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RECREATION: BIRD SPOTTING
List: Top 10 Garden Birds in Britain - average per garden
Date: 2004 vs. 1979
Source: RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)
Base: All birds found in English gardens.
Notes: What we in the UK call Bird Spotting, the Americans, in their own inimitable way, call 'Birding'.
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Species
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2004
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1979
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% change
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House sparrow
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4.8
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10
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-52
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Starling
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4.3
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15
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-71
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Blue Tit
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2.9
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2.4
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20
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Blackbird
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2.7
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4
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-32
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Chaffinch
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2.3
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3
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-25
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Greenfinch
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1.8
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1
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84
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Collared Dove
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1.8
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0.3
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525
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Great Tit
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1.5
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0.9
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66
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Wood Pigeon
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1.4
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0.2
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595
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Robin
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1.4
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2
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-32
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