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Article: Country: The sad demise of the sparrow; Numbers of house sparrow have declined by 62pc.(Features)
- Article from:
- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- February 28, 2004
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Byline: John Dempsey
MODERN garden design, unleaded petrol, the loss of winter stubble fields, sparrowhawks, blocked eaves,cats, pesticides,magpies and global warming have all been blamed at one time or another for causing the problem.
Garden make over shows on TV often lay waste to bushes and feeding areas, unleaded petrol may damage insect food populations,nesting sites are disappearing,and cats,added to natural predators,account for millions fewer birds each year.
The Government has even published a leaflet for those in the south east who want to help with the problem,and just about the only things that haven't been implicated so far are ...