Outside the top 10

In all, 73 different species of bird were recorded over the Birdwatch weekend, with goldfinches, greenfinches, dunnocks, magpies, and coal tits filling the 11-15 slots.

Thanks to the cold snap in January, some birds came into our gardens from the wider countryside.

The two species of winter thrushes, redwing and fieldfare, were found in three times as many gardens as previous years.

During the Birdwatch, many people often notice groups of these beautiful thrushes flying overhead, but this year, with all that ice and snow about, they were hungry and small groups came in to our gardens, joining the blackbirds munching on apples and other food we put out.

Waxwings were a suprising find in many gardens this year - they have leapt to number 59 from last year's number 72. This winter has seen an influx of waxwings to the UK as the particularly cold weather in Scandinavia will likely have meant a poor crop of rowan berries.

Gardens with berry-bearing shrubs and trees are very likely to attract these colourful visitors during their brief stay in the UK.

As usual, with so many eyes watching, some unusual 'garden' birds were seen this year, including marsh harrier, red kite, little owl, hawfinch, quail, red grouse, little egret, cormorant and even a crane!