Big Garden Birdwatch 2022 results for Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales

Nice Post. Its interesting how the House Sparrow tends to make it first place even though its in decline. Its doing better than it did in the past but I think Its interesting how most people think if they see lots of birds Usually ones that form flocks and see them every day without knowing how many there actually are think there doing very well. For example  if we  live in a area where we see them alot you would be surprised to find out that bird is in decline even if you found out it’s doing better . Wheas the ones that live somewhere where they  see them less often wouldn’t be surprised. But changing the topic abit Its also interesting That the Robin doesn’t usually stay first place. Considering that the Robin is such a popular bird you would think people would be more on the look out for Robins and see more of those and that the Robin would take first place for years 

An interesting breakdown of the results across the four nations.

Zo, as for declining house sparrows, and other species, the detail is just positioning, not numbers, so they can still be the most observed garden bird, but the numbers can still be dwindling.

I could be wrong, but I think I read somewhere with species on a red list, even when the numbers are on the up, they can stil lstay on a red list for sometime afterwards, while stability is monitored.

However, here, though the house sparrow is an extremely common bird, I would strongly suspect they are under threat, particularly taking into account all the urban development we have around here with modern housing estates, business parks, and HS2, which is devouring land at an alarming rate. I sometimes feel we're taking the brunt for the rest of the country.

To add to that, once HS2 is up and running, i fear yet more land will be lost with further developments, may will be on the satellite construction sites that will be deemed brownfield sites, and therefore suitable for development.

There are large stretches of the track that when complete, won't be greater than 12mtrs wide once complete, but along much of the route, the construction is 200mtrs+ and with chunks even wider!

Around here, it's not just the track that's devouring land, but also some major trunk roads are being re-routed!

So it's hardly surprising that house sparrows, though No1, are under threat, along with many more species, and I don't think it will end once HS2 is complete.