Listen to the songs and calls of the most common garden birds in the UK and get tips on how to learn to recognise these familiar sounds. Bird song is probably the most familiar type of bird sound.

We've made a list of some of the most common garden birds. Why not get outside and see which ones you and your family can spot together? The robin is famous for its red breast and often features ...

and even mechanical sounds, into their song Almost 9 million birds were counted as part of the 2004 RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch - that's more than the combined human population of Scotland and Wales!