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A bird which has declined . This bird is Noisy and gregarious, tand readily
utilise domestic rubbish rubbish and waste. The House Sparrow have even
managed to colonise most of the world. An opportunist perhaps, but now
struggling to survive in the UK along with many other once common birds.
The decline in both gardens and the wider countryside have placed on the
Red List. Perhaps due to decreasing sub urban greenery or other habitat
Where does it live?
Breeding
Towns, villages, parks, gardens and industrial areas - usually nests on
buildings holes and crevices, in creepers, trees and bushes and also in
nestboxes.
Wintering
In winter it can be found in large flocks in farmland fields. They gather in trees and hedgerows and often roost communally in ivy-covered walls.
Where to see it
Found from the centre of cities to the farmland
of the countryside, it feeds and breeds near to people. Vanishing from
the centre of many cities, but not uncommon in most towns and villages.
It is absent from parts of the Scottish Highlands and is thinly distributed
in most upland areas.
What does it eat?
Seeds and opportunistic scraps
What does it sound like?
Chirping and chirruping
Click here to Hear a House Sparrow
When to see it
All year round
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