Alarming declines in the UK's greenfinch and starling populations have been revealed by new data from the RSPB’s long-running Big Garden Birdwatch.
The once-common starling has reached record low numbers for the second year running, with this year's survey showing a further 3 per cent decline. Overall, their population has plummeted by an alarming 85.1 per cent since the citizen science scheme began in 1979.
