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The
survey aims to find the most commonly seen garden birds.
Will
the familiar starling and house sparrow still be the two most common
species and are they still declining?
Back
in 1979, the first year of Big Garden Birdwatch, a national average
of 15 starlings were seen per garden.
Will
the house sparrow remain Wiltshire's top bird? |
The
results for last year’s survey revealed that this number had dropped
alarmingly to just four.
The
RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch was also one of the first indications
of a fall in song thrush numbers in our gardens.
Today
the song thrush isn’t even in Wiltshire’s top 10 common garden birds.
You
don’t have to be an expert to take part.
Simply
spend one hour over the weekend of 25th/26th January counting the
birds in your garden or local park and record the highest number
of each bird species seen at any one time.
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Wiltshire
results for the top 10 birds
in the 2002 Big Garden Birdwatch survey
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| 1 |
House
Sparrow |
6 |
Blackbird |
| 2 |
Starling |
7 |
Great
Tit |
| 3 |
Great
Tit |
8 |
Collard
Dove |
| 4 |
Green
Finch |
9 |
Wood
Pigeon |
| 5 |
Chaffinch |
10 |
Robin |
 Listen
to Afternoon Show on BBC
Radio Swindon and Wiltshire on Thursday 23rd January to
find out more about the RSPB's Bird Watch weekend. They will be
talking to Emma Soulger from the RSPB and meeting a head teacher
and some children from one local school who are taking part.
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A
staggering 262,000 people took part last year nationwide,
including nearly 2,500 people from Wiltshire, and this year
the RSPB hopes it will be even bigger and better. 
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