Tree sparrows are on the British Trust for Ornithology's red list for species which have seen a drop of 50% or more in their UK breeding population.

A rare species of bird has been found breeding in Herefordshire for the first time in 140 years. A pair of hawfinches were recorded in woodland by a local ornithologist. Elsewhere, several pairs of ...

A pair of hawfinches were recorded in woodland by a local ornithologist. Elsewhere, several pairs of tree sparrow were found nesting on a farm in north-west Herefordshire - the first breeding ...

The breeding hawfinches were recorded in a woodland local wildlife site by local ornithologist Daniel Webb. This is the first breeding record of this species in Herefordshire in 140 years and is very ...

At that season it is frequently mistaken for the chipping sparrow, but the 2 rarely overlap in winter. The American tree sparrow often occurs in flocks of up to 50 birds. In habitat and behavior ...