A wide variety of bird species visiting your garden is a sure sign that it is both healthy and bountiful (or that you regularly stock up your birdfeeders).
We all know what blackbirds, robins and pigeons look like, but there are plenty of other species that may well be visiting, so here is a guide. The illustrations are simplified to give you the key identifying markings.
Sparrow
Goldfinch
The vivid colours mark out the Goldfinch from all his garden bird cousins.
Starling
Collared Dove
Greenfinch
Dunnock
Wren
Great Tit