House Sparrow
Taken at Hogganfield Loch on 22nd June 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken in Jim's garden on 10th October 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
House Sparrow
Taken in Jim's Garden on 3rd August 2020 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
House Sparrow
Taken at Troon on 5th February 2017 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Females
Taken at Belhaven Bay on 12th June 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken in Jim's garden on 9th April 2022 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Taken at Troon on 16th May 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
Juvenile
Taken at Lunderston Bay on 24th August 2021 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Taken at Doonfoot on 7th July 2019 using Nikon D500 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens. Fact File
House Sparrow.
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Local names:
Passer domesticus.
Passeriformes.
Passeridae.
spuggie, spadger

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Under eaves, Ivy, Creepers.
Dry grass or straw with a nesting chamber lined with feathers, hairs, string and even paper.
Seeds and small insects.
Male plumage is rather smart with grey crown, white cheeks and black bib. Females plain buffy underparts, pale band behind eye and buffy
wing-bars help distinguish it from finches and buntings
14.5cm
May. Clutches 3
3-5. Cream, White, Grey or Greenish, with
irregular brown speckles. 

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