Experts have expressed concern about the dramatic decline of birds in Lancashire

New figures show that the number of house sparrows (Passer domesticus) in the region has fallen by 50 per cent while starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) have declined by 30 per cent and the song thrush (Turdus philomelos) by 55 per cent, in the past two decades. The figures from The Wildlife Trust of Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside come on the back of a report called ‘State of the UK's Birds 2012’ carried out by the RSPB which showed that nationally the bird population in the UK had declined by 44 million since 1966.

Source: Lancashire Telegraph, 20 November 2012 http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/10059115.Fears_over_falling_b…