The 2025 Big Farmland Bird Count (BFBC), 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 in February.

This year, a total of 358,913 birds, belonging to 125 species, were recorded across almost 700,000 acres of farmland.

Norfolk retained its customary place at the top of the table, registering 134 counts - almost 10pc of the national total of 1,369 - with Suffolk in second place with 101 counts.

Goldfinch feeding on chicory seeds (Image: Alex Keeble / GWCT) And Andrew Goodall, a Suffolk-based bird expert and enthusiast, who helps farmers in East Anglia........

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