The annual wildlife census, run by the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT), encourages farmers and landowners to count the species and number of birds on their land during a two-week window from February 6-22.

Last year, for the seventh year running, Norfolk was the top contributor, registering 134 counts - around 10pc of the national total - with Suffolk in second place with 101 counts.

Nearly 359,000 birds were spotted in 2025 across almost 700,000 acres of the nation's farmland, with 125 different species recorded, including 26 on the threatened "red list".

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