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Year
Department
Member
Primary member
Answering member
Legislative stage
Legislation
Subject
Publisher
Type
House of Commons papers; Select Committee oral evidence;
Parliamentary committees
Committee
Education and Skills Committee
Subjects
Special educational needs; Buckinghamshire County Council; Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council; Newcastle City Council; Rogers, Mark; Sparrow, Janet; Warin, Tim
Date
1 February 2006
Reference
HC 478-v 2005-06
House
House of Commons
Whether they have conducted any research into predation on songbirds in recent years; and, if so, what were the results.
Whether they have conducted any research into predation on songbirds in recent years; and, if so, what were the results.
Asked by
Lord Rotherwick
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Bach
(Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Answered on
30 November 2005
Wild bird populations are one of the Government’s indicators for sustainable development and new statistics were published on 20 October showing that overall, bird populations across the UK are almost 10 per cent higher than 10 years ago. The Government fund the analysis to produce these statistics as well as research into the reasons behind the trends. For example, between 2000 and 2002 we funded research to understand the reasons behind the worrying declines in house sparrows and starlings. The research indicated a number of reasons for the decline of which predation by domestic cats and sparrowhawks was thought to be one of the reasons of decline in urban house sparrows. Other research by English Nature found no evidence that predation by magpies and sparrowhawks causes effects on overall bird populations, habitat being the primary determining factor.Other organisations, such as the Forestry Commission, the Game Conservancy Trust, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the British Trust for Ornithology have also carried out important research in this area.For further information see:www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/resprog/findings/sparrow/index.htm.www.english-nature.org.uk/pubs/publication/pub–results.asp?C=0&K=144&K2=&l=&A=& Submit1=Search.
Subjects
Birds; Conservation; Research; Starlings; Sparrows
Date
30 November 2005
Reference
2535; 676 c55-6WA
House
House of Lords
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her estimate of the (a) sparrow and (b) buzzard population has been in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her estimate of the (a) sparrow and (b) buzzard population has been in each of the last five years.
Asked by
Mark Tami
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Knight of Weymouth
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
7 October 2005
For answer on
10 October 2005
Answered on
17 October 2005
The latest (2000) figures from the Avian Population Estimates Panel suggest a GB buzzard population of between 36,000 and 51,000 pairs. The latest (2000) figures from the Breeding Birds Survey/Common Birds Census suggest a GB house sparrow population of between 2,300,000 and 4,100,000 birds. There are no annual counts, but buzzard population trends in the UK between 1994 and 2004 show a 53 per cent. increase, while house sparrow trends were down by 3 per cent. In England over the same period, buzzard populations show a 79 per cent. increase with house sparrow trends down by 10 per cent.Annual population statistics do not exist for Buzzard. The most recent UK population estimates are set out as follows. The estimate for Buzzard is known to be a significant underestimate, but there has been no formal survey of its current UK population size.Buzzard"1983 (Northern Ireland) and 1988–1991 (Great Britain)""12,000–17,000 pairs"
Subjects
Birds of prey; Sparrows
Date
17 October 2005
Reference
16604; 437 c666W;437 c679W
House
House of Commons