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World Sparrow Day 2025: Sparrows are important for the ecology and there need to protect them from extinctionWorld Sparrow Day (Google Trends): World Sparrow Day, celebrated every March 20, highlights the need to protect sparrows due to their cruci...
World Sparrow Day 2023: Date, theme, history & significanceThe goal of World Sparrow Day is to raise awareness of the plight of sparrows and other common birds and to inspire people and organisation...
Extinction Watch: Eating a songbird into extinctionThe species is known as the “rice bird” in China, where it is hunted for food — a practice that has been illegal since 1997, but continues ...
- Birds vanishing from Europe, finds new study
A study of 144 bird species across 25 European countries has shown that bird populations have declined sharply over the past 30 years.
- Mobile tower radiation clips sparrows' wings
Radiation from mobile towers is not only taking a toll on human health but is also blamed for sparrows vanishing into thin air.
- Sparrows have declined, but regional variations exist: Study
The results of the survey titled 'Citizen Sparrow' are out and they allow a closer evaluation of the widespread impression that sparrow pop...
Sparrows head north in search of homesSouth Chennai may seem greener and neater, but sparrows prefer north Chennai with its old buildings and nooks and crevices that allow them ...
Sparrows fly out, number falls by 50%Earlier spotted abundantly on trees and window sills, house sparrows are getting rarer in the urban landscape.A recent survey shows that th...
Survey confirms sparrow decline in Indian citiesA survey has confirmed for the first time the widely believed theory that rapid urbanisation has taken a toll on the population of tiny spa...
- House sparrows losing battle against rapid urbanisation
The house sparrow is now the fourth most commonly-sighted bird in India, with the first three being the Rock Pigeon, which has emerged as t...
Sparrows lose homes in urban jungleSparrows seems to be flying out in search of another habitat.The house sparrows, the most commonly sighted bird in the country, is graduall...
On a wing and a prayer on World Sparrow DayOn the occasion of World Sparrow Day, which falls on March 20, Nature Forever Society (NFS) has decided to start a campaign and take it to ...
- House sparrows are fast disappearing
The association between humans and the house sparrow dates back to several centuries and no other bird has been associated with humans on a...
Chirp, chirp! Sparrows are backThis is something to chirp about.The sparrow is back. An online survey has shown that the little bird has been spotted in parts of Bangalor...
Delhi adopts humble sparrow as its state birdTill some years back, the house sparrow was the quintessential ‘chidiya’, the most common image to come to mind when one discussed birds in...
- Online sparrow survey scores major hits from Pune
An online survey to document the population and distribution of sparrows nationwide has drawn thousands of contributions.
- Online dash to save the vanishing sparrow
A two-month-long online survey called Citizen Sparrow was launched on Sunday, inviting responses from people on questions such as when they...
- BNHS to create awareness on falling population of small birds
The Bombay Natural History Society and Nashik-based Nature Forever Society will jointly intensify their efforts to create awareness about t...
- Sparrows reappear in Bhitarkhanika
Sparrows, which had disappeared from the region due to man-made factors, have staged a comeback in the wetlands of Orissa's Bhitarkanika Wi...
- Urbanisation, pollution rings death knell for sparrows
Rapid urbanisation and increasing pollution is spelling doom for the small ubiquitous sparrow, which was earlier found in large numbers in ...