Robins and dunnocks have been usurped in the garden by woodpigeons which are now only outnumbered in Britain’s gardens by blackbirds and blue tits.

Woodpigeons, with an estimated three million pairs, have continued to increase their garden populations thanks to a willingness of householders to put out seeds and other food.

They are now the third most common visitor to gardens with the dunnocks, last year’s third-placed bird, falling to fifth and robins staying in fourth.

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