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House Sparrow
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Birds / Sparrows

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus
Common All year TownsGardensFarmland
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Recording: Jarek Matusiak / xeno-canto

Sounds like

Constant chattering 'chirrup' notes, usually from a group hidden in a hedge or under the eaves.

Remember it

The noisy gossip of a hedge full of sparrows.

When and where

Listening for the house sparrow

Heard
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
All year round
Time of day
Dawn and Day
Where
Towns, Gardens, Farmland
In Britain
All year
Family
Sparrows

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