Have a guess how much we spend each year on Britain on feeding the birds in our garden?

It’s a whopping 200 million pounds! There’s no doubt we’re a nation of bird lovers and this weekend the RSPB is asking us all to help monitor just how well bird species are doing in our parks and gardens.

I’ve been in a Tyneside park spotting some:

And here’s how Chris Collett and I got on: