March 20th
Essex Wildlife Trust is finding out more about house sparrow populations in the county.
When I was a child there were plenty of sparrows and starlings in this bit of London but then they more or less vanished. Now the sparrows have returned in flocks but no sign of the starlings, just wood pigeons, magpies and crows.
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The original article in the trail shows Indian efforts with children making nest boxes.
This Bird box houses 3 lots of sparrows as they like to live communally.
And here’s a French equivalent.
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Never knew that.
We grew up with Cape sparrows Mossies. They were probably the first birds I could name.
https://ebird.org/species/capspa1?siteLanguage=en_GB
Hope th link works.