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I have some news that I know you'll be interested in, Mike, about the
house
sparrow project. Kate rang me last night, she is now writing up her
conclusions.
The conclusion is, lack of aphids and invertebrates as the main cause of
the
house sparrow decline, lack of nestsites also.
Thanks for this Christina. I have discussed this with loads of friends
over the years, and all are agreed that there are far fewer flies of
many kinds than ~30 years ago. The next question is why ?
((SNIP))

Not so sure about that, the only place they are in abundance near here is by
our allotment site along the lane which is bordered by gardens for the old
peoples bungalows. Some of these people still put bread out every day for
the birds!
Everyone used to do that in the old days and it was the house sparrow that
got the main share.
Now everyone buys expensive seed for their garden birds, perhaps part of the
decline is because people have got too posh.

Regards
Bob
in Runnymede.UK.