, with hundreds of thousands of people expected to watch and count the UK's garden birds over the last weekend in January for the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch.

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Nearly 600,000 people took part in 2025, counting more than nine million birds.

This year's event takes place today, tomorrow and Sunday.

People in Nottinghamshire are asked to spend an hour watching and counting the birds in their garden, allotment, balcony or local park, then send their results to the RSPB.

The Birdwatch, which started in 1979, has since become a much-loved annual citizen science survey, that gives the RSPB a valuable snapshot of how garden birds are doing in the UK.

There have now been over seven million surveys over that time, more than 200 million birds have been counted and nearly 12.6 million hours spent watching and counting garden birds. RSPB chief executive Beccy Speight said: "By taking part in the Birdwatch, you and hundreds of thousands of other nature lovers across the UK, are helping us understand how garden birds are doing.

"Birds and wildlife are struggling right now. Every observation counts, even if you see nothing at all.