24 common garden birds

Getting to know these clever, creative and handsome birds

Check your answers against our explanations. Remember, there are no ‘trick’ birds or extreme rarities among these...

SET A TARGET OF SEEING 200 BIRDS IN ONE YEAR!

October is many birders’ favourite time of the year. The potential is massive! Anything can and will turn up. However, here are five birds which will certainly be about and should be ‘gettable’ (with a bit of luck and skill) this month.

Good advice could transform your birdwatching, writes Susan Fowler

Emma O’Neill, head gardener at Garden Organic, shows you some thrifty ways to help feathered friends