Tree Sparrows
There’s a sparrow with a chocolate-coloured head peering at me. There’s a clue to its identity in that I’m at Tree Sparrow Farm at RSPB Old Moor.
![Tree Sparrow - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Tree-Sparrow-The-Hall-of-Einar-2369.jpg)
I’ve never seen one before because the UK’s population of Tree Sparrows collapsed by 93 per cent between 1970 and 2008.
They are on the Birds of Conservation Concern 4 Red List. That means a severe historic decline without subsequent recovery. They are birds of farmland and have had their habitat destroyed by farming practice.
![Tree Sparrow - The Hall of Einar - photograph (c) David Bailey (not the)](https://www.thehallofeinar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Tree-Sparrow-The-Hall-of-Einar-2377.jpg)
If only every farm was Tree Sparrow Farm.