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In the period from 1990 to 2017, 13 out of 20 breeding bird species typically found in a Dutch city declined in number, precisely in the urban areas. Many breeding birds depending on or commonly found in an urban environment are on the decline. This applies to 13 out of the 20 urban bird species, including the house sparrow (Passer domesticus), the western jackdaw (Coloeus monedula), the common blackbird (Turdus merula) and the common starling (Sturnus vulgaris). The crested lark (Galerida cristata) has even fully disappeared from the city.

Seit 14 Jahren ruft der NABU inzwischen Anfang Mai zu Vogelzählaktionen auf. In diesem Jahr waren die Menschen bundesweit von Vater- bis Muttertag dazu aufgerufen, die Vögel im heimischen Garten zu zählen. Bis zum vergangenen Montag konnten die Teilnehmer die Ergebnisse melden. Während sich die Veranstalter über die rege Beteiligung freuen - 53.000 Vogelfreunde haben sich zurückgemeldet - finden sie die Ergebnisse besorgniserregend. Denn unter den Top 15 der Gartenvögel weisen sieben Arten so geringe Zahlen auf wie noch nie.

The blackbird population in the Netherlands is not doing well, according to Sovon bird research. Sovon's interim figures show that 15 percent fewer blackbirds were spotted in the country so far this year, NOS reports. "We see tens of thousands less than last year. That means that you really hear fewer black birds in the neighborhood", Albert de Jong of Sovon said to the broadcaster. The blackbird is threatened by the Usutu virus, a virus transmitted by mosquitos. In 2012 this virus led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of blackbirds in Germany.

THE number of smaller birds across Hampshire represents a “worrying trend” according to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. According to the charity, there are almost 30 per cent fewer blackbirds in the county, which follows the national crash in numbers of the house sparrow and starling. Across the south east, blackbirds are down 22 per cent, and robins dropped 18 per cent, while sightings of the tiny wren went down 14 per cent in the region.

There has been a steep decline in bird populations in Balochistan (one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Its provincial capital and largest city is Quetta), said conservator of forests and wildlife Balochistan Sharifuddin on Wednesday. The official confirmed that there has been a decline in the overall population of sparrows among other birds in Quetta and other parts of Balochistan. The revelation comes just a day after bird lovers marked the World Sparrow Day on Tuesday (March 20). “Even crow, which was a common bird, has decreased in number,” he remarked.

Readers are being asked to regularly clean out their bird baths and feeders – to help stop the decline of chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs),and greenfinch (Chloris chloris) numbers in the Falkirk district. In recent years, the RSPB has been worried about the decline of both species in its annual Big Garden Birdwatch poll. Last year’s results were no different. In 2016, chaffinch was fifth in the poll in Falkirk, with an average of 2.3 birds being spotted in 47.6 per cent of gardens.

Während im Rahmen der Stunde der Wintervögel des NABU in Niedersachsen mehr Vögel als im Vorjahr gezählt wurden, ist das Ergebnis im Landkreis Uelzen nicht ganz so rosig. „Wir haben bei drei der fünf bisher am häufigsten gezählten Vogelarten Rückgänge zu verzeichnen“, berichtet der NABU-Kreisvorsitzende Karl-Heinz Köhler. So sind die Zahlen beim Haussperling Passer domesticus– gemeinhin als Spatz bekannt – im Vergleich zu 2017 rückläufig. 2018 wurden noch 1014 Haussperlinge gezählt – ein Rückgang von 18 Prozent im Vergleich zum Vorjahr.