Bird school

• Brambling
• Blue tit
• Bullfinch
• Blackbird
• Barn swallow
• Bohemian waxwing
• Black woodpecker
• Black redstart
• Blackcap
• Chaffinch
• Chiffchaff
• Crow
• Coal tit
• Crested tit
• Common swift
• Common treecreeper
• Dunnock
• Fieldfare
• Greenfinch
• Goldfinch
• Greater woodpecker
• Garden warbler
• Great tit
• Green woodpecker
• House martin
• House sparrow
• Hawfinch
• Jackdaw
• Linnet
• Long-tailed tit
• Lesser whitethroat
• Lesser spotted woodpecker
• Marsh tit
• Magpie
• Mistle thrush
• Nightingale
• Nuthatch
• Pheasant
• Pied flycatcher
• Redpoll
• Rook
• Redstart
• Robin
• Spotted flycatcher
• Siskin
• Starling
• Song thrush
• Yellowhammer
• Winter wren
• Willow
• Tree sparrow
• Wood pigeon
• White wagtail
• Willow tit
• Whitethroat

The tree sparrow

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The male

The amount of tree sparrows has rapidly decreased throughout Europe. In England a swift decline of 90% has been noted and it is now red listed. When there is not enough waste seed out in the fields, both the house and the tree sparrow become more dependent on the bird tables to survive the winters.

Appearance
Smaller and more compact than its relative, the house sparrow. A chocolate brown crown, light around the throat and a black spot on the cheek are distinguishing marks. The neat coat is also present with the female and the young birds, which is not the case with the house sparrow.

Similar bird
The male house sparrow has a grey section on its crown and no black spot on its cheek.

Sounds and song
The call is hard and metallic, and the song is light and usually heard in the spring.

Food and bird tables
Common guest at bird tables.
Spends the greater part of the season eating seeds from weeds. Frequents the bird tables where it eats sunflower seeds and hemp seeds.

The nest and hollows
Will settle in hollows.
The nest is built by both males and females, usually under roof tiles, in holes in brick walls or in nesting boxes.